Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Women-only Japan: Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto and Osaka
9 days for women only with a woman See Sight guide: Tokyo, a Hakone ryokan night under Fuji, Kyoto with Nara, and Osaka.
9 days · Tokyo to Osaka · up to 12 guests
Mount Fuji with snow on its upper slopes Photo: Yiannis Theologos Michellis, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japan_Mt_Fuji_(14298594376).jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 9 days, 8 nights
- Start and end
- Tokyo to Osaka
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
Most days are 4 to 6 hours on your feet on city pavements, station stairs and shrine steps, about 8 to 12 km; day 7 in Nara and Kyoto is the longest, about 9 to 10 km, with a two-hour rest in the afternoon. The climb at Fushimi Inari to the Yotsutsuji crossroads is about 45 minutes uphill on stone steps. Two mornings leave the hotel at about 6:40 am (days 2 and 6); every other day starts at 8 am or later. On each long day there is a way to sit part of it out.
- Meals included
- 8 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 2 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 975 (estimated price)
- Season
- Late March to mid-April, mid-May to early June, and October to early December (not Golden Week)
Highlights
Why this trip
- A slow first evening: rest after the flight, then an honest briefing and a welcome izakaya dinner a short walk from the hotel
- Senso-ji at 7 am, before Asakusa fills, and Tokyo from the Shibuya Sky rooftop at sunset
- A tasting walk through the Tsukiji Outer Market, then matcha in a shogun's garden on Tokyo Bay
- The ropeway over Owakudani, a cruise on Lake Ashi and a ryokan night with a women's onsen and kaiseki dinner
- Fushimi Inari's torii gates at 7 am, then cooking lunch with a Kyoto home cook, a woman where one is confirmed
- Todai-ji's Great Buddha and the deer of Nara Park, with a licensed local guide, a woman where available
- Kinkaku-ji at opening and a tea ceremony with a wagashi class
- A farewell street-food dinner under the Dotonbori neon in Osaka
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 975 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Tokyo, gently
Tokyo Haneda or Narita airport to your hotel in central Tokyo
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Tokyo
- Drive about 1 h
Fly into Tokyo Haneda (HND) or Narita (NRT). A driver meets you in the arrivals hall and takes you to the hotel: about 30 to 45 minutes from Haneda, about 90 minutes from Narita. The hotel is central, within about 5 minutes' walk of a metro or JR station on lit, busy streets.
Afternoon
Nothing is planned until 6:30 pm, so land by mid-afternoon if you can and sleep, shower or take a short walk first. Then your See Sight Tours guide meets the group in the lobby. Over green tea she introduces everyone and gives an honest briefing: what to wear at temples and the tea ceremony, onsen etiquette and the women's bath, women-only train cars and what to do if someone gets too close on a crowded train, eating alone, taxis, and how your suitcase is forwarded on day 3. Each guest gets a loaded IC card for the metro.
Evening
At about 7:30 pm we walk a few minutes to an izakaya for a welcome dinner of small plates, and you are back at the hotel by about 9:30.
Included
- Pick-up at Tokyo Haneda (HND) or Narita (NRT)
- Welcome and briefing with your guide on dress, onsen, trains and getting around alone
- IC transit card for the Tokyo metro
- Welcome dinner at an izakaya near the hotel
Easier option: Skip dinner after the briefing and rest at the hotel
Free time: Free to rest until the 6:30 pm briefing
Activity: From Narita the transfer is about 70 km and 90 minutes.
Old and new Tokyo
Asakusa and Senso-ji, then Meiji Jingu, Harajuku and Shibuya
- Breakfast
- Stay in Tokyo
- By train
We start at 7 am in Asakusa, at Senso-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple.
Morning
The grounds never close and the main hall opens at 6 or 6:30 am, so at this hour the great Kaminarimon gate and the Nakamise shopping street belong to shopkeepers raising their shutters and locals saying morning prayers, not the crowds that pour in from ten. After a coffee in the backstreets, the metro takes us across the city to Meiji Jingu, the shrine to Emperor Meiji, reached on a wide gravel path through a forest planted a century ago.
