Reviews

This tour is superb. The pace is very easy, so suitable for slower walkers! The food is very varied, a few western cuisine meals but more Japanese ( local) meals, a lot of variety. I love Japanese food, so was very happy. Visiting Kyushu ( the southern island) is a rare destination on most Japanese tours and indeed we did not see any foreign tourist there. When we crossed to Hiroshima and headed to Kyoto and Tokyo, we saw other foreign tourist groups. The sights are both inspiring and even awesome and I would highly recommend this tour.

Very good holiday. It was usually a bit of a walk to wherever the evening meal was-if we were told it was a ten minute walk,it would be twenty minutes. One of our group couldn't keep up and, leader wouldn't wait. Last evening meal, which we hoped would be a nice occasion, was us all in different parts of a crowded bar with slow service.We had to wait for tables and sit wherever there were spaces and couldn't all sit together to have a proper goodbye.

I had two rides on the bullet train, saw Mount Fuji, ate a load of Japanese food, including okonomiyaki, which we cooked, assisted in noodle making, made origami, saw Hiroshima Peace Museum, monument and tower, saw and climbed to the top of Humeji castle, went up Skytree and sent postcards from it and went in an onsen (communal baths) and on Miyajima Island.

Brilliant content of tour but some of the food was awful. Mainly pleasant Japanese restaurants at lunchtime but sometimes in the evenings cheap cafe standards. The occasional non Japanese food was not a success as it was often cold and on the table before we were seated. It was good in the evenings if we ate in the hotels we stayed in, Hiroshima and Takayama come to mind. I must admit I am not overfond of Japanese food especially tofu and sushi and not mad about saki. Hotels fine and I love Japanese loos found everywhere! In spite of getting all the required documents getting through the airport at Osaka was a nightmare. I regret to say that first time customers may be put off Wendy Wu because of the food. You do a grand job in China but not in Japan.
Highlights nearly everything but in particular the snow monkeys and Mount Fuji on a lovely day.