In Kyoto, there are plenty of maiko henshin (or maiko makeover) studios where (presumably) female tourists can pay to be made up and dressed to look like a maiko (apprentice geisha).
What options are available for men in Kyoto? Are there any commonly available options apart from dressing up as a samurai?
Studio shoot versus going outdoors isn't a major consideration - either's fine.
If you go to Toho Uzumasa Eigamura in Kyoto, you can dress like a ninja along with other samurai, royalty, and townsperson variations. There are even European royalty (as imagined by shojo manga) variations.
http://www.toei-eigamura.com/event/detail/53
After you get dressed up, they take your photo in the shop and then you can walk around the theme park, which is the actual movie sets for Toho Studios for their jidaigeki (Tokugawa/samurai) films.
I linked to the Japanese site above as it has photos of the costumes available, which the English site doesn't.
Note: there's an entry fee to the theme park in addition to the costume and makeup fee.
It seems that many of the kimono rental shops that cater to women also carry men's kimono.
For example:
Okamoto Kimono offers large selection of kimono including formal, long-sleeved or hakama for rental.
Kyoto Kimono Rental and Yumeyakata also offer similar plans.
There are other shops that may fit your needs better, I encourage you to search online.
Note: I am not affiliated with any of these sites, nor have I ever used their service. Make sure to contact them to make sure that the service is in fact available.
