To travel abroad, is it better to join a travel agency?Is it better to be free?
Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the group and free travel are always common travel topics that are not diminishing, because this is a type of problem that differs between different people. In the end, it is not the people discussing quarreling, but the conclusion is that you can choose the one that suits you. To end the discussion.In fact, there are pitfalls in this type of two-choice question. Isn't there a third option?Of course there is!Is to participate in the local one-day tour (Local One-Day Tour).
Planning and selection suggestions for a day trip to Kyoto
Recalling that when Anya and Wendy went to Bali for their honeymoon, when only the hotel information was the most diligent, I felt quite interesting to participate in the local one-day trip for the Bali rafting experience. , And it does not affect the fun of the whole free exercise.
One-Day Tour is commonly found in Southeast Asian tourist areas and is widely loved by European and American tourists. Since it maintains the flexibility of free travel, you can also enjoy the convenience of group travel through a one-day trip in the local area, reducing the burden of planning your itinerary in advance. For office workers, it's probably a kind of good news falling from the sky.
Indeed, for those who are usually full of work and planning filial piety, maybe everyone knows the beauty of free travel, but because of the heavy burden of pre-plan planning, they finally have to choose the lazy bag of the group.In fact, in addition to the group lazy bag, there are other lazy bags to choose from.
I remember one time when I was traveling in Kyoto to enjoy the maple, I met a colleague who came to Kansai on a whim and bought a plane ticket. As a result, the Kyoto Hotel was full and moved to Nara. I wanted to come to Kyoto to enjoy the maple but did not do my homework beforehand. Embrace the Buddha's feet.In fact, in the case of Japan, where tourism is developed, a variety of itinerary lazy bags are readily available. The following are three main suggestions for obtaining lazy bags:
- Reference to the itinerary of the transportation scroll: previously in "Osaka Amazing Pass》 《Tokyo Shimomachi Sightseeing Bus》 《Otaru Sansaku Bus”And other articles have mentioned that all types of transportation in Japan are not cheap. Instead, it is the introduction of the transportation. It is a ready-made travel itinerary lazy bag. Come to Japan, where the transportation construction is well-developed. That said, it is a very recommended lazy bag.
- Follow the bloggers on the itinerary: I recommend myself to use the previously written "A song for viewing autumn leaves in Kyoto》 《Kyoto Maple Viewing Two Steps》 《Kyoto Maple Trilogy》For example, many bloggers will share detailed itinerary guides. This is a ready-made itinerary lazy bag, which is directly used for personal use. As long as it is not used for second public dissemination, there is no copyright issue.
- Japan also has a day trip itinerary: fueled by low-cost airlines, the devaluation of the yen, and the purchase of electrical appliances, the trend of self-service travel in Japan has become increasingly popular recently, and group travel has also faced many bottlenecks. Instead, localized language and localized day trips are emphasized. Service has become an emerging travel service model and business opportunity, and these packaged day trips are also a good source of lazy bags!
What are the services of Japan's day trip package itinerary?
After taking a look at Wendy’s "Kyoto Maple Appreciation Trilogy" itinerary first, you can probably understand what is called a practical and casual free travel itinerary. It is really a personal style itinerary and can only be used for reference. When everyone actually uses it, they have to change it.Next, Anya will compare the packaged maple viewing itinerary planned by the new type of tourism service, and see what the day trip package itinerary that provides special car pick-up and guided services is like!
Itinerary 1. One day trip to Kyoto (Nijo Castle → Kinkakuji Temple → Kyoto Imperial Palace / Kitano Tenmangu → Heian Shrine → Sansangendo → Kiyomizu Temple)
For friends who are traveling to Kyoto for the first time, when they want to plan and arrange "must-see attractions", there is a lot of information on the Internet. Most of them can find information about the attractions they want to visit. Based on my experience of viewing autumn leaves, Kyoto will be in mid-November. By mid-December, the beautiful scenery of maple viewing is everywhere. Among them, Nijo Castle, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Heian Shrine, and Kiyomizu Temple are all occupying a larger area or gathering more tourists, so you can arrange a longer stay.I like to visit Kyoto’s shrines and castles, mainly because there are scenes in some Japanese dramas. I want to see the real scenes of those historical figures living or participating in them. The only thing I feel is that it’s a pity that there is no tour guide. There is no way to understand what to look at in these places and what the historical background is. You have to crawl the materials when you write an article after returning home.
