Sample tours
Journeys we can arrange, with a code for each
Every tour here is a sample: a route the team has run or researched, written out day by day so you can see the shape of it. Tell us the code you like and we shape it around your dates, your group and your pace.
These are sample itineraries. Our team prepares a tailored quote for your trip; service reservations are confirmed separately once the arrangements are agreed.
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10 of 10 journeys shown
Journeys of several days
Across Honshu and Kyushu, from two days to ten. Codes Ash001 onwards.
The classic route, done well
Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto and Osaka, with Hiroshima or a grand loop when there is time: the first Japan for most groups, paced so it is not a rush.
Summer, coast and family
Beaches, fishing villages and flower parks in the warm months, at a pace that suits children and grandparents.
Journeys longer than ten days are arranged by consultation: tell us where you want to go and we shape it with you. Ask about a longer journey
One-day journeys
Out and back from one city, with a car and a guide. Codes by base city: Ash101 Tokyo, Ash201 Kyoto, Ash303 Osaka, Ash401 Hiroshima.
From Tokyo

Tour code ASJ-DT-TYO-HER · Ash101
Tokyo heritage and old neighbourhoods
Asakusa, a temple market street and a quarter where the old city survives.
Photographed in autumn · the journey runs all year
Tour code ASJ-DT-FUJ-CLS · Ash104
Mt Fuji classic views
The lake, the spring village and the pagoda, in a day from Tokyo.

Tour code ASJ-DT-HAK-CLS · Ash107
Hakone highlights
A lake crossing, a volcanic valley and a hot-spring bath.

Tour code ASJ-DT-KAM-ENO · Ash114
Kamakura, Yuigahama and Enoshima
The Great Buddha, a beach walk and the island of Enoshima.
From Kyoto
From Osaka
From Hiroshima
Photo credits
The photographs on this page are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, shown under the licences listed. Creators are named as they are published there. They are resized and cropped for display.
- Nijūbashi bridge, Imperial Palace, TokyoCC BY 4.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Nara ParkCC BY 2.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Fushimi Inari-taisha, KyotoCC BY 2.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Sensō-ji, Asakusa, TokyoCC0 1.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Chūrei-tō pagoda and Mount FujiCC0 1.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Ōwakudani, HakoneCC0 1.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Yuigahama, KamakuraCC BY 3.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Kiyomizu-dera, KyotoCC BY 2.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Fushimi Inari-taisha, KyotoCC BY 2.0via Wikimedia Commons
- Atomic Bomb Dome, HiroshimaCC0 1.0via Wikimedia Commons






