• 12 Breakfast (B)
• 4 Lunch (L)
• 7 Dinner (D)

• Tokyo: Explore Tokyo’s oldest temple, Sensoji, in the historic Asakusa district. Wander through Nakamise Arcade, lined with traditional treats and crafts, before arriving at the main hall, a symbol of faith, resilience and local spirit.
• Tokyo: Rise above the skyline at Tokyo Skytree, the tallest structure in Japan. From its observation deck, you’ll take in panoramic views of the city, from Mount Fuji to Tokyo Bay. It’s a modern marvel and an unforgettable moment that will leave you awestruck.
• Ginza: With the guidance of your professional sushi chef, make your own selection of sushi specialities. Afterwards enjoy the fruits of your labour with a delicious lunch.
• Tokyo: Visit the Tokyo National Museum to browse collections of Japanese art and archaeological objects.
• Mt Fuji: Admire the stunning countryside at Mt. Fuji 5th Station.
• Takayama: Join the locals at the Takayama Festival.
• Gokayama: Take some time to admire the peaceful mountain village of Gokayama. Discover their unique homes that have been built without the use of nails and their sloped thatched roofs. 
• Kanazawa: Learn about the delicacy of the 16th-century craft gold leaf painting with your Local Specialist.
• Kanazawa: Step back in time at the Nomura Samurai House, once home to a respected warrior family. Explore its gardens, traditional architecture and treasured artefacts. You’ll learn about samurai life and honour in feudal Japan with a rare glimpse into the elegance of Edo-period craftsmanship.
• Kyoto: Admire the beautiful golden pavilion of Kinkakuji Temple.  
• Kotohira: Bask in the breath-taking views as we visit Kotohiragu Shrine.  
• Hiroshima: Admire the islands of the Seto Inland Sea as you travel across the Shimanami Kaido Expressway.
• Hiroshima: Spend some time admiring the majestic Itsukushima Shrine.
• Hiroshima: Discover the rich history when you visit the Peace Memorial Museum and Park. 
• Hiroshima: Sample the famous Hiroshima style okonomiyaki.
• Osaka: Discover another side of Osaka in Dotonbori, a lively entertainment district known for its theatres and street food. You’ll walk the main strip before turning into Hozenji Yokocho, a stone-paved alley lined with traditional eateries leading to a small temple where locals splash water over a moss-covered statue for good luck. You may also wish to pause at one of the nearby street stalls to try takoyaki — Osaka’s famous octopus snack, said to have originated here.
• Osaka Castle: Visit Osaka Castle, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a powerful samurai leader who unified Japan for the first time in 1590.

Reflect amid cenotaphs, water features and memory as you visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Gaze at the skeletal dome of the A-Bomb Dome, preserved as a stark witness to 1945.

Inside the Peace Memorial Museum, exhibits humanize history with testimonies and artifacts. This powerful visit invites a pause for reflection and a renewed commitment to peace.

Sample Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, assembled in sizzling teppan grill layers of batter, cabbage, and yakisoba noodles, then topped with your choice of pork, seafood or cheese. Sauces, scallions and aonori finish each hearty slice.

Born of ingenuity and postwar resilience, this local comfort food is a convivial experience—watch the spatula ballet, then dig in to layers of noodles and cabbage with sweet-savory glaze.

• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays
• Deluxe coach and train travel

Join the locals at the Takayama Festival and wander the Edo-style streets of Sanmachi-suji, lined with merchant houses and sake breweries. Marvel at intricately carved yatai floats, their lacquered panels and gilded details glowing as drums and flutes set the rhythm.

Watch karakuri ningyo marionettes perform with uncanny grace, a 17th-century tradition sustained by master puppeteers. Between spectacles, sample regional flavors such as prized Hida-gyu, celebrating mountain culture amid festive pageantry.

Ascend to the clouds as you ascend Tokyo Skytree, the 634-metre icon that crowns the skyline. From the high observation decks, feast on panoramic views stretching across the metropolis, from Mount Fuji to Tokyo Bay, with rivers, temples and towers laid out in miniature at your feet.

Learn how this soaring structure serves as a broadcast tower and architectural landmark, its lattice design engineered for strength and grace. Glass panels and broad vistas offer prime moments for photography.

Stroll the elegant forecourt as you admire Imperial Palace Plaza and its signature Nijubashi bridges, reflected in still moats. Continue into the East Gardens, where lawns, stone ramparts and gatehouses reveal the grandeur of the former Edo Castle complex.