Afternoon
From there it is a short walk into Harajuku for lunch on your own (your guide has a list) and down to Shibuya and its scramble crossing. The middle of the afternoon is free to rest at the hotel, which after a long flight most of us need.
Evening
At sunset we go up to Shibuya Sky, the open-air rooftop about 230 m above the crossing, to watch the city light up; on clear winter days Mount Fuji shows on the horizon.
Included
- Senso-ji, the Kaminarimon gate and Nakamise street at 7 am with your guide
- Meiji Jingu and its forest approach
- Harajuku and the Shibuya scramble crossing on foot
- Shibuya Sky at sunset (timed entry booked for you)
Easier option: Skip the walk from Harajuku to Shibuya and take the metro one stop, or rest at the hotel and meet the group at Shibuya Sky.
Free time: Lunch on your own in Harajuku; mid-afternoon free; evening free after Shibuya Sky
Activity: About 10 km on foot across the day, with a midday break. Roughly an hour at Senso-ji, an hour at Meiji Jingu and an hour on Shibuya Sky.
Tsukiji, a shogun's garden and a free afternoon
Tsukiji Outer Market and Hama-rikyu garden, then Tokyo on your own
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Tokyo
- By train
Morning
A food morning. We take the metro to the Tsukiji Outer Market, the lanes of fishmongers, knife makers, pickle sellers and tiny counters that stayed behind when the wholesale fish market moved to Toyosu in 2018.
Afternoon
Your guide leads a tasting walk while the stalls are busiest with local cooks: rolled omelette hot off the pan, grilled scallops, fresh fruit, and then a seat at a sushi counter for lunch. A short walk away, Hama-rikyu is a former shogun's garden on Tokyo Bay, with a teahouse on an island in a tidal pond, where we stop for a bowl of matcha and a seasonal sweet. The afternoon is free: go back to Asakusa, browse Ginza, see teamLab Planets (book ahead) or rest.
Evening
Before dinner, leave your suitcase at the hotel front desk with the forwarding slip your guide prepares; it travels to Kyoto by courier and waits for you there. Pack an overnight bag for Hakone. Dinner is your choice; your guide leaves a list of counter restaurants near the hotel where eating alone is normal.
Included
- Tasting walk in the Tsukiji Outer Market with your guide
- Sushi counter lunch in Tsukiji
- Hama-rikyu garden with matcha and a sweet at the teahouse
- Suitcase forwarding from your Tokyo hotel to your Kyoto hotel
Optional experiences
- teamLab Planets in Toyosu (book ahead, on your own)
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 2 hours in the Tsukiji Outer Market and an hour at Hama-rikyu. Many Tsukiji shops close on Sundays, public holidays and some Wednesdays, so this day is scheduled around them.
The Hakone loop and a ryokan night
Tokyo to Odawara by Shinkansen, then the Hakone Tozan Railway, cable car, ropeway and Lake Ashi cruise
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Hakone
- By train
Morning
We leave Tokyo mid-morning with only an overnight bag, which is what makes today easy. The Tokaido Shinkansen reaches Odawara in about 35 minutes, and from there we ride the Hakone loop on the Hakone Free Pass. The Hakone Tozan Railway climbs the mountain on switchbacks to Gora, about an hour from Odawara with a change at Hakone-Yumoto, a short cable car rises to Sounzan, and the Hakone Ropeway swings over Owakudani, a volcanic valley of steam vents and yellow sulphur.
Afternoon
We stop there for lunch and a black egg boiled in the hot springs. If a volcanic alert closes the ropeway, a bus covers the same ground. From Togendai a sightseeing boat crosses Lake Ashi to Moto-Hakone, with Mount Fuji over the far shore on clear days.
Evening
By late afternoon we are at the ryokan on the Lake Ashi side of Hakone: change into a yukata, soak in the women's onsen, or a private bath if you prefer, and sit down to a kaiseki dinner, many small seasonal courses brought one after another.