Take Klook’s app for example. Regardless of whether you have visited Nijo Castle three times, you can learn from Vickypedia or the official website that this is the residence where Tokugawa Ieyasu met the emperor when he came to Kyoto. There is also a resting place for the Tokugawa people and military commanders. When visiting the Ninomaru Palace, I noticed that various works of the "Kano school" painters from the Edo period are on display, but there should be more information available on site. The explanation is more clear. When you order the itinerary through the APP, there will be an English guide to explain one by one.
※ Nijo Castle
▲ The Emperor of Japan once ordered the removal of the Tokugawa family crest that is higher than the royal family crest in Nijo Castle to demonstrate the power of the imperial family. The roof of the second building in the photo is relatively high, making it impossible to remove the three leaves of the Tokugawa family Kwai family crest, so many people will look for this place again. (This information was only known when the tour guide helped us explain.)
▲ There is a great mystery in the floor of the corridor inside the Ninomaru Palace. To prevent assassins from invading, as long as someone walks on the floor, it will affect the organs under the floor, and make a sound like a oriole, which is called "the floor of oriole". (The picture is actually the appearance, no photos are allowed inside)
※ Kinkaku-ji Temple
▲ Maple viewing is not as effective as cherry blossom viewing. During the week, when the weather turns cold, there will be patches of red maple. The color gradation of the scenery is enough to attract us.
▲ The main building in the temple is the Relic Hall. Its outer wall is decorated with gold leaf, so it is also called the "Golden Pavilion".The Kinkaku-ji Temple stands in the lake water in a square shape. It is a building that demonstrates the dominance of the Ashikaga family to the samurai regime during the Shogunate period. (This information is to crawl and find it by yourself after the return journey. It is better for someone to explain it on site.)
▲ Yellow, green and red is a beautiful moment when Kyoto turns into autumn.
※ Kyoto Imperial Palace
▲ The Kyoto Imperial Garden is the surrounding area, and when we visited on the same day, we all applied in advance. It is recommended that you check the official website application process.
▲ Came here early in the morning. The blue sky is complemented by bright red and white buildings to remind everyone that the capacity of the memory card is really more prepared.
▲ This is the Kyoto Imperial Garden. At that time, we stayed for a long time in order to shoot ginkgo. We also encountered elementary school students teaching outside of school. They had a great time here.These attractions introduced will encounter some closed hours. For example, the Kyoto Imperial Palace is not open to visit during the legal festival/Aoi Festival (May 5-14)/New Year/Royal Festival, the Kyoto Imperial Palace is not open to visit, on the Klook website It is written very clearly, and the itinerary will be changed to Kitano Tenmangu Shrine.
※ Heian Jingu Shrine
▲ Hey, this is me wearing a kimono to Heian Shrine. I was asked by my guide uncle to let him explain the kimono and the difference between different kimonos for these foreign tourists.Later, several foreign mothers took pictures. ^____^
▲ Small supplement: The Kyoto one-day itinerary on Klook will not visit the Shenyuan of Heian Shrine.
▲ But the main building will take everyone through the round!
※ Kiyomizu-dera Temple
▲ Kiyomizu Temple is located on Otowa Mountain. It is surrounded by mountain scenery, supplemented by cherry blossoms in spring, green reflections in summer, red maple in autumn and ancient flavors in winter. With the passing of the four seasons, it has a different beauty.
▲ We have been here in Spring and Autumn respectively. Tickets will be different in Chun Ying and Qiu Feng.
▲ Kiyomizu-dera Temple is built on the overhanging cliffs. It is a beam-structured temple. The "Kiyomizu Stage" is supported by 139 large logs tens of meters high.The building is magnificent and ingenious in structure without using a single nail.Feel the incomparable shock and the best masterpiece of ancient engineering.
▲ The fate of the landlord shrine is very effective. At that time, I bought a few to give to my colleagues, and I bought a couple.
▲ One-day trip to Kyoto by Klook: A full-day tour of Kyoto's characteristic ancient buildings
※ Itinerary comparison
This is a set itinerary for Kyoto Shrine. The itinerary is planned as a downstream route, but if you take the bus by yourself, you can have a good sense of direction and be familiar with the bus route map. If Anya does not have Wendy If you are a guide, you probably won't be able to finish it in one day.However, through the one-day itinerary package service, you can enjoy the group-style private car pick-up and guided tour service, and the free travel itinerary is interspersed with a no-brainer one-day tour, which seems to be pretty good too!
