Ebisuya Higashiyama Rickshaw — Attraction in Kyoto

At first a was a bit reluctant to ride in the carriage pushed by a human being, but it was a surprise gift from my husband, so it was happening. But to be honest, the more we rode (our trip was 70 min), the more I realized how professional and proud of what they do rickshaws are. Our wonderful guy from Osaka laughed when in the end I was panicking that he had to pull us up the road, he even made a joke that he might be offended if I think that he is not strong enough or tired :) The rout is smartly designed so there is mostly down or flat roads, the carriage itself is designed to help and offset the weight of the passengers and the bodies of every rickshaw we saw were amazingly strong and muscular. You do see some interesting temples and streets of Gion on the way, but for me, our chat was the most interesting part of the ride. The price was ¥23000 which is roughly €140 for two of us, everyone can decide for themselves what these...

THEY WILL FOOL YOU ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FOREIGNERS. Do not recommend this service. They totally are the rip off. At first, they lure you saying they will take you to all these places for 10,000 yen, then they try to sell more expensive packet, then when we come back to 10,000 packet they now say they can take you only certain place.

In the beginning, they even told us that they can drop us off flexibly at any place, but they ended up dropping off at their garage for their convenience, telling us that the company requires them to drive through certain route.

The pictures they show you to lure you are all misleading and deceitful. Really had a bad experience for price that is not...

we had just gotten kimono rentals and were walking around when a rickshaw guy approached us. we got the 70mins tour but it was surprisingly fun and time flew by real quick! the guy that brought us around (Shin!) spoke okay English but was really enthusiastic and put in a lot of effort so that we could understand what he was saying. he brought us around Gion and explained interesting facts about Kyoto/his job (in English) and also stopped for a brief walk through Maruyama park where he helped us take photos. great conversation and great...