Japan Luxury Trip Review: Tokyo, Kyoto, Takayama, Kamakura, Kanazawa, Miyajima, Shinto Temples, Cherry Blossoms, 25-Day Tour

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Terry d.

4.8.2023

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Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Japan

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

Excellent service, excellent planning, excellent logistics. Truly nice people. Easy to work with.
A few of their guides, particularly those in Kyoto, could have been better, but others, particularly in Tokyo were terrific. The guide for Naoshima was very dear to us though a bit challenged at times. Almost all of the hotels and houses we stayed in were great. Kyoto had its moments but was not up to the standards of the rest of our trip.
Overall, Japan exceeded our expectations. Of course it didn’t hurt that we hit the cherry blossom season straight on. But in addition, the food, the culture, the politeness, the always on time trains and other rides were something to experience.

We have used Zicasso three times now and each time your tour companies have been first rate.

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

Hard to choose but I would say the smaller cities and towns in Japan were the most surprising: Takayama, Kamakura, Kanazawa, Miyajima. We loved the hotel and experience at our hotel in Kyoto. But Tokyo was really wonderful, too.
interestingly, the Shinto temples, shrines, gardens and parks were individually and in combination a very calming, peaceful and spiritual experience for us. Our best guides expressed their appreciation for our connection to spiritual and cultural life in Japan because they, the guides, were really interested in teaching us about it. That is, all the guides, except those n Kyoto.

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

The trip was exceptional and I wouldn’t change any of the locations. Maybe we would have stayed a week longer and seen more of the south. It was the wrong season to see Hokkaido in the north which is said to be wonderful in summer. But it was certainly the right time to be in Japan generally. I should have been more careful in planning Kyoto, especially letting our travel agency understand our level of education, etc.,so that some of those days were less cookie-cutter for us. That said, once the sun came out and the blossoms were in full bloom, Kyoto spoke for itself.

Japan Luxury Trip Review: Tokyo, Kyoto, Takayama, Kamakura, Kanazawa, Miyajima, Shinto Temples, Cherry Blossoms, 25-Day Tour

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