Klook.Itinerary reservation:One day trip in Kyoto (Kinkakuji Temple & Kiyomizu Temple & Nijo Castle & Kyoto Imperial Palace & Heian Shrine)
Itinerary 2. Stroll the scenery of Arashiyama in the wild bamboo forest (Kyoto Station → Saga Arashiyama Station → Sagano Bamboo Forest → Tenryuji Temple → Tojiko Temple → Togetsu Bridge → Houseboat Lunch)
Arashiyama, located in the west of Kyoto, is home to several famous spots for viewing autumn leaves. It is even known that you can take the Arashiyama mini train to enjoy the beautiful scenery between the autumn leaves of the mountains and the Hozu River. This route is my personal recommendation.In the past two years, the Japanese currency exchange rate has continued to fall and low-cost airlines have been added. We sprinted to Kyoto and Osaka to enjoy the maple for two consecutive years. We stayed there for a long time, and we stayed for 9-10 days. The main reason is that not only foreign tourists will go to these places. There are many famous maple viewing spots, even local and foreign tourists in Japan. In order to take pictures or avoid the crowds, I will try my best to go there on weekdays. On holidays, I will go to eat Kyoto delicacies or purchase electrical appliances. This little experience is also hoped to be provided. For your reference.
You can take the JR Sagano Line directly from Kyoto Station by taking the Sagano Train. Get off at Saga Arashiyama Station. After exiting the station, walk 3 to 5 minutes to Saga Station on the Sagano Tourist Line to buy tickets. Take the JR Sagano Line’s hourly rapid train and Regular trains run three times per hour, and there will be more flights during the sightseeing season, remember!There are a lot of people who want to take this little train to enjoy the fall foliage and cherry blossoms. If you don't want to be the same as us and arrive at the station before the door opens, you can make good use of the service of this APP!
※ From Kyoto Station to Saga-Arashiyama Station
▲Road map.
▲ The Sagano トロッコ train is about to enter the station.
▲ There will be beautiful red leaves along the way. We didn't go to Tianryu Temple because... it took a lot of time to photograph the famous places in Changjiguang Temple.
▲ Many people have introduced the beautiful red leaves in the inner courtyard of Tenryu Temple. As a matter of time, it is arranged to go to another famous night maple place in the temple, "Hoganin".
▲ The lights and red leaves inside are arranged to arrange a one-day itinerary for Arashiyama's maple viewing. You can also consider including this point in the final scenic spot.
▲ It is highly recommended that you can buy this uncle's hand-painted postcards when passing through the bamboo forest. His painting brushstrokes are very warm and beautiful. They are all beautiful Kyoto and Arashiyama in his eyes. Don't miss it!
▲ When the sun is showing up, the whole mountain area is bright and comfortable.
▲ I ran twice for Changjiguang Temple. The first time I encountered fallen leaves and bad weather, it was a pity.
▲ For the second time (yes, it is the coming year), I begged Mr. to let me come again.
▲ Now everyone knows why I am here for the second time and the reason for the long filming!
▲ There is a sense of bleakness at Arashiyama Togetsu Bridge in autumn.
▲ The crowds come and go for the maple viewing.
▲ I once took the Hozu River cruise all the way to this point. I saw that there are some houseboats on Togetsu Bridge. For a full view of this beautiful scenery, you can choose to take a houseboat to dine on the itinerary below!
▲ Klook itinerary: Stroll the scenery of Arashiyama in the wild bamboo forest, and feel the beauty of the loneliness of the natural wind passing through the forest.
※ Itinerary comparison
This package itinerary in Saga Arashiyama seems to be a group-style guava itinerary. In fact, the Arashiyama train itinerary of the guava has been deleted in the itinerary, and Tenryu Temple, Changjiko Temple, houseboats, etc. have been added, which is very suitable for those who have been with the group. Those who have been to Saga Arashiyama, I believe they can provide a different Arashiyama experience.In addition, special car shuttle services are provided for the outbound journey, and JR tickets for returning to Kyoto Station are provided for the return journey. You can spend a half day in Arashiyama and choose your own return time. This is considered to have the flexibility of taking into account the free travel itinerary.
Klook.Itinerary reservation:Arashiyama Private Guide (Arashiyama Wild Bamboo Forest & Dahanoi Villa & Tenryu Temple & Togetsu Bridge)
Conclusion
People who are entangled in free travel and follow the group, whether it is because of laziness or busy work, or the sense of direction is too bad, or want to have a commentary guide, you can try to choose a day between group and free travel The itinerary of the travel package, whether it is used as a reference for the itinerary planning of the free travel, or as a program interspersed in the free travel itinerary, is a very recommended way.
