Higashiyama Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

About this experience

Explore Kyoto’s Higashiyama area using a self-guided audio walking tour on your phone. The booking supplies digital commentary for independent sightseeing, so you choose your pace and make your own way around the route. Temple admission, food, transport and a live guide are not part of this product. Choose digital guiding for an independent visit The route gives you context while walking through the area, without a group meeting time or a guide physically accompanying you. Use your own smartphone and earbuds so you can hear the commentary without disturbing other visitors. You can pause when you want to look around, but access to temples and individual businesses remains subject to their own hours and entry conditions. Audio-tour access does not reserve a seat in a teahouse or buy an admission ticket. Respect the neighbourhood as you walk Higashiyama includes uneven surfaces and stone steps. Comfortable shoes with grip matter particularly in rain. Follow signs about photography in Gion’s private lanes, and do not block or photograph geiko and maiko without their consent. Download the audio for offline use where supported, or arrange mobile data. Carry water and a means of paying for optional stops, then plan the walk around daylight and the opening times of any attractions you intend to enter separately. Inside your experience Higashiyama looks like a slice of old Kyoto that survived by luck. Walk it slowly and you find the opposite: an antiquity rebuilt after fire, protected by law, and in one famous lane, largely invented in the last century. 7 stops, about 2.5 km on foot, 1h30 at an easy pace. The route starts at Kiyomizu-dera and ends at Yasaka Shrine. It is fully self-guided: there is no meeting time, no group and no guide to keep up with. Start whenever you like, pause for as long as you want, and pick it up again where you left off. Narrated stop by stop in English, in your phone's browser, with a live GPS map of the route. More to discover in Kyoto Kyoto Aquarium Tickets: Book Kyoto Aquarium tickets for an indoor exploration of aquatic life, from the rivers and lakes around Kyoto to marine habitats further afield. Arashiyama Chopstick-Making Workshop: Make your own wooden chopsticks during a one-hour workshop in Kyoto’s Arashiyama district.

Highlights

• Self-guided audio tour in English
• Lifetime access to the tour
• No app download needed
• Voucher code opens tour in browser
• Interactive GPS map with live position

What is included

• Self-guided audio tour in English
• Lifetime access to the tour
• No app download needed
• Voucher code opens tour in browser
• Interactive GPS map with live position
• 7 stops along a 2.5 km route
• Walking directions between stops
• Start anytime, no fixed schedule
• No group or guide required
• Pause and resume anytime
• Free Roamer app for i; Phone (offline use)

Not included

• Live guide
• Tips or gratuity
• Food and drinks
• Entry or admission fees (entrance to temples is optional and paid on site)
• Smartphone and earphones (bring your own, charged)
• Transport

Before you go

Bring a charged smartphone and earbuds, with downloaded audio or mobile data. Expect stone steps and uneven surfaces; obey private-lane photography rules.

Cancellation terms

Cancel at least 24 hours before the booked start time for a full refund. Reschedule at least 24 hours before the booked start time.