Included
- Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Odawara
- Hakone Free Pass: Hakone Tozan Railway, cable car, Hakone Ropeway and the Lake Ashi cruise
- Owakudani and lunch at the top
- Night in a traditional ryokan with a women's onsen and a private bath on request
- Kaiseki dinner at the ryokan
Free time: Late afternoon and evening at the ryokan
Activity: Mostly seated on trains, the ropeway and the boat, with short walks between them. About an hour at Owakudani, with lunch. At the ryokan you can share a room with another woman in the group or have one of your own for the supplement.
Hakone Shrine early, then the bullet train to Kyoto
Hakone to Moto-Hakone and Odawara, then the Shinkansen to Kyoto
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kyoto
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
Wake early for a soak while the women's bath is quiet, then a Japanese breakfast at the ryokan. We leave at about 8 am and reach the lakeshore at Moto-Hakone by about 8:30, before the queue builds at Hakone Shrine's red torii, which stands in the waters of Lake Ashi. We climb the cedar-lined steps, then walk to Onshi-Hakone Park, a former imperial villa on a headland, for the widest view across the lake towards Fuji. Late in the morning our vehicle takes us down to Odawara station, about 40 minutes, for the Shinkansen to Kyoto. The ride takes two to three hours: a Hikari where the timetable allows, otherwise a Kodama or a change at Nagoya.
Afternoon
Lunch is a bento on board. We reach Kyoto between about 2 and 3 pm, and your suitcase is already at the hotel.
Evening
After check-in and a rest, we walk into Gion at dusk: Hanamikoji street, the willow-lined Shirakawa canal, Yasaka Shrine as its lanterns are lit, and Pontocho alley above the Kamo River. Dinner is on your own, from your guide's list of counter places where women eat alone, and she walks back with anyone who wants company.
Included
- Hakone Shrine and its lakeside torii by about 8:30 am
- Onshi-Hakone Park
- Shinkansen from Odawara to Kyoto, with a bento lunch on board
- Gion, Shirakawa, Yasaka Shrine and Pontocho at dusk with your guide
Easier option: Stay at the ryokan for a slower morning and join the group at Odawara station.
Free time: Evening free in Kyoto
Activity: About 45 minutes at Hakone Shrine, 30 minutes in Onshi-Hakone Park and 2 hours in Gion. In Gion, some private lanes ban photography; your guide shows where it is welcome.
Fushimi Inari at 7 am and a Kyoto cooking class
Fushimi Inari Taisha, then Nishiki Market and a cooking class in central Kyoto
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kyoto
- Drive about 30 min
An early start for Kyoto's most crowded sight.
Evening
We are at Fushimi Inari Taisha by 7 am, when the shrine, open day and night and free to enter, is quiet and the thousands of vermilion torii gates that climb Mount Inari stand in soft morning light. We walk up through the tunnels of gates to the Yotsutsuji crossroads, about 45 minutes uphill on steps, for the view over southern Kyoto, and come down by a quieter path as the tour groups arrive. Back in the centre by mid-morning, we walk the length of Nishiki Market, a narrow covered street of stalls selling pickles, tofu, fish and knives to Kyoto's cooks. Then the hands-on part of the day: a cooking class with a Kyoto home cook, a woman where one is confirmed, where we make dashi from scratch, a few obanzai home-style dishes and a seasonal rice dish, and eat what we have made for lunch. The afternoon and evening are free: the Philosopher's Path, Nanzen-ji, or a long rest.
Included
- Fushimi Inari Taisha at 7 am with your guide, up to the Yotsutsuji crossroads
- Nishiki Market walk
- Cooking class with a Kyoto home cook (a woman where one is confirmed), with the lunch you make
Easier option: Walk only the first tunnels of gates, about 15 minutes, and wait with a coffee at the foot of the shrine.
More active option: Carry on from Yotsutsuji around the summit loop of Mount Inari, about another hour, with your guide.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: Breakfast is early today, from about 6:15 am, and we leave at about 6:40. About 2 hours at Fushimi Inari, 45 minutes in Nishiki Market and about 3 hours for the cooking class and lunch.
