Japan in Focus
24/10/2019 · By Georgia Shipley
With the Japanese Rugby World Cup and Joanna Lumley bursting onto our television screens recently, we’ve been lapping up all things Japan.
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2021 Tour code: JTG21
About the tour
Travel through the 'Land of the Rising Sun' by futuristic bullet train. Sample Japanese whiskey, soak up the spectacular sight of Mount Fuji, experience an authentic tea ceremony and explore the bustling cities of Tokyo and Hiroshima on an all-encompassing route through Japan's highlights.
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Itinerary
We meet at London Heathrow and fly to Sapporo, travelling via Hong Kong and arriving on Day 2.
After settling into the JR Tower Nikko Sapporo, we enjoy dinner tonight. Sapporo is famed for its 19th-century architecture and pretty public spaces, which we explore on Day 3's guided tour. We discover Otaru, Sapporo's romantic port, and the Otaru Music Box Museum before heading to the Nikka Whisky Distillery. Founded in 1934, Nikka's malts blend high-quality Japanese whisky with traditional Scottish techniques, which we sample before returning to Sapporo.
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3.3 / 5 · 3 reviews
Mr B McLean
Submitted 15 May 2018
Holiday and tour manager was fantastic.Being single and paying supplements and getting double rooms with single beds were very poor. I would expect if paying supplements I would get a double bed the same as any couple.
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Mr S Fancourt
Submitted 08 May 2018
Far to many on the tour - 37, took a long to embark and disembark trains and coaches. Itinerary very good, some descriptions in the itinerary were misleading.
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Mr R Butters
Submitted 23 May 2017
The travel and hotel arrangements were excellent. One gripe for the elderly is having to constantly move cases at each hotel (with one exception, Thank you Granvia, Kyoto). The Tokyo tour had perhaps one too many historic visits (I personally would have passed on the Edo museum for a daytime look at Shibuya crossing).One day in Tokyo is simply not enough. Similarly, too much Kyoto in 1 day where a 'rest' day would have been priceless. In retrospect, I now query the value of the Hokkaido sector in the tour. Perhaps the time spent here would have served us better elsewhere as it is more of a specialist winter destination, just not enough content for 3+ days.
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