Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara. Japan’s Ancient Capitals. Your Private Guide.

These destinations are 2.5 to 3 hours from Tokyo by bullet train. Z Japan Tours arranges fully private multi-day or long-day tours for groups who want to go beyond Tokyo.

Contact us with your travel dates, group size, and destinations. We build your private itinerary, arrange all transportation, and assign a guide in your language.

Kyoto

• Fushimi Inari Taisha: 10,000 torii gate mountain trail
• Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
• Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and Tenryu-ji Zen garden
• Gion district: geisha quarter, machiya townhouses, Yasaka Shrine
• Nishiki Market: 400 years of Kyoto food culture

Osaka

• Osaka Castle and panoramic city views
• Dotonbori neon entertainment district
• Kuromon Ichiba Market: the city’s 200-year-old kitchen
• Shinsekai retro district and kushikatsu restaurants

Nara

• Nara Park: 1,200 free-roaming sacred deer since 768 AD
• Todai-ji: world’s largest bronze Buddha in world’s largest wooden building
• Kasuga Taisha shrine: lantern-lined paths through ancient forest