Overview
Finish:Tokyo, Japan
Travel Period
Traverse the highlights of Japan in style on a luxury 12-day holiday. Experience the iconic wonders of Tokyo before admiring the beauty of Hakone and the culture of Takayama and Kanazawa. Finish in Kyoto, where you’ll take part in a tea ceremony and enjoy a private dinner with a maiko or geisha.
Take part in a sushi-making class and learn how to prepare maki sushi (rolled sushi) and nigiri sushi (sushi rice topped with a slice of raw fish) before savouring your creations for lunch.
Try your hand at creating some traditional cuisine today with a soba buckwheat noodle cooking lesson and savour your creations for lunch.
Enjoy a Sarubobo-making experience. An amulet particularly common in Takayama and the nearby Hida region, Sarubobo are red dolls with no facial features. Learn how to make the dolls and perhaps find some good luck yourself.
Delve into traditional Japanese culture with a special tea ceremony and kimono-wearing experience. Learn all about tea varieties and the importance and process of serving tea to guests in Japan.
A special night of private entertainment with a maiko or geisha awaits. Enjoy a wonderful dinner and drinks and have the chance to learn more about the geisha and their daily life, all accompanied by music played on a shamisen, a traditional stringed instrument.
What's Included
- Experiences in 11 destinations
- Freedom of Choice inclusions in five locations
- Locally inspired dining - a total of 24 meals
- Take part in a sushi-making class and learn to prepare different types of sushi before enjoying your homemade delights for lunch
- Enjoy a Sarubobo making workshop, learning how to make the traditional red dolls and discover why these amulets are believed to bring good luck
- Relish a gold leaf-making experience, decorating a small lacquer plate with this fragile and precious fine-layered gold
- Delve into traditional Japanese culture with a special tea ceremony and kimono-wearing experience
- Savour a special night of entertainment with a private dinner and drinks alongside a maiko or geisha
Dates & Pricing
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