Tours in Japan

Discover the tours of Japan Experience and explore Japan's essential sites and hidden gems

Whether it’s a first-time journey of discovery, or a return trip to deepen your knowledge of Japan: you’ll find the guided or self-guided tour you’re looking for with Japan Experience!

With more than 40 years of experience as Japan travel specialists, we offer a variety of tours: tailor-made trips, small group tours and self-guided packages. Our team of experts are on hand to help make your dream trip a reality. Our goal: to allow our 3,000 tour travelers each year (2019 data) to visit Japan to meet their passions and dream places.

Japan isn’t just Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka; there are incredible sights all over the country, in places like Nara, Okayama, Nikko, Hiroshima, Kobe, or even in the countryside. Japan Experience offers a whole range of tours to discover the very best of Japan.

Leave organizing your dream trip to our experts, so you can relax and enjoy your holiday!

Group Tours

If a guided tour in Japan sounds good, discover our all-inclusive trips to Japan.

Our small group tours are fully organized itineraries, accompanied by a private guide, for groups of 8 to 12 people: these tours are great for first-time visitors.

From the essential sites to hidden gems and even cruises, Japan Experience offers a variety of guided tours to suit all budgets.

Group tours in Japan

Self-guided Tours

Choose the trip for you from our selection of self-guided tours

For those wishing to visit Japan with family, friends, or alone, Japan Experience offers package tours, which include accommodation, transportation, some activities, internet access and a travel diary !

We provide the itinerary you’ll follow in your personalized travelogue, and while we have plenty of suggestions, what you see and do on the way is up to you.

Self-guided Tours in Japan

Tailor-made Tours

Talk to our expert and start planning your trip!

Because we know that everyone is different, our team is available to design a travel itinerary tailored to you.

With nearly 40 years of experience and a team of experts who have all lived in Japan, we work closely with you to give you the trip of a lifetime.

Tailor-made Tours in Japan

Group tours

Himeji Castle, UNESCO World Heritage, under the colors of autumn

Autumn Leaves Photography Group Tours in Japan

From $3,257 per person - 12 days

Duration : 12 days
Locations : Tokyo, Mt Fuji (Kawaguchiko), Osaka, Himeji, Kyoto, Nara
Included : English-speaking tour leader, 3* Hotels & Ryokan, Visits & meals

Japanese countryside on the island of Kyushu in Japan, near Kumamoto

Urban and Rural Japan Group Tours in Japan

From $6,485 per person - 3 weeks

Duration : 21 days
Locations : Tokyo, Hakone Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Nara, Koyasan, Osaka, Kobe, Takachiho, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Miyajima
Included : English-speaking tour leader, 3*/4* Hotels & Ryokan, Hotel temple, Visits & meals

The view of Hakone jinja Torii in the lake at Hakone, a must-see close to Mount Fuji in Japan

Discover Japan Group Tours in Japan

From $3,002 per person -2 weeks

Duration : 13 days
Locations : Tokyo, Hakone Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Miyajima
Included : Visits & meals, English-speaking tour leader, Hotel temple, 3*/4* Hotels & Ryokan

Two women in purple and pink standing on street in Gion, traditional district of Kyoto

The Tokaido Road Group Tours in Japan

From $4,320 per person - 2 weeks

Duration : 14 days
Locations : Tokyo, Hakone Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Nara, Koyasan, Osaka
Included : English-speaking tour leader, 3*/4* Hotels & Ryokan, Hotel temple, Visits & meals

Ikebana Retreat Group Tours in Japan

From $5,524 per person - 5 days

Duration : 6 days
Locations : Tokyo
Included : 5* hotels, English-speaking tour leader, Visits & meals, Full-board

Self-guided tours

Yayoi Kusama's yellow pumpkin, symbol of Naoshima, the artistic island in Japan Inland Sea

Japan art and architecture tour Self-Guided Tours in Japan

From $1,682 per person - 2 weeks

Duration : 14 days
Locations : Tokyo, Osaka, Awaji, Takamatsu, Kurashiki, Kyoto
Included : Airport Transfers, 3* Hotels & Ryokan, Non-flight transportation, Car rental, Guided activities, Travel diary, Pocket wifi, Assistance

Takachiho Gorge, one of the hidden gems of Japanese nature

Kyushu: The Southern Route Self-Guided Tours in Japan

From $2,104 per person - 19 days

Duration : 19 days
Locations : Tokyo, Kyoto, Miyajima, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Takachiho, Yufuin, Beppu, Osaka
Included : Airport Transfers, 3* Hotels & Ryokan, Japan Experience house, Hotel temple, Non-flight transportation, Ferry, Guided activities, Travel diary, Pocket wifi, Assistance

Nara Sika deers are sacred, and protected as National Treasures.

Japan family tour Self-Guided Tours in Japan

From $1,576 per person - 2 weeks

Duration : 14 days
Locations : Tokyo, Hakone Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Tokyo
Included :

Japanese martial arts athlete training samourai kendo

Path of the Samurai Self-Guided Tours in Japan

From $1,470 per person - 2 weeks

Duration : 14 days
Locations : Tokyo, Kawaguchiko, Matsumoto, Takayama, Kanazawa, Kyoto
Included : Airport Transfers, 3* Hotels & Ryokan, Non-flight transportation, Guided activities, Travel diary, Pocket wifi, Assistance

Komorebi on old Tokaido road in Hakone : the scattered light when sunlight shines through trees

Chugoku: Japan's secret Self-Guided Tours in Japan

From $2,104 per person - 19 days

Duration : 19 days
Locations : Tokyo, Hakone Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Chugoku, Miyajima, Okayama, Osaka
Included : Airport Transfers, 3* Hotels & Ryokan, Japan Experience house, Non-flight transportation, Guided activities, Travel diary, Pocket wifi, Assistance

Himeji Castle, UNESCO world heritage, easy access from Kyoto for a 1-day excursion

Highlights of Japan Self-Guided Tours in Japan

From $1,489 per person - 2 weeks

Duration : 15 days
Locations : Tokyo, Hakone Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Takayama, Tokyo
Included : Airport Transfers, 3* Hotels & Ryokan, Non-flight transportation, Guided activity, Travel diary, Pocket wifi, Assistance