Discover seasonal plantings, quiet ponds and sweeping views of ancient walls beside modern high-rises. Your guide highlights the Tokugawa shogunate’s legacy and the careful landscaping that preserves a sense of calm in the capital’s heart.

Step inside Tokyo National Museum, Japan’s oldest museum, to trace the nation’s story through exquisite treasures. Browse glittering swords and armor, serene Buddhist statuary, and colorful ukiyo-e prints alongside lacquerware and ceramics in airy galleries.

Nestled in leafy Ueno Park, the museum’s collections span millennia, from Jomon pottery to Edo artistry. Context-rich exhibits illuminate aesthetics, belief, and craftsmanship that shaped Japanese culture and design.

Sharpen your skills as you learn from a professional sushi chef to season rice, slice pristine fish, and shape perfect nigiri and maki. Master knife technique, rice texture and balance as your instructor shares tips from the sushi counter.

Discover the finesse of Edomae techniques and etiquette, from wasabi placement to soy dipping. Cap the experience by sampling your creations, appreciating clean flavors and precise textures born of patience and practice.

Climb by road to Mt. Fuji 5th Station, perched around 2,300 metres, where cool air and sweeping views over the Fuji Five Lakes set a majestic scene. Photograph lava slopes and forests that ripple toward distant peaks.

Revered as sacred Fuji-san, the mountain has inspired poets and pilgrims for centuries. From this high vantage, take in the misty mountain slopes and volcanic landscape that define Japan’s iconic summit.

Explore Oshino Hakkai, where eight crystalline ponds are fed by decades-filtered snowmelt from Mount Fuji. Paths weave past wooden mills and waterwheels as koi glide through crystal-clear spring ponds ringed by reeds and stone.

Recognized as part of the Mount Fuji UNESCO World Heritage landscape, this rural hamlet reveals how pristine water shaped village life. Thatched cottages and seasonal flowers frame peaceful scenes of countryside Japan.

Connect with a craft lineage as you try your hand at washi paper-making in a family workshop. Watch pulp stirred and strained on su frames, then form your own sheet guided by artisans who keep this delicate tradition alive.

Set within UNESCO-listed Gokayama, this MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience supports small-scale livelihoods and cultural continuity. Each sheet dried to a soft sheen embodies patience, mountain water, and support for local artisans.

Wander Kenrokuen Garden, counted among Japan’s finest for its harmony of spaciousness and seclusion. Graceful stone bridges and teahouses sit beside reflective ponds, sculpted pines and winding paths designed for four-season beauty.

Then meet a Local Specialist to see gold leaf artistry up close. Kanazawa produces the vast majority of Japan’s gold leaf; learn how delicate gold leaf craft gilds temples, lacquerware and confections with luminous sheen.

Step into the Nomura Samurai House in Kanazawa’s Nagamachi samurai district, where polished wood, alcoves and heirlooms evoke a warrior family’s refined life. Tatami rooms open to a jewel-like courtyard.

A pocket-sized garden with stone lanterns and a trickling stream showcases Edo aesthetics—controlled vistas, mossy textures, and asymmetry. Exhibits trace codes of honor and craftsmanship in the samurai household.

Enjoy a guided walk through Gion, Kyoto’s storied entertainment quarter of wooden machiya townhouses. Lanterns glow over lattice facades and narrow lanes where you may glimpse geiko and maiko traditions moving between discreet teahouses.

Learn how seasonal arts, etiquette and performance are preserved in this living cultural enclave. The lantern-lit alleys and gently creaking floorboards carry centuries of refinement.

Step inside the grounds of Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto’s radiant Golden Pavilion. Gold leaf glimmers across tiered eaves, mirrored in the mirror-like Kyoko-chi pond where islets and pines compose a painterly scene.

Once a shogun’s villa and now a Zen temple, Kinkaku-ji distills Zen aesthetics—simplicity balanced by opulence, architecture in dialogue with carefully composed gardens.

Be My Guest kaiseki lunch invites you to meet the Nakamura family in Kyoto for a seasonal, multi-course feast. Savor artfully plated dishes that celebrate market-fresh ingredients and elegant balance.

Learn dining customs and the meaning behind each course as you experience seasonal multi-course cuisine and warm Kyoto hospitality. Stories and flavors intertwine for a personal glimpse into local life.

Explore Tadao Ando architecture at Yumebutai, where terraces cascade into the 100 Stepped Garden—a geometric tapestry of seasonal blooms set on a reclaimed hillside.

Visit the Water Temple (Honpuku-ji) to descend through a still reflecting pool into a serene hall of concrete and light. Minimalist forms and nature’s elements create a contemplative, contemporary sacred space.

