Experience the futuristic cityscapes, imperial temples and Buddhist shrines of the 'Land of the Rising Sun', a country where the traditional and ultra-modern co-exist. Travel from old to new on an escorted tour of Japan that leads you around the highlights of the region.
Journey to the samurai district of Nagamachi, explore Kyoto's 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and travel into the Japanese Alps to witness the majestic Matsumoto Castle. Our Japan escorted tours offer an easy and well-planned way to explore this culturally rich island nation.
Learn more about these amazing places to visit on your escorted tour of Japan
For most of us, the word 'Hiroshima' doesn't really mean a place. It is a word for an event, a catastrophic landmark in human history. It conjures black & white images of a desolate, flattened wasteland pockmarked by a few charred skeletons of buildings,...
Kyoto and Tokyo make an anagram of each other, but that’s pretty much all they have in common. Whilst Tokyo, on the surface at least, is all high-speed trains, flashes of neon and skyscrapers. Kyoto, by contrast, is old Japan writ large, its spiritual...
Set against a dramatic backdrop of the Japanese Alps rising in the distance, Matsumoto is Japan’s oldest castle, originally built in 1504 when Japan was embroiled in bloody civil wars, then rebuilt in 1593 in the form as you see it today. It’s a fine...
Miyajima is an exquisite small island in the Seto Inland Sea, just over a mile from the mainland. Its proximity to Hiroshima (half an hour by ferry) makes it a popular antidote for visitors anguished by their exposure to the grim story of the atomic bomb....
It is probably the most iconic image of Japan. Mount Fuji’s snow-capped symmetry, rising to a perfect pinnacle at 12,388 ft, is a magnet for climbers, tourists, artists and writers. When you first lay eyes on its conical beauty – whether from Tokyo...
When you visit Japan, these are the facts and useful information you need to know…
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