TOUR REVIEWS · Japan
Three weeks or a stopover, the problem never changes: too much country, one itinerary. The 15 below are the bookings that earn their day — priced, timed and rated — with the full catalogue underneath when you want to dig further.
See Mt Fuji and Hakone in one long day, with 5th Station, ropeway, Lake Ashi cruise, and Shinkansen return to Tokyo.
“Great experience- love sora and her energy. Buffet could have had more traditional Japanese cuisine! But overall worth the expense.”
Full-day Tokyo coach tour with Meiji Jingu, Asakusa matcha and lunch, Skytree Tembo Deck, and Tokyo Bay ferry.
“Aya was a wonderful tour guide and very attentive to each person on the tour, even though it was a large group. We explored lots of different places and got a great overview of Tokyo highlights. Would highly recommend!”
Kyoto highlights in one day: Kiyomizu-dera, Fushimi Inari, Arashiyama bamboo, Kinkaku-ji. English guide, admissions included.
“The tour was great and the only thing is that the floor of the temple were cold and you have to take your shoes off. The guide, Mai, was very good and had some good jokes.”
Tokyo Skytree admission takes you to Tembo Deck 350m and optionally Tembo Galleria 450m, with 360 views and the Floor 340 glass floor.
“It was awesome. The only thing is I didn’t get the highest level when I purchased because I didn’t know”
teamLab Planets Tokyo: walk-in digital art where your presence changes light, sound, and flowers, with barefoot water rooms up to knee height.
“Amazing! Highly recommended, incredible computer generated interactive installations. Our family (2 adults and 3 teenagers) all loved Teamlabs.”
Guided Mt Fuji and Hakone day trip from Tokyo with 5th Station, Lake Ashi cruise, Mt Komagatake Ropeway, and Shinkansen return.
“Fantastic tour in every way. Our experienced guide, Miko, provided interesting cultural information, interesting commentary and even origami craft while cheerfully keeping us on time for the various stops: bus ride, Fuji 5th station, fab lunch and drum show, boat ride, gondola, and bullet train return. Our driver chauffeured us smoothly. We can honestly say this is the best tour we have taken while travelling. Many thanks to Sun Tours and their terrific employees.”
Watch retired sumo in a real ring in Asakusa, learn the rules in two languages, eat chicken chanko-nabe, and take home a framed photo set.
“Overall good time and good show! Must do when visiting Tokyo!”
Shinjuku food tour with 13 included dishes at four local eateries, plus 2 drinks and neighborhood stories in about 3 hours.
“Paula was so awesome. Constantly cracking us up with history lessons and stories of the places we visited. Great time.”
A peaceful day in Hiroshima and Miyajima by air-conditioned coach and ferry, with UNESCO stops, museum entry, and English guidance included.
“Best tour I ever had. Marin was the best guide, knowledgeable, fun, great attitude, always smiling. Her qualities made the tour very enjoyable and really made for a great day. Didn't want the tour to end.”
Tokyo to Mt. Fuji 5th Station and Hakone with ropeway, Lake Ashi cruise, optional buffet lunch, then Shinkansen back in 10 hours.
“Abdullah was perfect guide he is azaming about all spot tell about history he speak english very perfect thank you abdulllah for this trip car is só clean very good time spend with Abdullah koyoto and Nara best trip in May life thank you só much Abdullah”
Tokyo Bay street go-karts with costume rental and an English guide, plus Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge views in about 2.5 hours.
“This was the best experience ever! You cannot do Tokyo without driving the go karts! Our your guide Ryley was patient kind and the best! Please do not skip booking with Street Kart they will definitely make your visit memorable😃”
A full-day bus tour from Tokyo to Kawaguchiko Lake, Oshino Hakkai, Chureito Pagoda, and Mt. Fuji 5th Station.
“Everything was perfect. Our guide was the sweetest person and very helpful, the bus was very clean and comfortable, the bus driver was very competent, I would book the same trip again right away”
Full-day Kyoto coach tour linking Fushimi Inari, Kinkaku-ji, and the bamboo grove, plus World Heritage stops, with an English guide and Wi-Fi.
“Ciel was great, we enjoyed every second of it, and we were wakuwaku of being taught a lot of new things of history and japan things”
From $30, hop-on hop-off buses cover Tokyo highlights like Skytree, Asakusa, Tokyo Tower, Tsukiji, Shinjuku and Shibuya with audio.
“All lines had their own qualities. We had great weather making for nice photos. I chose 2 day to get my bearings first day and cherry pick what I wanted to do on the next day. I think one day is sufficient as I ended up training to the destinations I wanted. Only negative is that some of the translating services didn’t work on the seats. Had to download the audio guide app. Other than that, great service!”
Full-day tour from Kanazawa to UNESCO Shirakawa-go and Kenrokuen Garden, with wagashi sweets, gold leaf craft time, and geisha district stops.
“Yasushi San was very informative and we had a great time with him, Shirakawa is a place taken from a post card, beautiful, early morning was great as not many tourists were visiting. In the afternoon the gardens were amazing and it rained like crazy so we skipped the sweet making but we gather again for the post card and walk to the geisha neighborhood. Very kind and very interesting all the things we learned.”
Pick the kind of day first. The tour comes second.
