Luxury Japan Vacation Review: Kyoto, Miyajima, Hiroshima, Hakone, Osaka, Peace Memorial Park, Calligraphy Lesson, Taiko Class

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Dave T.

4.8.2015

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

Japan

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

This Japan travel agency made my wife's and my dream trip come true and we couldn't have found a better company to plan this trip with! We started off giving the agency a long list of events, activities and sights that we really wanted to fit into the trip. With great care and patience, the staff at this travel agency worked with us to understand our wish list, research ways to fulfill the list, and determine how to pack it all in one trip. Not only did the travel agency fit in all of our must haves and crazy ideas into the trip, they managed to do it in a way that allowed us to take our time and not feel rushed while we we're on the trip. Our tour guides who showed us around different parts of Japan were friendly, patient, and extremely knowledgeable in the areas we visited. With so many memorable moments on the trip, it was hard to describe how amazing this trip was to our friends and family. I highly recommend using this travel agency to plan your trip and I know my wife and I plan on using them again the next time we go to Japan.

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

The entire trip was amazing but here were the highlights in each area!

Kyoto

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Private sightseeing guided tour of Kyoto with Emi
Private kaiseki dinner with Geiko (professional Geisha) Kikumaru
Maiko and Samurai dress up at Maiko Henshin Studio Shiki-Honten
Kobe beef at Misono restaurant
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery tour
Fushimi Inari Shrine
Kyoto International Manga Museum
Calligraphy class with Chifumi Niimi at Calligraphy Kyoto
The Lockup restaurant

Miyajima, Hiroshima, Osaka and Hakone

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Itsukushima Shrine
Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki
Genbaku Domu (Atomic Bomb Dome)
Peace Memorial Park
Grand Sumo Wrestling Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum
Takoyaki in Dotonbori
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Hakone Ginyu, a traditional ryokan
Owakudani volcanic valley

Tokyo

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Private sightseeing guided tour of Tokyo with Patrick
Sushi and Sashimi prepared by Jiro Ono's second son and apprentice, Takashi, at Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi
Anime Japan at Tokyo Big Sight
Private Golden Gai and Omoide Yokocho night district tour with Omri
Manga Drawing class with Nao Yazawa at Manga School Nakano
Robot Restaurant
Taiko class at the TAWOO Taiko School with Mrs. Kawai Noriko
Private Akihabara tour with a stop at the maid cafe, @home cafe, with Omri
Ninja experience with a ninja master at Jidai Academy Dojo by the Musashi Clan

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

I would have made the trip longer by a few days and added more down time since there really wasn't any on this trip. My wife and I were exhausted at the end of each day but we loved every moment of it.

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