Name: Cultural Tapestry of Japan
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Price: 4789 USD
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Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

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Your 10 days Japan classic was amazing! Everything from beginning to end was very well planned. Thank you for making my trip a great one! Looking forward to have more tours with Super Value Tours

Super Value Tours

Japan Classics

Our guide and group were wonderful. Most of the sites visited fascinating and worth it. I especially loved the visit with the monk and the Hakone Outdoor Art Museum.

It broke my heart that the one day in Tokyo was such a waste of time.  Please, taking us to a mediocre mall and a car exhibit, what were you thinking?  There should of been two days allotted to that fabulous city to see the real sites.  Also, I am an adult and making sushi for four year old was a huge insult and should be skipped at all costs.  Also I believe that the trip to Nari should be included as part of the trip and not an optional tour.

Except for breakfasts, the food was cafeteria grade at best and repetitive. You could do better. The best food was that which we picked ourselves.

I would never recommend going in cherry blossom time.  There were 80 buses lined up to get into the outdoor sites.  Buy a postcard and put it on your wall, or better yet, visit Washington DC.  I would recommend this trip if modifications were made.

Overseas Adventure Travel (O.A.T. Tours)

Japan's Cultural Treasures

Intrepid Travel

Explore!

Exodus Travels

Collette

Topdeck

Europamundo Vacations

Bravo Asia Tours

SmarTours

Exoticca

The Family Adventure Company

Simply Japan

Accommodation: was 3 to 4 star as outlined in the tour summary, very clean and comfortable.  All of them provided Japanese sleepwear, which was a surprise.  Sleeping in a Japanese temple, and eating traditional breakfast was a great experience.  Only issue we experienced was that pillow comfort was hit and miss - this is not unusual travelling anywhere, but caused some restless nights. 

Itinerary: As first-time tour travelers, we thoroughly enjoyed the itinerary.  Having spoken to friends that had recently visited Japan, they were amazed by many of the things we did that they weren't aware of. The tour provided a very broad experience of modern and historical culture, art and religions, how to navigate the complex transport system, and provided free time to explore or relax. We booked extra day accommodation before and after the tour, and recommend this so as not to feel rushed/tired at the start of the tour.  The tour did a lot of walking and took public transport, and for us this provided a deeper experience.

Explore tour leader:  Marco was our wonderful, informative, caring, cheerful guide.  Our tour group size was 13, and members' age range was 22 to 80, UK and Australia blend, all got on very well, and Marco looked after all of us, our questions and needs. Most of the group members took up his excellent recommendations for dining and free-time sightseeing.  Marco added much more to the tour for us all.

Simply Japan was our first ever tour and we can’t wait to do another. Since returning our friends and family asked us for our favourite thing was, but we are unable to name just one. Japan has always been on our list of places to visit, and having been there for work previously, we wanted to see and experience as much as possible, and this tour did just that.

David Lam was a fantastic guide, who not only taught us about the places we visited, but also just how to get around Japan by train and bus, exchange coins at a 7-eleven, foods to try and places to shop (and more!). The WhatsApp group was a great source of information, and an easy way to share photos between the group.

The tour pacing was just right for us, with enough free time to explore some parts on our own, although we mostly took David’s excellent suggestions and were not disappointed. When most of the group agreed to one of David’s suggestions, David would often help organise and/or ****** us to those destinations to ensure we maximised our time and enjoyment. This included the traditional tea ceremony and many of the dinner locations.

One of our highlights was the Mt Fuji tour with JTB Sunrise tours. This is recommended but not included in the Explore tour and can be very hit and miss depending on the time of year and weather. But in November your chances improve, and we even saw the first snow of the season. This tour included a ferry on a lake and cable car for more views of Mt Fuji and surrounds. Take the train option for the return, it only took half-an-hour, while the bus was likely to hit traffic and take at least 2 hours. You may need to book the tour before arriving in Japan.

The food highlight of the tour was the Hiroshima Okonomiyaki savoury pancakes. These were so good we went back again the following night to have more. Notable other meals included the first night in Tokyo with group, the gluten-free Tempura Asakusa Sakura in Tokyo, and Ramen Street at Tokyo station, although ordering the Ramen on the machines at the restaurants proved to be a challenge the first time.

Hiroshima was a highlight for us, and we want to come back to Miyajima, even stay a night, to explore the island more thoroughly. This was the only location on the tour where we felt rushed.

We averaged about 15,000 steps a day, peaking at 20,000 with some of the optional destinations. We knew the hotel rooms would be small, and they really were in Tokyo at Hotel Sunroute Asakusa, but all the other hotels and rooms were comfortable. Hotel breakfasts were more of a challenge, and we appreciated a more western breakfast by time we arrived in Hiroshima.

The weather was kind to us, with just a bit of rain in Tokyo and Kanazawa. It was about 15 degrees each day, so a jacket was needed most days, and something warmer for the early starts. Our flights were from Narita, so we organized our own train tickets from the airport, including from Osaka back to Tokyo at the end of the tour. There is lots of free wifi available, but we found having Ubigi e-sims on our phones handy when navigating around in each city, just turn off those apps that consume lots of data first. You will need to have some cash handy; David will give you advance warning when it is required, and the 7-eleven ATMs were good for withdrawing more cash. That said, we were able to purchase most things using a Wise debit card to minimise the currency fees.

We also wanted to thank David, Rachael and Explore for their assistance when one of us become ill, making it easier for us to stay an extra night in Kanazawa and catch up to the group on the train to Hiroshima. Did I mention the trains? A great way to see the countryside and wind down between cities.

A wonderful and thorough visit of Japan!
We had an outstanding tour guide Irene who went the extra mile to help us and make the most of our trip. We saw many interesting places and the autumn colours were amazing!

This was a well-paced trip with an excellent itinerary and more free time than I've been used to on previous tours, allowing us to seek out the areas which appealed to us. To that end, I highly recommend getting an eSim on your phone so that you can navigate around using google maps without racking up a huge bill.  Going in mid November, I wasn't prepared for just how cold the weather was, in particular the wind.  Hat and gloves and a winter jacket were essential.

We decided to use our free day in Tokyo to visit Nikko which was worth the trip but we only thought to book the train the day before and the early morning trains had sold out. Fortunately we were luckier when booking a bullet train from Osaka back to Tokyo at the end of the trip, allowing us a fabulous view of Mt Fuji and another day in Tokyo before catching our flight home.  Overall, we loved the travel on various forms of public transport throughout the whole tour - a great way to get around, much better than being stuck on a coach. We were also very fortunate in having an excellent, very patient, tour guide in Kerique who gave us a great insight into the country.

Outstanding and very varied tour. Too many highlights to mention but we were particularly lucky to be there for the peak of the autumn colour in the amazing Japanese gardens. Our tour leader Irene went above and beyond and greatly added to our enjoyment of the trip.

Hakone Tour & Trip Reviews

Your 10 days Japan classic was amazing

80% great, 20% a waste of valuable time