These are UK-based tour operators and specialist travel agencies featuring holidays, tours and travel in Japan. |
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| ANA World Tours |
020 7478 1933 |
Tour operator division of ANA (All Nippon Airways) offering discovery tours and tailor-made travel. The english version of their website is weak (and that's being generous), so best to deal by phone. |
| Audley Travel |
01869 276 200 |
Tailormade travel and a small group escorted tour to Tokyo and the temples and shrines of Kyoto & Kamakura. There's a chance to see the great Tori Gate, the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Shirakawago, and Dogo-spa on Miyajima Island. The highlight of the tour is joining in the celebration at the Takayama Festival, deep in the Japanese Alps, around which the entire trip is planned. Accommodation is in international style hotels and classical ryokan inns. |
| Captain's Choice, The |
020 8879 7705 |
Launched in 1993, The Captain's Choice specialise in small group, ultra-luxury, multi-country/destination tours and tailor-made tours, usually by private aircraft, train or ship. Guests are accompanied by a team of helpers including the tour manager and a doctor. A number of their Asia tour programmes cover Japan. |
| Dragonfly Tours Japan |
01224 289 767 |
 Small company of enthusiastic Japan-lovers and Japanese friends/colleagues operating small group discovery tours with flexible itineraries, tailormade tours and adventure tours (Not bonded). |
| Euro-Japan Tours |
020 7637 7000 |
Specialist Japanese travel agency in London offering comprehensive tailormade travel arrangements to Japan. |
| Exodus |
0870 240 5550 |
Exodus have a 15-day small group exploratory tour of Japan visiting Kyoto, Tokyo, Nara, Takayama, Matsumoto, Hiroshima, and the spa town of Yudanaka, a new tour to Mount Fuji and the Japanese Alps, a cycling tour and a combined tour of Japan and South Korea. |
| Explore Worldwide |
01252 760000 |
13-day small group exploratory tour visiting the major highlights. |
| Far East Gateways |
0161 437 4371 |
Escorted discovery tours to Kyoto & Tokyo. |
| Inside Japan Tours |
0870 746 1044 |
Independent specialist tour operator to Japan (launched 2000) with a good selection of tours and tailor-made options including a road journey through the Japan Alps, city visits to Tokyo and Kyoto, discover tours to lesser-known spots such as Hokkaido's wide open expanses and Okinawa’s tropical beaches, as well as trips to the rural north, including Sado Island.
 Podcast/MP3 clip Inside Japan Tours director, Simon King, tells Alastair McKenzie about the company. (5' 47") |
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| Intrepid Travel |
0800 917 6456 |
Intrepid have a number of small-group cultural tours of Japan icluding a gastronomic tour and a camping tour. |
| Jaltour |
020 7462 5577 |
(aka Creative Tours) Tour operator division of JAL airline, offering a wide range of discovery tours, scenic tours, adventure tours, cultural tours, etc. Also tailor-made tours. |
| Japan Travel Centre |
020 7255 8283 |
London-based Japanese travel agency offering tailormade travel arrangements in Japan. |
| Jetlife |
0870 787 7877 |
Tailormade itineraries around Japan visiting highlights such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Tohoku, Okinawa, Hakone & Mount Fuji. Parent company, InterArgo, has moved the programme of holidays sold under the 'AsiaWorld' brand name to one of its other brands, Jetlife |
| Oriental Caravan, The |
020 7582 0716 |
Small group escorted adventure tours. TOC have two 2-week tour itineraries in Japan. |
| Thomas Cook |
0870 443 4436 |
TC has two Japan tours in its Worldwide brochure. The 'a Taste of Japan' 9-day fully escorted tour is designed for first time visitors to Japan taking in Tokyo, the spa town of Hakone with stunning views of Mt. Fuji, a journey on the bullet train and the ancient capital Kyoto. 'The Samurai Experience' 2-week tour explores the culture of samurais and shoguns in Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima. There is also an optional bolt-on tour to Japan's subtropical Okinawa islands. |
| Travelsphere |
01858 410 818 |
Fully escorted touring holidays ex-UK visiting key sites in Japan. Their 8-day tour covers Tokyo, Nara & Kyoto. They also have a longer 13-day tour visiting both Japan and China. |
| Voyages Jules Verne |
020 7616 1000 |
Classic 8-day tour to Tokyo and Kyoto. |
| World Expeditions |
020 8870 2600 |
World Expeditions have a number of cultural tours of Japan 11-days and over, including a gastronomic tour and a tour focusing on Japan's summer festivals. |
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