Luxury Japan Tour Review, Wasabi Farm, Lunch with a Rice Farmer, Fish Auction, Ikebana Lesson, Mountain Tea Farm, Food & Ryokans

We had an outstanding trip terrifically planned by this travel planner.  Our trip, which ran for 16 days, encompassed visits to Takayama, Shikawa-go, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Hiroshima, Shizuoka and a few additional towns.  We primarily stayed at ryokans, at our request.  The ryokans were wonderful and unique, each providing a wonderful Japanese experience, great service and delicious food.
We had numerous wonderful encounters including:
a visit to the largest wasabi farm in Japan, high in the mountains;
a visit to a tea farm in the mountains;
lunch at the home of an 84 year old rice farmer in a small mountain town of some 70 villagers;
tour of a small town which uses aquifers to provide most of its water;
tour of a sake brewery;
attending an auction of fish just harvested;
seeing fish and vegetable markets; 
a 3 hour cooking lesson in the chef's home;
an ikebana (flower arranging) lesson;
the "usual" visits to shrines, castles, museums
The entire trip was exquisitely planned and flawlessly executed with superb guides, drivers, and staff to meet us at train stations.