Nara, then Kiyomizu-dera late in the day
Kyoto to Nara and back by train, then Kiyomizu-dera and Higashiyama
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kyoto
- By train
After yesterday's early start, a later one. Nara was Japan's capital in the 8th century, before Kyoto, and its temples are older and bigger.
Morning
We leave the hotel at about 8:15 for the Kintetsu limited express, about 35 minutes, and meet a licensed Nara guide, a woman where one is available, and walk through Nara Park to reach Todai-ji at about 9:30, before the late-morning crowds. Inside the vast wooden hall sits the bronze Great Buddha, about 15 metres tall. The deer of Nara Park, around a thousand of them, wander between the temples and bow for rice crackers.
Afternoon
We walk on to Kasuga Taisha, its paths lined with stone lanterns, then sit down to lunch in Naramachi, the old merchant quarter. We are back in Kyoto by about 2:30 pm, with two hours to rest at the hotel. At about 4:30 pm we reach Kiyomizu-dera, after the coaches have gone and well before it closes (usually 6 pm; hours vary by season and we confirm them): its wooden stage looks out over the city from the Higashiyama hills, and the stone lanes of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka lead back down.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- Kintetsu limited express from Kyoto to Nara and back
- Todai-ji and the Great Buddha Hall
- Nara Park and Kasuga Taisha with your guide and a licensed local guide (a woman where available)
- Sit-down lunch in Naramachi
- Kiyomizu-dera, Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in the late afternoon
Easier option: Skip Kiyomizu-dera and keep the late afternoon and evening free.
Free time: Two hours to rest at the hotel in the afternoon; evening free
Activity: The longest day on foot, about 9 to 10 km, broken by lunch and the afternoon rest. About an hour at Todai-ji, 90 minutes in Nara Park and Kasuga Taisha, and about an hour at Kiyomizu-dera from about 4:30 pm, with stone steps, then the walk down Sannenzaka.
Kinkaku-ji, a tea ceremony, then Osaka
Kinkaku-ji and a tea ceremony in Kyoto, then by road to Osaka and Dotonbori
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Osaka
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
A slower last morning in Kyoto. We are at Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, when the gates open at 9 am, so the view across the Mirror Pond is clear before the crowds build. From about 10 am, a tea ceremony in a traditional tea room, with a woman tea teacher where one is confirmed, who shows you how to whisk your own bowl of matcha, followed by a short class making wagashi, the seasonal sweets served with tea.
Afternoon
We finish by about 11:30, and lunch is on your own near the hotel. At about 1:30 pm our vehicle takes the group and the suitcases to Osaka, about an hour by road, and we check in to a hotel near Namba by about 3 pm with time to rest.
Evening
At about 6 pm, the farewell: a street-food walk through Dotonbori under the neon and the Glico running man sign, past the moss-covered statue in Hozenji Yokocho, tasting takoyaki, kushikatsu and okonomiyaki as we go, and ending around one table for a last dinner together. The hotel is a short walk away, and we walk back as a group.
Included
- Kinkaku-ji at opening with your guide
- Tea ceremony and a wagashi class (a woman tea teacher where one is confirmed)
- Transfer to Osaka with your suitcases
- Dotonbori and Hozenji Yokocho street-food walk
- Farewell dinner
Free time: Lunch on your own; a free hour in Osaka before the evening walk
Activity: About 45 minutes at Kinkaku-ji, 90 minutes for the tea ceremony and wagashi class, and about 2 hours on the Dotonbori walk and dinner.
A free morning in Osaka and home
Osaka to Kansai International Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
The morning is yours. Osaka Castle, rebuilt in 1931 on its original stone walls and now a museum, is about 20 minutes away by metro, and Kuromon Market is a short walk from Namba for a last snack of fresh fruit or grilled seafood. Your guide will point you in the right direction or walk with anyone who wants company; the metro is easy on your own. Check-out is usually at 11 am, and the hotel holds your bags. Our vehicle then takes you to Kansai International Airport (KIX), about an hour by road and across the bridge onto the airport island, timed to your flight. For an international flight, book one leaving after about 2 pm to keep the free morning; if you fly earlier, we leave earlier. If you are flying from Osaka Itami (ITM), staying on in Osaka or travelling on by train, tell us when you book and we arrange the drop-off to match. Your guide says goodbye at the hotel.
