Going to Osaka, Nara, Kyoto for Golden Week
and I was researching things to do.
I ran into this
http://www.kyotosightsandnights.com/<BR><BR>1. Has anyone been on one of these walking tours before?
2. What's the verdict on this and/or Peter MacIntosh (the lead person)?
3. Also, anything interesting I should do whilst there
(other than attacking deer, Nanba, and the usual things)?
4. I heard about some ninja house that sounded good but I've got no details on that.
5. My friend wants to dress in geisha/maiko garb and makeup and get her photo taken.
Anyone got a recommendation on this? And about how much will this cost?
6. My other friend is into animation/manga. Anything specific to the Kanto region that relates to this and can be done as a Golden Week event?
7. I'm in pocky and other stick-related foods. I know Glico is in Osaka. Is there something Pocky or Glico related that we can do?
8. Any kind of region-specific or weird purikura available there?
- Ninja house (skip the castle except to see it from the outside and photograph the toothy fish gargoyles).
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<hr>7. I'm in pocky and other stick-related foods. I know Glico is in Osaka. Is there something Pocky or Glico related that we can do?<hr></blockquote>Pocky has zillions of flavors. Any store selling food will have Pocky.
haha. silliness. i know pocky is sold everywhere. but are there any pocky tours available or pocky-related festivals/mini-conventions or whatnot? i feel very nerdy with all this pocky talk.
I haven't heard of Pocky tours, but make sure you pick up some Giant Pocky as a souvenir.
i've got giant pocky specific to yokohama.
didn't know there was giant pocky specific to osaka.
excitement!
havent been to any of the tours by peter macintosh, but heard a little about it.
the tours he gives are supposed to be really good.
when i was in kyoto, i took johnnie's hillwalker tour: http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/h-s-love/<BR><BR>quite enjoyed myself...
Don't get me wrong, Pete knows his stuff about the geisha world, but, imho, he is not a nice guy and his trips do not warrant the money. I am a tour guide and have had many of my passengers go along on his walks. Most have come back complaining that it was a rip off and he is not nice. 1 in 10 have enjoyed it. I can no longer recommend people on my tours to go on his trips, instead I take people with me around the streets of Gion for free and use the knowledge I have gleened from books to answer 'the majority' of questions I get asked.
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