Recently, after seeing travelers rushing to book air tickets and hotels, they began to have a headache about how to plan and arrange the next maple viewing itinerary. You may wish to refer to the itinerary planning suggestions of the package itinerary service to save yourself time and trouble.You can select your favorite one-day itinerary above, some can choose to go on their own, and some can directly purchase the packaged itinerary service, I believe you can easily organize a 5 days and 4 nights Kyoto maple viewing tour!
After introducing the two one-day maple viewing routes, as well as the transportation and attractions, I will recommend preliminary planning of the itinerary, including Osaka. You can even buy Universal Studios first and purchase fast pass tickets to sprint Harry at that time Porter area can save some time.If you want to register through the website, remember to use my invitation link >> Please click, You can get 100 yuan of travel money, which can be discounted for any itinerary booked.
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🎞️Additional screening at the same scene: A brief introduction to Klook APP
While browsing the Klook website, I unexpectedly found a job that I am very yearning for, that is, "Klook Travel Experiencer"!Travel experiencers from all over the world will visit large and small attractions, experience itineraries, go deep into different cultures, and dig out unique and interesting itineraries.For first-time travelers, it usually takes more time to understand the location of local attractions, transportation tickets, directions, etc. Klook will also design classic local attractions as a one-day itinerary, and you can easily complete it in a convenient way.I really want to tell Klook "Please choose me to be the travel experiencer!" (远望~)
Klook APP download and installation instruction
The Klook service is not only available for ordering the itinerary on the website, but also includes the mobile APP that can be used. I have read both the website and the APP. The website has the advantage of introducing detailed itinerary information, and the APP can integrate all your itinerary electronic The voucher should be presented when you gather on the spot.
The process of downloading and installing this APP is quite easy, I still analyze the operation steps one by one, please follow the operation!
Ok!Next, follow me through the APP installation steps~. (The following is a demonstration of the ios interface)
Step1. Enter the Apple Store and click "Search" below.
Step2. After entering Klook, click "Install" next to the first APP. After installation, click "Open" to enter the APP main screen.
▲ Open the APP directly to find all the itineraries inside.
▲ Enter the main screen of the APP.
Step3. This inquiry message will pop up on the screen, just click "Allow".
▲ The APP will determine your location and give suitable itineraries and activities near the landmark.
Step4. Prepare to choose various itineraries for overseas travel!
▲▼ The itinerary can be selected from "theme park" or "season discount" and "destination".
Step5. After choosing a "destination", there are already some itineraries here in Kyoto that can be ordered.
Step6. Let's share the ordering process with Lanshan one-day itinerary:
▲ The itinerary will show prices, time, tourist attractions, etc.
▲ Click "Read more" to understand the reason for the recommendation.
▲ Some content explanations need to be strengthened for the "recommended words of the editor".
▲ In addition to ordering the itinerary via APP, you can also order it on the official website.
▲ After trying to book a trip, select "Time".
▲ The minimum number of participants is two if you want to dine on the Yakatabune.
After you click to book now, you will enter the screen for entering the relevant fields of your own personal information.
▲ There are two payment methods: credit card and Paypal.
▲ After entering the credit card information, click "Pay Now" to complete the order!
At the meeting point, you can show the printed paper voucher or the electronic voucher on your mobile phone.
Travel on the ground, safety first
Over the past year, I have joined many free travel FB groups, and occasionally members will report emergency calls for help during accidents during travel. Therefore, I believe that travelers who choose to use local travel services for the first time will have questions about "Are these trips legal and safe?"
For Klook, its itinerary planning is through the use of travel experiencers and teams. As mentioned above, in addition to personally visiting the itinerary, it will select Japanese legal and compliant service providers as the first priority, so that users can have a safe and reliable journey during the trip. Sense of trust.After the above brief introduction to the APP, if you are going to Kyoto for maple viewing on your own, you may consider using the APP to try to order a one-day package. As long as you arrange a visit, you don't need to spend time or worry about how to arrange it.
Intimate reminder
After successfully downloading the app, you can also get the registered travel money just mentioned. You can click "My" on the app, select "Offers/Redeem" and enter the exclusive code "W1325", you will immediately get NT$100 travel Gold discount coupons (use period of one year).After introducing this app and the two scenic spots that I personally visited, I hope everyone can download the app and have a look. If you have any questions, you can communicate with me in the fan group or here! ^____^
