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Japan Journeys - Experts in Japan Holidays and Tours

Number one provider of guided tours of Japan, holidays, cruises and vacations including hotels and accommodation in Tokyo and Kyoto.

Welcome to Japan Journeys or “yōkoso” as they say in Japan.

Established in 2004, we are dedicated Japan tours and experts in holidays to Japan. We are the Number One provider of guided tours, escorted Japan tours and family holidays to Japan.

Whether you want to travel in luxury or have a budget we can tailor make a trip just for you.

Our specially themed holidays include Gourmet tours, Garden tours, Manga tours, Bonsai tours and handicraft tours for ceramicists and quilters.

In 2013 we were awarded ‘Best Specialist Company’ in the NEO Magazine Awards.

If you have any questions about our Japan tours or escorted holidays to Japan, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us by email at info@japanjourneys.co.uk, on the phone on +44 (0)20 7766 5267, or even Skype JAPAN JOURNEYS (between GMT 09:30-17:30).

Our Guided Tours

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Japan Quilt Tour 2020

17-28 January 2020
  • Entry to the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival
  • Plenty of fantastic opportunities for shopping for fabric and other goods
  • A day trip and entrance to Itchiku Kubota Museum
  • Visit the Private quilt and kimono collection of renown quilter Sachiko Yoshida
  • Escorted tours of Tokyo & Kyoto
  • 10 nights accommodation at 4* hotels in Kyoto and Tokyo
  • International airfare from London Heathrow
  • Travel on Japan’s famous Bullet Train
  • Airport transfers in Japan
  • Welcome Dinner and Farewell Dinner
  • Optional Day trip to Hiroshima/Miyajima
  • Shibori Dyeing class & a Stenciling class
  • 1 standard sized baggage transfer from Kyoto to Tokyo
  • Services of a knowledgeable Japan Journeys guide throughout
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£3,795.00
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Japan Bonsai Tour 6 -17 February 2020

6 - 17 January 2020
  • International flights from London Heathrow to Narita Airport (Tokyo)
  • 10 nights’ hotel accommodation at centrally located 3* & 3½* hotels with breakfast daily
  • Entrance to the Kokufu Bonsai-ten on 9 February
  • 7 Day Japan Rail Pass
  • Welcome & Farewell dinner
  • Transfers to/from airports in Japan
  • Private air-conditioned coach in Kyoto on 12 February
  • Sightseeing and entrance fees to all named attractions on tour
  • Services of a knowledgeable Japan Journeys Guide throughout
  • Separate baggage transfer for one piece of luggage per person from Tokyo to Kyoto and from Kyoto to Tokyo
  • All Japanese sales taxes and service charge
  • Full financial protection via Japan Journeys’ membership of the Travel Trust Association
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£3,875.00
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Types of Tours

  • Our Guided Tours to Japan

    Check out our Gardens of Japan tour which is ideal for those of you with green fingers. Our popular Quilters Tour of Japan is ideal for quilt and needlework enthusiasts and anybody with an interest in Japanese crafts. There’s also our annual Bonsai Tour where you’ll visit the wonderful Kokufu show – Japan’s most important Bonsai exhibition.
    A world-class Japanese tour offering exclusive access to some of the world’s greatest bonsai collections and includes visits to Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo, a mix of the ancient and the modern.

  • Independent Travel to Japan

    In addition to our fantastic group tours we also offer a range of itineraries for holidays to Japan for those of you who prefer to venture out on your own.

    Whether you’re looking for a city vacation, extreme winter sports or a more relaxed holiday sampling onsen (hot springs) and ryokan (Japanese inns), Japan Journeys can arrange the trip to suit you. Whether your interest lies in kimono, kabuki or koi, even if you want to whale-watch in Hokkaido or hike in the Japan Alps, we can arrange anything and everything for your trip of a lifetime with our Tailor Made Japan service – just contact us with your ideas and requirements or ask us for suggestions.

    • Total Japan (8 nights)
    • Essential Japan (13 nights)
    • Traditional Japan (12 nights)
    • Best of the West (10 nights)
    • The Great North Tour (9 nights)

  • School, Business and Group Travel to Japan

    We handle all aspects of Japan corporate travel and group travel to Japan. We have particular experience in handling incentive groups to Japan. For these we can offer great programmes which combine Japanese culture as well as the more light-hearted side of the country.

    We are also experienced in arranging school trips to Japan and can provide full risk assessments for teachers and references from other schools previously handled.

    Our Japan Tour Itineraries for schools offer students a wonderful introduction to Japan and its culture, and we are able to tailor the educational side of our trips to suit any purpose.

