Summary
This Japan tour is perfect for value-minded travel lovers who enjoy history, beautiful settings, and fascinating architecture. You’ll start in Tokyo, end in Kyoto, and overnight along the way in the Mount Fuji area, Osaka, and Hiroshima. Highlights of this tour through Japan are the UNESCO World Heritage Sites you’ll visit. Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, has long been worshipped as a sacred mountain; you’ll enjoy views of majestic Mount Fiji and Lake Kawaguchi during your cable-car ride (weather permitting). In Hiroshima, visit Itsukushima Shrine, built over water and known for its iconic floating Torii gate, and Peace Memorial Park to see the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the only remaining structure from the first atomic bomb in 1945. In Kyoto, visit the Temple of the Gold Pavilion, a Buddhist temple covered in beautiful gold leaf, and participate in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. In addition to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, famous shrines, and other historic sites, this tour includes visits to two of Japan’s premier gardens dating back to the 1600’s. Walk the tranquil Koraku-En to enjoy the ponds, bridges, waterfalls, and tea house and the Shinjuku Gyoen or “Imperial Garden,” formerly a feudal lord’s property and home to one thousand cherry blossom trees. You’ll enjoy a local lunch and taste the “Japanese pizza” of Hiroshima, the legendary okonomiyaki dish. Plus, you’ll ride on the famous bullet train, or shinkansen. History, scenery, culture, cuisine, and fun experiences…this Japan vacation has it all!
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Tokyo, Japan
- Day 2
- Tokyo
- Day 3
- Tokyo
- Day 4
- Tokyo–Mount Fuji Area
- Day 5
- Mount Fuji Area–Osaka
- Day 6
- Osaka
- Day 7
- Osaka–Okayama–Kurashiki–Hiroshima
- Day 8
- Hiroshima
- Day 9
- Hiroshima–Bizen–Himeji–Kyoto
- Day 10
- Kyoto
- Day 11
- Kyoto
- Day 12
- Kyoto
Travel Cities (10): Himeji, Hiroshima, Kawaguchi, Kurashiki, Kyoto, Mount Fuji, Nara, Okayama, Osaka, Tokyo