Included
- Drop-off at Kansai International Airport (KIX)
Optional experiences
- Osaka Castle (on your own)
Free time: Morning free
Activity: Book an international flight leaving after about 2 pm to keep the free morning.
- Tokyo3 nights
- Hakone1 night
- Kyoto3 nights
- Osaka1 night
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: Spring and autumn are mild and mostly dry. Cherry blossom (late March to early April) and Kyoto's autumn colour (mid-November to early December) bring crowds and higher hotel prices. The rainy season runs from about early June to mid-July, summer is hot and humid, and typhoons can disrupt trains from August to October. Mount Fuji is often hidden in cloud, most of all from late spring through summer.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Women travelling alone who want company and a woman leading
- Friends, sisters, mothers and adult daughters travelling together
- First-time visitors who want Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka in nine days
- Food lovers: a market tasting walk, a cooking class, a kaiseki dinner and a street-food night
- Travellers who want the logistics handled: trains booked, suitcases forwarded, entries bought
Not for you if you want
- Mixed groups, partners or men: ask for the private version or our mixed small-group trip
- Travellers who have done the Golden Route before: our 13-day trip through the Japanese Alps goes further
- Step-free access: Japanese stations, temples and shrines have many stairs
- Hiroshima and Miyajima: this trip does not go there
- Nightlife
Minimum age: 18
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
8 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Tokyo3 nights
- Hakone1 night
- Kyoto3 nights
- Osaka1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 8 nights: 3 in a central Tokyo hotel, 1 in a traditional ryokan with a women's onsen in Hakone, 3 in a central Kyoto hotel, 1 in an Osaka hotel near Namba
- Hotels of at least a 3-star-plus standard within about a 10-minute walk of a station, named when we confirm your dates
- Share a room with another woman at no extra cost, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Tokyo Haneda (HND) or Narita (NRT)
- Metro fares in Tokyo on an IC card
- Reserved seats on the Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Odawara and from Odawara to Kyoto (a Hikari that stops at Odawara where the timetable allows, otherwise a Kodama or a change at Nagoya; two to three hours)
- Hakone Free Pass from Odawara: the Hakone Tozan Railway, cable car, Hakone Ropeway and Lake Ashi cruise
- Suitcase forwarding from your Tokyo hotel to your Kyoto hotel
- Kintetsu train from Kyoto to Nara and back
- A private vehicle and driver in Hakone on day 5, in Kyoto on day 6 and from Kyoto to Osaka with your suitcases on day 8
- Drop-off at Kansai International Airport (KIX)
Your guide
- A woman See Sight Tours guide with the group from the first evening in Tokyo to the last evening in Osaka
- Licensed local guides where a site requires one; we ask for women guides in Kyoto and Nara and confirm them with your dates
Activities
- Tokyo: welcome and briefing on dress, onsen, trains and getting around alone
- Tokyo: Senso-ji and Asakusa, Meiji Jingu, Harajuku and the Shibuya crossing, Shibuya Sky at sunset
- Tokyo: Tsukiji Outer Market tasting walk and matcha at Hama-rikyu garden
- Hakone: Owakudani, the Lake Ashi cruise, Hakone Shrine and Onshi-Hakone Park
- Kyoto: Gion, Shirakawa, Yasaka Shrine and Pontocho at dusk
- Kyoto: Fushimi Inari Taisha at 7 am, Nishiki Market and a cooking class with a home cook, a woman where confirmed
- Nara: Todai-ji and the Great Buddha Hall, Nara Park and Kasuga Taisha
- Kyoto: Kiyomizu-dera late in the day and Kinkaku-ji at opening
- Kyoto: tea ceremony and wagashi class, with a woman tea teacher where confirmed
- Osaka: Dotonbori and Hozenji Yokocho street-food walk
Meals
- All 8 breakfasts
- 5 lunches: the Tsukiji tasting walk, Owakudani in Hakone, a bento on the Shinkansen, the cooking class in Kyoto and Naramachi in Nara
- 3 dinners: a welcome izakaya dinner in Tokyo, a kaiseki dinner at the ryokan and a farewell street-food dinner in Osaka
Not included
- International flights to Tokyo and home from Osaka
- Visas or travel authorisations, if your passport needs one
- Travel insurance
- Lunches and dinners not listed
- Drinks
- Tips (not expected in Japan)
- Optional activities in your free time, such as teamLab Planets or Osaka Castle
- Personal spending
- Japan's departure tax, which is added to your airline ticket
- Nights before day 1 or after day 9
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 975 (estimated price)
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Dates and prices
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Questions
Prices in these answers apply from Jan 1, 2027. Black Friday offer: 8% off the small-group price for requests received by Dec 1, 2026. From CAD 4,580 per person. Dec 2 to Dec 31: from CAD 4,780. From Jan 1, 2027: from CAD 4,980.
