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Best Boat Rentals & Cruises in Kyoto

6 places, each checked by our team.

• Amanohashidate Sightseeing Boat 天橋立観光船Amanohashidate — 12-minute boat across Miyazu Bay linking Amanohashidate pier to Ichinomiya pier, with gulls following the boat.
• Arashiyama Tsusen Boats (Rowboats & Yakatabune) 嵐山通船Arashiyama — Rowboat rentals, shared sightseeing boats and private roofed yakatabune on the Oi River at Togetsukyo, Arashiyama.
• Fushimi Jikkokubune Canal Boat 伏見十石舟Fushimi — Traditional flat-bottomed boat ride along the willow-lined Horikawa canal of Fushimi's sake district, out to the Misu lock.
• Ine Bay Sightseeing Boat 伊根湾めぐり遊覧船Ine — 25-minute loop of Ine Bay past the famous funaya boathouses, with seagulls flying alongside the boat.
• Lake Biwa Canal Boat (Biwako Sosui-sen) びわ湖疏水船Keage / Yamashina / Otsu — Seasonal small-boat cruise through the Meiji-era Lake Biwa Canal tunnels between Otsu and Keage in Kyoto.
• Okazaki Sakura Corridor Jikkokubune Boat 岡崎さくら回廊 十石舟めぐりOkazaki / Nanzen-ji — Spring-only 25-minute boat ride along the cherry-lined Lake Biwa Canal in Okazaki, from the Nanzen-ji boat basin to Ebisugawa Dam.