Japan Spring Tour | Tokyo Package 10 Days
Tokyo Tour Description
Cherry blossom viewing is one of the popular activities on a Japan spring tour. We visit many places where you can appreciate the beautiful pink flowers. Not to mention the sightseeing spots such as Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples, you can enjoy old towns and walking on the old trail.
You can enjoy variety of local dishes. In Suwa, we visit a private house and they welcome us with their home-made meals. You will also visit 4 World Heritage Sites of UNESCO.
Tour Date and Price
Arrival and departure : Starts in Tokyo and Ends in Kyoto
Tour Date:
2022 (9 nights and 10 days)
Tour Price :
USD 3,200 *Price per person, Based on TWN and Triple room
Single room user : USD 3,700 *Price per person
Price (age 4-11※): USD TBA ; No bed for child.
Japan Spring Tour Highlights
Day 1 : Arrival (Narita or Haneda) – Tokyo : Transfer to hotel in Tokyo
Day 2 : Tokyo city Tour with English speaking guide by public transportation.
Day 3 : Free day in Tokyo. We can arrange OP tour or entrance tickets for your free day.
Day 4 : Tokyo – Mt Fuji – Suwa hot spring area ( Nagano )
Day 5 : Suwa – Mountain area – Suwa
Day 6 : Suwa – Nakasendo trail: Tsumago and Magome – Takayama
Day 7: Takayama – Shirakawag- Takayama
Day 8 : Takayama – Nara – Kyoto
Day 9 : Kyoto
Day 10 : Kyoto – Kansai Airport
Japan Spring Tour Itinerary
Day 1 : Airport (Narita or Haneda)-Tokyo
Welcome to Tokyo! You will be greeted by an English-speaking assistant at the airport. The assistant will get you in the bus to your hotel.You can also extend your vacation before / after the tour in Tokyo, Osaka. Please contact us!
Shinagawa Prince Hotel or similar
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Day 2 : Tokyo City Tour
Today, we head out to the Imperial palace. The
Imperial palace is the primary residence of
the Emperor of Japan.
We will visit
Tokyo Skytree, a broadcasting and observation tower with the height of 634 meters (2,080ft). The view of the metropolitan Tokyo area from there will be spectacular. If the sky is clear, the Mt. Fuji can be seen in the distance.
Then we proceed to
Asakusa Sensoji Temple, the Five Storied Pagoda and the traditional Nakamise shopping arcade.
Then drive to
Akihabara area and enjoy Japanese pop culture zone, the electronic district and the mecca for the anime (Japanese cartoon characters).
Shinagawa Prince Hotel or similar
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Day 3 : Free day in Tokyo
Today you can either spend freely at your leisure, or you can join one of our specially prepared optional tours. Please contact us for more information.
*One-day Tokyo sightseeing tour 10,000 yen
*One day
Kamakura Tour 12,500 yen
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Sumo stable with lunch 11,000 yen
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Tokyo Disneyland (Park Ticket only) 8,200 yen
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Tokyo DisneySea (Park Ticket only) 8,200 yen
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Ghibli Museum (Entrance Ticket only) 1,000 yen
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Team Lab (Entrance Ticket only) 3,200 yen*Tours need to be reserved by the previous business day
Shinagawa Prince Hotel or similar
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Day 4 : Tokyo – Mt Fuji – Suwa
This is the day when we visit the highest peak in Japan,
Mt.Fuji. It is has been appreciated by many Japanese for ages because of its perfect conical shape. Please enjoy magnificent shape from Lake Kawaguchi if weather permitting.
We then head out to Suwa Lake area. Before arriving at the hotel, we visit two historically important places in the area. Takashima Castle was nicknamed floating castle because of the location facing to the lake. Suwa Taisha is a head shrine of 25,000 Suwa Shrines all over Japan.
We stay at the hotel with hot springs for two nights. Let’s enjoy kaiseki dinner at the hotel.
Saginoyu or similar
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Day 5 : Suwa – Mt Yatsugatake area – Suwa
Today, we visit mountain area to enjoy nature. Yatsugatake is a huge mountain range consists of many peaks. The highest peak is Mt. Akadake which is 2,899m high. You can enjoy the magnificent view of the mountain area.
Today’s dinner is at a private house. They welcome us with local food and hospitality. This is a good opportunity to see how Japanese people live in the traditional house.
Saginoyu or similar
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Day 6 : Suwa – Nakasendo Trail: Tsumago and Magome – Takayama
In the morning, we drive to Nakasendo. Nakasendo is an old trail constructed 400 years ago by the Tokugawa Shogunate as one of the major routes between Edo (Tokyo now) and Kyoto.
Tsumago is the most well preserved post town in Nakasendo. There used to be 31 accommodations for the travelers going from/to Edo or Kyoto.
Then we go on a 8km’s hike through the forest and rice field. You can see the life style of the local people.
The goal is
Magome post town. Another beautiful post town spreading on the hill, so it has a different atmosphere from Tsumago.
We stay in old charming town, Takayama for two nights.