Who can join a women-only trip?
Anyone who identifies as a woman and is 18 or over. The group is women only and is led by a woman See Sight Tours guide. Drivers, some local guides and hotel staff may be men, and we say so plainly. Men, partners and mixed groups can book the private version or our mixed small-group trip.
What does the price include?
Eight nights in central hotels and a Hakone ryokan, all breakfasts, 5 lunches and 3 dinners, airport transfers at both ends, reserved bullet train seats, the Hakone Free Pass, suitcase forwarding from Tokyo to Kyoto, a woman See Sight Tours guide throughout, and every visit in the day plan, including Shibuya Sky, the cooking class and the tea ceremony.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 women. That is small enough to sit together at one sushi counter or izakaya table, move quickly through stations and hear the guide in a busy shrine.
Who leads the trip?
A woman See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the first evening in Tokyo to the farewell dinner in Osaka, handling trains, tickets and timings. We ask for licensed women local guides in Kyoto and Nara, and for a woman cook and tea teacher, and tell you who is confirmed before you travel.
Is Japan safe for women travelling alone?
Yes, Japan is one of the safest countries to walk around at night. The main thing to know is that unwanted touching can happen on packed rush-hour trains. Some lines, for example the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and several Tokyo commuter lines, have women-only cars at weekday rush hours, and station staff take reports seriously. Your guide covers this on the first evening.
How does the onsen work at the ryokan?
The ryokan's baths are separated by gender and you bathe without swimwear after washing at the showers. The women's side is usually marked 女, often with a red curtain. If you would rather bathe alone, or have tattoos some onsen refuse, we arrange a private bath.
I am travelling alone. Do I pay a single supplement?
Only if you want a room of your own. Tell us when you request to book and we pair you with another woman in the group at no extra cost, ryokan night included. A room of your own is from CAD 975 more.
How fit do I need to be for this Japan tour?
Moderately fit. Expect 4 to 6 hours on your feet most days, about 8 to 12 km, with stairs in stations and at shrines. The steepest part is about 45 minutes uphill at Fushimi Inari, and you can stop at the first gates instead. Your suitcase is forwarded, so you never haul it up station stairs.
When is the best time to visit Japan on this trip?
Late March to mid-April, mid-May to early June, and October to early December, when days are mild and mostly dry. Cherry blossom in early April and Kyoto's autumn colour from mid-November are beautiful but crowded and pricier. We avoid the early summer rainy season, the August heat and Golden Week at the start of May.
How does booking work?
The small group starts from CAD 4,980 per person sharing, taxes included, and the private trip from CAD 8,965. Choose your start date and send a request to book. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. The private version is for your party only, on a date you choose, and anyone can book it, including partners and men. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, without a guide, send us an inquiry and we will quote the hotels, trains and forwarding separately.
Do I need a visa for Japan?
Citizens of Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and most European countries can visit Japan visa-free for short tourist stays. Rules differ by passport and can change, so check before you book. Fill in Visit Japan Web before you fly to speed up immigration and customs on arrival.
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