Tailormade Tour of the Highlights of Honshu | 16 days

Best of Japan – as the name suggests, this 16 day tour includes the very best that Japan has to offer. It touches the country’s main highlights:  Futuristic Tokyo, cultural Kyoto and iconic Mt Fuji, together with a visit to Hiroshima – one of Japan’s most vibrant cities, and adds a trip high into the Japan Alps to visit the quaint town of Takayama, continuing on to Kanazawa and the famous Kenroku’en garden, one of Japan’s top three gardens.

Day 1: Fly Tokyo

Day 2: Arrive in Tokyo

Day 3: Tokyo sightseeing, enjoying the old and new of the city

Day 4: Cultural experience in Tokyo (you can choose to attend a session of sumo training, visit Tsukiji fish market, and more)

Day 5: Train to Hakone. Hakone sightseeing. Overnight stay at a Japanese style hotel (ryokan)

Day 6: Train to Takayama

Day 7: Visit the well-preserved mountain town of Takayama

Day 8: On to Kanazawa by coach, with a stop en-route at the quaint mountain village of Shirakawago

Day 9: Explore Kanazawa and its gardens and traditional townhouses

Day 10: Train to Hiroshima

Day 11: Visit Hiroshima, including Miyajima Island with its famous floating torii gate

Day 12: Train to Kyoto, followed by a market walk and Japanese cuisine cooking lesson

Day 13: Visit Kyoto and some of its many World Heritage sites

Day 14: Visit Nara and Fushimi Inari

Day 15: Fly from Kyoto to London

Day 16:Arrive London

Guide price: please ask for a quotation