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Japan
Osaka Castle, Japan
Memoirs of Japan From $ 6750
10 Days Minimum: 2 Offered Year-round Private Custom
Begins in Osaka, we tour its 17th-century castle before moving to Kyoto.
Visit I.M. Pei’s striking Miho Museum and participate in a traditional
Japanese tea ceremony in a tea house surrounded by green tea fields.
Visit Japan’s most important temples and pavilions in Kyoto and Nara,
and its unmatched beautiful Zen gardens. Marvel at the colours and
taste a Kaiseki dinner, and complete with a geisha or maiko performance.
Take a bullet train ride to Hakone, tour Mt Fuji and stay in one
of Japan’s oldest inns, Gora Kadan with onsen. Get on top of the Tokyo
Tower for a panoramic view of Japan’s capital and walk through the
lovely Yanaka district, reminiscent of Tokyo from past decades. Explore
Nikko and the shrine on its ground and wind through the labyrinth of
the Tsukiji Fish Market and the fashion-forward style in the Harajuku
neighbourhood. Observe wrestlers practice in an active sumo stable
and savour delicacies found nowhere else in the world. There are so
many exotic pleasures of this luxury tour of Japan that will make your
visit to Japan a fascinating experience.
Japan Yokoso From $ 1550
5 Days Minimum: 2 Offered Year-round Group & Custom
Japan still retains plenty of its mystical oriental charms and something
of an enigma to people in the Western world. This coach tour gives a
quick introduction to the dynamic capital city of Tokyo and Japan’s
Icon - Mt. Fuji and the rugged yet beautiful mountain town of Hakone.
A bullet train ride to the imperial capital of Kyoto with thriving geisha
culture and visit UNESCO world heritage sites in Kyoto & Nara.
Imperial Japan From $ 3195
9 Days Minimum: 2 Offered Year-round Group & Custom
This trip will lead you through a hands-on introduction of Japan’s history
and rich culture. In addition to the visit of Tokyo and solitary Mt.
Fuji and Hakone, we travel to the mountainous region that was cut off
from the rest of the world for a long period of time. Visit the post town
of Hida Takayama, castle town of Kanazawa, historic villages of Shirakawa-go
and Gokayama, the area is fast emerging as the country’s
new art and culture capital. The well preserved old towns and villages
with narrow street lanes, quaint wooden houses, traditional market,
galleries and craft shops are a step back in time, leaving you with a
heartfelt understanding of this mysterious land.
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Highlights of Japan From $ 4195
10 Days Minimum: 2 Offered on Selected Dates Group
Japanese culture is alive from the etiquette demanded in social situations
to the minimalist décor behind rice paper screens, it cannot be
ignored. This trip speeds through from the east to the west by train and
captures Japan’s extensive tourism highlights. Begin with a three-night
stay in Tokyo with one day at leisure to give you time to explore the
city independently. Visit Mt. Fuji and stay in a traditional inn. Walk
the absorbing streets of Takayama. Discover the thriving geisha culture
and tour the thought-provoking Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima,
and view the Itsukushima Shrine on the Miyajima Island. Delight
in an exclusive Maiko performance with farewell dinner in Kyoto.
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