Outstanding trip to Japan.While 10 days was...

Japan | Mar 24 - Apr 2, 2025

Great place, cool feel.

Good hotel. Delicious breakfast. Good location. Laundry machine that was easy to use.

Amazing place with onsen on the roof. Restaurant was good. Only thing that could potentially be a problem is that there are lots of families with kids.

Great place but not quite as special

Really cool overlooking the city.

Neither of these were outstanding experiences. both felt very touristy without having the payoff. Tokyo in March was quite hazy so there were no views to Mt. Fuji etc. Long wait and very expensive for the sky tree. We actually liked seeing the view from the metropolitan building just as much and it was free.

Absolutely amazing from top to bottom. Tea ceremony was the coolest thing we have ever done. The Zen garden was beautiful. The gion district was cool to see. The golden temple was beautiful and Noriko gave us the best tour of the Nijo castle with tons of history and culture.

Mediocre food tour. Only three stops and all with fried foods. Would have liked some more variety.

I really enjoyed working with Sam but it sometimes felt like we were just wandering without a specific goal. I think if we had taken opportunities to see the blooms on the way to other places, it may have worked a little better. Overall Sam was a great guide.

A good day although we were quite tired from the days before. Mt Fuji was not visible unfortunately and it was quite windy on the mountain. The visit to the shrine was one of the coolest parts of the day. We also enjoyed the cruise across the full lake. It would have been better to do the ropeway at the end but that was our mistake.

Another outstanding trip! Nara was worth taking a whole day. We loved meeting the deer, seeing the temples, and shopping in the downtown. Again, Noriko was an outstanding guide who gave us the historical and cultural background to understand what we were doing.