Itineraries for Japan History and culture

Essential Japan

10-day tailor-made holiday from £2,355 pp incl. flights

Get a taste of all that this spectacular multi-faceted country has to offer, with private tours of Tokyo, traditional ryokan stays, trips on Japan's 200mph bullet train and visits to world famous temples.

Best of Japan

14-day tailor-made holiday from £4,490 pp incl. flights

Experience the best Japan has to offer on this tailor-made tour, meandering through the modern hi-tech, natural beauty, and the ancient and traditional. Start your tour off in one of the most modern, efficient and largest cities in the world - Tokyo.

Tokyo, Hakone and the Japanese Alps

16-day tailor-made holiday from £5,250 pp incl. flights

Step out of Japan's capital and explore an alpine world of shrines and samurai frozen in time. Board the mighty bullet train, sleep in timber ryokan inns, stay in hot onsen springs and more on this tailor-made journey.

Japan's Blossom Season

11-day tailor-made rail journey from £3,215 pp incl. flights

Between private, tailor-made tours, bullet-train trips and stays in historic hot-spring inns, see the best of Japan and its world-famous cherry blossom season.

Cultural Highlights of Japan by Rail

16-day tailor-made rail-journey from £5,135 pp incl. flights

This curated rail journey brings you on bullet-train sprints between Japan’s rich past, taking in ancient castle towns and tea ceremonies in Kyoto. You’ll also enjoy private, tailor-made tours everywhere from Tokyo to Hiroshima as you stay in luxury hotels and traditional ryokan inns.

Best of Kyushu

16-day tailor-made holiday from £5,305 pp incl. flights

Look beyond tropical coastlines and ultramodern cities to find a Meiji Restoration past as violent as the island’s volcanoes