Tokyo Neon at Night

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Japan Anime & Culture Tour

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$1,200

Japan Anime & Culture Tour

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Duration
12 Nights
13 Days
Group Size
Max 10
Difficulty
Easy
Accommodation
Ryokan & 5★ Hotels
Meals
Breakfast daily
Destination
Japan
Highlights & Inclusions

Where ancient tradition meets neon future

Highlights
Trip highlights
  • Akihabara electronics district — manga, figures, arcades at midnight
  • Fushimi Inari Taisha — 10,000 torii gates at sunrise (before the crowds)
  • Traditional ryokan stay with kaiseki dinner and onsen
  • TeamLab Planets — the most extraordinary digital art you will experience
  • Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto — 320km/h through Mount Fuji views
  • Arashiyama bamboo grove at 6am before the crowds arrive
  • Nishiki Market food tour with a local chef guide
Inclusions
What's included
  • Twelve nights accommodation (mix of ryokan and 5★)
  • Daily breakfast and 4 special dinners
  • JR Pass covering all Shinkansen travel
  • TeamLab Planets and Fushimi Inari private early-entry tickets
  • Expert English and Japanese-speaking local guide throughout
  • All airport transfers and inner-city transport
Days 1–4

Tokyo — Electric, Overwhelming, Unmissable

Arrive in Tokyo. Overcome jet lag by diving in — Shibuya crossing at night, ramen at midnight, Senso-ji at dawn. Four days is barely enough for one neighbourhood.

Days 5–7

Kyoto — 1,600 Temples in 3 Days

Shinkansen south. Kyoto is Japan before modernisation — a city of wooden machiya townhouses, geisha districts, zen rock gardens, and temples that have stood since the 8th century.

Days 8–10

Osaka & Nara — Food Capital & Sacred Deer

Osaka exists to eat. Dotonbori at night, takoyaki for breakfast, the best ramen in Japan for lunch, and whisky at a hidden jazz bar. Day trip to Nara to feed deer who bow when you bow back.

Days 11–12

Hakone & Fuji Views

Ryokan in Hakone with open-air onsen bath and clear-sky Fuji views at dawn. The mountain reveals herself only when it chooses. This is the most photographic moment in Japan.

Where You'll Stay

Your Accommodations

4 nights
Park Hyatt Tokyo
5★ · Shinjuku, Tokyo

The hotel from Lost in Translation. 39th floor bar with Tokyo spreading to the horizon in every direction. Impeccably quiet rooms above the city noise.

3 nights
Tawaraya Ryokan
Historic · Kyoto

Kyoto's most prestigious ryokan, operating since 1708. Tatami rooms, futon beds, private garden, and a kaiseki dinner that is itself a reason to visit Japan.

2 nights
Gora Kadan
5★ · Hakone

A former Imperial villa converted into a luxury ryokan. Private outdoor onsen in your room. Mount Fuji at dawn if clouds permit.

Japan Reviews

Solo · April 2026
"TeamLab broke my brain. In the best way."

I have been to 40 countries. TeamLab Planets in Tokyo was the single most visually extraordinary thing I have ever experienced. Book it for the first evening — it recalibrates everything.

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Mark T.
London, UK
Group of 4 · October 2025
"Nadia planned us through Japan perfectly."

We are four women who love anime and food. Our researcher Nadia knew every studio, every hidden restaurant, every back street. She has actually lived in Tokyo. It showed.

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Aisha & Friends
Dubai, UAE
Couple · March 2026
"Arashiyama at 6am with no other tourists."

Nadia told us: go at 6am, before the gates open. We did. The bamboo grove, the light through the canopy, and absolute silence. It was the most beautiful place I have ever been.

S
Sarah & James
Edinburgh, UK
Common Questions

Tour FAQs

Not at all — your guide handles all communication. Japan's public transport signs are in English and romaji, payment is often card, and staff in tourist areas have good English. That said, learning five words (arigatou gozaimasu, sumimasen) will delight every local you meet.
This tour is designed with anime and manga lovers in mind. Akihabara, Studio Ghibli Museum (pre-booked tickets arranged by us), Nakameguro, Den-Den Town in Osaka, and specialist shops your guide has personally vetted. You will not be disappointed.
Late March to mid-April in Tokyo and Kyoto, slightly later in Hakone and northern areas. We book spring tours specifically around peak blossom dates. It is extraordinarily beautiful and worth planning your trip around.
Japan is more expensive than Southeast Asia but less than you might expect compared to Europe. Our tour price covers accommodation and most meals. Daily spending money of $50–100pp covers lunches, shopping, convenience stores (which are extraordinary in Japan), and transport within cities.

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