Cruise by ferry across calm waters to Miyajima Island, watching forests descend to the shore as sea breezes lift prayer flags. As the boat nears, the famous floating torii appears to hover on the tide.

Deer amble along seaside paths and temple bells carry on the wind, setting a serene tone for your island exploration and shrine visit.

Walk the boardwalks of Itsukushima Shrine, a Shinto complex rising on stilts above tidal sands. The vermilion Great Torii stands offshore, framing mountains and sea in an iconic silhouette that shifts with the tide.

Founded in the Heian era and now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the shrine’s corridors, drum towers and stage embody centuries of maritime devotion and courtly elegance.

Visit Osaka Castle, rebuilt to glory with a towering tenshu keep that surveys the city. Inside, exhibits trace the campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whose ambition and strategy shaped a new era.

Walk past sweeping battlements and moats buoyed by massive stone walls, learning how this fortress played a decisive role in the 16th-century unification of Japan.

Explore Shinjuku by night with your Travel Director, weaving from the neon canyons of Kabukicho to lantern-lit yokocho alleys where tiny grills sizzle and laughter spills into the street.

This guided evening outing reveals contrasting moods—glossy towers, hidden bars and retro arcades—in Tokyo’s most electric district. Optional experience available at additional cost and bookable on tour.

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Explore Tokyo’s heritage quarter as you join a guided walking tour through Asakusa to the city’s oldest Buddhist sanctuary, Senso-ji Temple. Pass beneath the giant red lantern of Kaminarimon, breathe the sweet incense drifting from the main hall, and admire the five-story pagoda that anchors this beloved place of worship.

Wander the Nakamise Street arcade for a window into Edo-period commerce, browsing chiyogami paper, ningyo dolls and traditional sweets. Soak up the Shitamachi atmosphere that preserves the spirit of old Tokyo in its shopfronts, aromas and friendly greetings.

Admire the Gassho-zukuri houses, steep thatched dwellings whose hand-hewn frames resemble palms in prayer. Their steep thatched roofs shrug off heavy snow, sheltering spacious lofts once used for sericulture.

Nestled across snow country architecture in secluded valleys, these hamlets reveal cooperative mountain life shaped by winter. Timber textures, smoke-darkened beams and mountain vistas make this a photographer’s dream.

Stroll Omicho Market, Kanazawa’s bustling pantry since the mid-Edo era. Pass gleaming seafood displays, neat pyramids of seasonal produce and barrels of pickles as fishmongers call to regulars and sharpen blades.

Amid fast-paced commerce, learn how the region’s cold seas and mountain farms stock these stalls year-round. The market’s lanes offer a vivid slice of everyday Kanazawa life and its proud food culture.

Walk the torii path of Fushimi Inari Shrine, a blaze of vermilion gates threading into wooded hills guarded by fox statues. The rhythmic arches and forest scents create a meditative flow.

Continue to Sanjusangen-do Hall, famed for its 1,001 statues of Kannon lining Japan’s longest wooden temple hall. Carved faces, halos and gilt surfaces form a mesmerizing chorus of compassion.

Ascend the steps to Kotohira-gu Shrine, a revered hilltop sanctuary dedicated to seafarers. Stone lanterns, cedar shade and guardian statues accompany your climb to panoramic countryside views over the Sanuki Plain.

For centuries, pilgrims have followed this pilgrims’ path to give thanks and seek protection. Carved beams, votive plaques and mountain breezes reward the effort at this storied shrine.

Visit Zentsu-ji Temple, the birthplace of Kobo Daishi, founder of Shingon Buddhism and a beacon for pilgrims on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage. Pagodas, gates and tranquil gardens shape a contemplative precinct.

Absorb the serenity of colonnades and treasure halls as your guide shares tales of faith, scholarship and devotion that continue to draw worshippers to this revered site.

Cross the Shimanami Kaido, a 60-kilometre route linking Honshu and Shikoku via elegant suspension bridges and causeways. Vistas open to an island-studded Seto Inland Sea dotted with boats and sparkling channels.

Peer down at citrus groves, fishing harbors and emerald coves as you pause for photos and reflection. This scenic engineering triumph turns a transfer into a highlight.

Walk lively Dotonbori along its canal of giant signs and neon glow, including the famous Glico runner. Street food aromas mingle with buskers and theater marquees in Osaka’s exuberant heart.

Slip into Hozenji Yokocho, a lantern-lit alley of stone paving and hidden eateries. At Hozenji temple, locals splash water for good luck over a moss-clad statue, a quiet moment amid the buzz.