Takayama Green Hotel or similar
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Day 7 : Takayama – Shirakawago – Takayama
Takayama is surrounded by mountains and also known as ‘Little Kyoto’. We start the day with Morning Market which local farmers come to sell their products. Then to old town Sanmachi, which was developed as a merchant town built in the Edo period, is still prosperous today. We visit Takayama Jinya that is the only remaining local government office of the Edo period.
Then we drive to
Shirakawago. Located around the Sho River in the deep mountains, Shirakawago is a historic village where unique traditional farmhouses have survived. This village is an outstanding example of a traditional way of life perfectly adapted to a cold environment. We can also observe the inside of one of the farmhouses.
Takayama Green Hotel or similar
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Day 8 : Takayama – Nara – Kyoto
In the morning we drive to Nara, the ancient capital of Japan. In
Nara, first we visit
Todaiji Temple and Nara deer park. Todaiji Temple is one of Japan’s most famous Buddhist temples and a World Heritage site. Its Great Buddha Hall, which is one of the world’s largest wooden buildings, houses one of the world’s largest bronze statues of Buddha. Nara park is very famous for its many free-roaming deer. You can feed them specially made crackers. The deer will bow to you to beg for them!
We also visit
Kasuga Taisha Shrine which has thousands of stone lantern along the main approach, before going to Kyoto.
Miyako Hotel Kyoto-Hachijo or similar
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Day 9 : Kyoto
Today we visit
Kyoto which became the capital after Nara in the late 8th century. First we visit
Fushimi Inari Taisha with seemingly endless arcades of vermillion torii gate spread across a thickly wooden mountain.
If you like drinking
sake, you would love to visit our next stop…the sake brewery! The guide gives you a little tour inside followed by tasting.
We can’t miss Kyoto’s most famous highlights,
Kiyomizu Temple and
Kinkakuji Temple known as Golden Pavilion.
In the evening, we will take a stroll around the
Gion geisha district. If you are lucky you can catch a glimpse of a maiko or geisha on her way to the tea house.
Miyako Hotel Kyoto-Hachijo or similar
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Day 10 : Kyoto – Kansai Airport
Time to get back home with unforgettable memory and lots of souvenir. Leaving for Kansai Airport by airport bus. Return by air. Thank you very much for coming to Japan and Sayonara.
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Japanese Food you can try during the tour
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Soba & Goheimochi (Tsumago)
TOUR COST INCLUDES
- 7 nights Western-style accommodation and 2 nights Japanese-style accommodation
- Meet and greet upon arrival at Narita or Haneda Airport
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure
- Private coach transfers between destinations in Japan
- Comprehensive escorted with our licensed professional English speaking tour guide described in the itinerary
- Meals described as in the itinerary (20 meals)
- Admission fees to sites, gardens, and museums listed in the itinerary
TOUR COST DOES NOT INCLUDE
- International Airfares
- Meals that are not included in the itinerary
- Travel Insurance
- Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks
- Personal expenses such as telephone and laundry bills
- Gratuities
EXTEND PLAN
You can also extend your vacation before/after the tour in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, or other places. We can provide an extension for the same hotel that you are staying at during the tour for 15,000 yen ~ per night, per person. Please contact us!
ADITIONNAL INFORMATION
Transport: Travel by air-conditioned, private coach, baggage handling free
Arrival / Departure Airports: For arrivals at Narita or Haneda airport, this tour starts in Tokyo and ends in Osaka.
Meal Requests: Vegetarian, halal or special meals can be arranged
Meet and Greet: Please note that the meet and greet and airport transfer to the first hotel is ONLY available on the first day of the tour after 10:00 AM. If you plan to stay extra nights before the start of the tour, please arrange your own hotel transfer
Tour schedule and prices subject to change without notice
CANCELLATION POLICY
46 days or more prior to arrival date in Japan: no penalty
45-31 days prior to arrival date in Japan: 10% of the tour fee
30-15 days prior to arrival date in Japan: 20% of the tour fee
14- 8 days prior to arrival date in Japan: 30% of the tour fee
7 – 3 days prior to arrival date in Japan: 50% of the tour fee
Less than 3 days prior to arrival date in Japan: 100% of the tour fee
Feedback from Clients
Jennifer M. – 2018 Autumn –- Overall I loved the tour and felt it gave me a good overview of Japan
We loved Kyoto with the Golden Pavillion and Gion the best. The hotel in Tokyo was really amazing, and I loved the Japanese food we had. Guide Kazu was very kind, helpful and friendly. We covered a lot of ground and saw a lot, and overall I loved the tour and felt it gave me a good overview of Japan.
Vanessa F. – 2018 Autumn –- The best were the food, Mt. Fuji and the geisha in Gion
The hotels and food were excellent and guide Hisakazu was the best! He was very attentive, knowledgeable and very kind. The sights were very good and full of culture. I really enjoyed out tour, if anything I wished we had a bit more time to see everything.
Dylan D. – 2019 Autumn –- Overall extremely happy and satisfied with the tour, how it was planned and organized
We were very happy and satisfied with the tour, all hotels were good, the Japanese food was varied and of great quality. Guide Kazu was very good, helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. We liked the fact that it was a small tour group.
