Bestseller$3,490/ person
Japan · Small-group tour
Kyoto, Nara & Tokyo
Japan · Tokyo to Osaka
Overview
Our most popular first trip to Japan, balancing the calm of Kyoto’s temples with the energy of Tokyo. We travel by bullet train, stay one night in a traditional ryokan with hot springs and always reach the famous sights before the crowds.
Groups are capped at ten, so dinners happen in tiny izakayas that could never seat a coach tour.
Why you will love it
Temples at dawn
Fushimi Inari and Kiyomizu-dera before the tour buses arrive.
Ryokan and onsen
A night in a Hakone inn with kaiseki dinner and hot springs.
Bullet trains
7-day rail pass and seat reservations handled for you.
Tea ceremony
A private ceremony in a Kyoto tea house with a tea master.
What’s included
- 10 nights in hotels and one ryokan
- 10 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners
- 7-day Japan Rail Pass
- Kaiseki dinner and onsen in Hakone
- Private tea ceremony in Kyoto
- All entrance fees on the itinerary
- Bilingual tour leader throughout
- Airport transfer on the last day
Day-by-day itinerary
Meet at our hotel in Shinjuku for a neighbourhood walk and welcome dinner in an izakaya.
Tsukiji outer market, Asakusa, the Meiji shrine and an evening in Shibuya with a local host.
Lake Ashi by boat, views of Mount Fuji on clear days and a night in a ryokan with private onsen.
Dawn at Fushimi Inari, the bamboo grove in Arashiyama, Gion at dusk and a tea ceremony.
Todai-ji’s great Buddha and the deer park, lunch at a sake brewery.
The Peace Memorial and the floating torii gate of Itsukushima shrine.
Street food in Dotonbori and a farewell dinner.
Transfer to Kansai airport is included.
Trip details
- Starts
- Tokyo
- Ends
- Osaka
- Accommodation
- 4-star hotels and one traditional ryokan
- Meals
- 10 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners
- Group size
- 4 to 10 travellers
- Single supplement
- $980
- Deposit
- $500, refundable up to 60 days before departure
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