What Our Customers Say

Testimonials

After going on the Manga tour in 2016 we knew we wanted Japan Journeys to help organise our honeymoon this year (2019). We met with James and went through all the places we wanted to see and travel to, included a few days in Seoul, South Korea, on the way home. He was incredibly helpful and also suggested various places we hadn’t thought of travelling to, which turned out to be some of our favourite moments!

The main one of these suggestions to mention was to visit Miyajima Island. This is now hands down my favourite place in Japan and I wouldn’t have had the chance to stay there had it not been for James suggesting it.

Having all the hotels booked for us, travel suggestions, information on baggage transfer and places to see in areas travelled to made for a very stress free honeymoon! Having the app with our itinerary also proved to be a life saver! Small details, such as providing the hotel address in Japanese on our itinerary, really helped make everything smooth.

There were only a few mishaps with suggested trains, but most of these were due to the timetables having recently changed, so unavoidable.

Our visit took us to Osaka, Hiroshima, Miyajima Island, Rabbit Island, Okayama, Kyoto, Nara, Arashiyama, Tokyo, Sendai and Seoul. With Japan Journeys’ help we managed to squeeze so much in to our honeymoon.

Definitely recommend using Japan Journeys if you’re planning to go! Thank you James, Louisa and everyone at Japan Journeys!

 

Kathryn B. – Independent Traveller 2019

Had an amazing time on the Manga tour and Kyoto extension! We got to see and do everything we wanted to without any regrets, even going to extra places on an evening with our guide. The holiday was well planned and we were well informed about everything we needed to know and do on the Kyoto extension. Our guide was amazing and friendly, feeling more like a friend than a guide. Would definitely recommend for anyone into anime and manga.

 

Emma J. – Japan Summer Manga Tour 2019

I have wanted to go to Japan for years, and the Japan Journey’s Manga tour not only let me live out that life goal, but made it the best holiday I’ve been on. Kay was both helpful and informative, and looked out for all of us, along with being a fan anime/manga fan.

The Kyoto extension was amazing, even without a guide, all the info we needed was there, and easy to follow, but was flexible enough to let us explore at our own pace.

Everyone on the tour enjoyed themselves, myself included, so much so I had to hold back the tears at Kansai Int Airport when returning home.

Highly recommended tour, and company

Calum M. – Summer Manga Tour 2019 and Kyoto Extension

No wonder Hokkaido is where the Japanese holiday, a complete antidote to the frenetic but enjoyable lifestyle of places like Tokyo. If you enjoy nature and walking then Hokkaido has it all from beautiful city parks and gardens to stunning nature reserves with mountains,lakes and more trees than the black forest has dreamt of. Then when your day is done there are irresistible onsen and some of the best food on the planet.

A huge thank you to everyone at Japan Journeys for their organisation of the holiday basics that gave us the flexibility to do what we wanted when we wanted. We couldn’t have asked for more, brilliant!

Paul F. – Highlights of Hokkaido 2019

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Testimonials

Just back from fantastic tour based in Tokyo and Kyoto. Tour very well organised and led by David who was very knowledgable and helpful. This was my first trip on my own but I felt welcomed in the group and really had a great time.

Willi PoveyJapan/Q tours

Just came back from the Anime/manga tour 2015, which was our honeymoon ???? I could not have asked for a better holiday! I could not fault anything! David was fantastic, even organising extra visits/ dinners in the evening, so we were never short of things to do. The hotels were brilliant, aswell as all the day trips, and the airlines. I did everything I wanted to do and more. Even our second extension week was amazing ( which was unguided). We were given recommendations of what to do and were explained to thoroughly how to get around. I will definitely be recommending japan journeys to everyone I know and will be using them in the future!

Wendy QManga Tour 2015

The range of craft trips were ideal for my interests and I particularly liked the hands on elements when I could try the skills.

Wendy BennQuilt Tour 2011

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The range of craft trips were ideal for my interests and I particularly liked the hands on elements when I could try the skills.

Wendy Benn(UK), 2011

Special Interest

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Japan Journeys has been hard at work preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, to be held 24 July - 9 August 2020. If you are interested in one of our packages to this incredible event, please complete form on the right and we will contact you nearer the time of the event.
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Japan Journeys Logo Japan Journeys has been delighting customers since 2004 and we are the Number 1 provider of special interest tours for manga, bonsai and quilters fans. We are based in London and our staff spend a good deal of our time every year in Japan leading tours, checking out new sights and generally keeping up with what’s going on in the land of the rising sun. All our staff have spent years living, working and travelling in Japan, which is why we are dedicated to bringing you the best of this amazing country.

Contact Us

Japan Journeys
Cameo House, 11 Bear Street
London, WC2H 7AS
United Kingdom

TEL: +44 (0) 20 77 66 5267
FAX: +44 (0) 20 77 66 5268

info@japanjourneys.co.uk

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