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Japan Express – Osaka to Tokyo

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In-depth Cultural
Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 10 - 15
Age range 12 to 90
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Highlights

  • Meet your group and CEO in a lively city
  • Stay in a temple and dine on shojin-ryori
  • Visit Hiroshima's Peace Park and museum
  • See the floating Torii Gate on Miyajima
  • Explore Kyoto's Nijo Castle and Gion district

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Osaka
  2. Day 2 Osaka/Kōyasan (1B, 1D)
  3. Day 3 Kōyasan/Hiroshima (1B)
  4. Day 4 Hiroshima
  5. Day 5 Hiroshima/Kyoto
  6. Day 6 Kyoto
  7. Day 7 Kyoto/Hakone (1D)
  8. Day 8 Hakone/Tokyo (1B)
  9. Day 9 Tokyo
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    4.6
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  • JD
    · March 17th, 2025
    Our CEO Takae was awesome😁 Her knowledge of Japan and the Japanese Culture was amazing and she was a very caring and thoughtful guide. We would highly recommend her tour with G Adventure
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thanks so much for your review, Janelle! We hope to welcome you on another adventure in the near future.
    Trip date: March 2025
  • AS
    · October 6th, 2024
    It was all we expected and really enjoyed it
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thanks Andreas, Glad you enjoyed your trip and that everything was as expected.
    Trip date: August 2024
  • YC
    · September 6th, 2024
    Itinerary was good but woul be better with an extra day or 2 to really appreciate the places especially Koyosan and Hakone. Our guide was super! Helpful and pleasant he was a source of knowledge and looked after us.Hotels were generally okay to good. The activities were interesting but perhaps have some extra pay extra such as a cooking class. Maybe explain beforehand about the luggage packing for the night and next day. I would recommend this tour to anyone who is physically fit as there is much walking.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you for sharing your feedback, Yolande! We are glad that you enjoyed your trip overall but we appreciate the constructive feedback. We'll pass that along to our operations and product management teams.
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    Trip date: August 2024
  • KW
    · September 1st, 2024
    So much walking but excellent tour where you see it all and do it all. If you can snag Tina or Jimmy as your guide we’ve won the lottery!
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us, Kelly! We hope to welcome you on another adventure in the near future!
    Trip date: August 2024
  • G
    · July 22nd, 2024
    ils pretty good though the tour guide ignores everything
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you for your review Godfrey. We regret to read about your CEO's lack of enthusiasm. This has been passed on to the appropriate teams for coaching purposes.
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    Trip date: July 2024
  • Japan Express – Osaka to Tokyo reviewer 6
    · July 12th, 2024
    We had a great trip to Japan. The itinerary was full of exciting sites and cultural learning. Stops in Osaka, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Koyasan, Kyoto, Hakone, and Tokyo were all fascinating for their history, food, and sites. Our G-Adventure guide was top notch and really made the trip. Strongly recommend this trip.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Hi Julie, We are so happy to read that you had such a great adventure. We appreciate the five star review and we hope to see you on another trip sometime soon.
    Trip date: June 2024
  • MK
    · June 18th, 2024
    I am writing as I was very upset to realise that the whole tour was by public transport which I wouldn’t have chosen for myself - a 58 year old with a heart problem. A number of things make the cost of the tour that I paid for ridiculously expensive and I feel you have taken advantage of me. They are the following: 1) I booked with TourRadar and you put me on G adventures without letting me Know how physically challenging it would be especially handing my bag and knapsack on public transport. 2) 7!cities in 9 days is actually untrue as there was no tour of Osaka. 3) check in times were inconsistent and never to our benefit. On Hakone we could Only check-in at 5:30pm and we departed the next morning at 8:30. I have paid a lot for this trip and been treated like a budget traveller. 3) how do you expect a local travel guide to help me with my bags though Keiko did a great job helping but I was fortunate that one of the group members helped me with my main luggage. What would have happened to me if he didn’t? For these reasons stated above, I feel cheated and comparing prices with the others from the US and UK who were on the same trip, I paid the most. What are you going to do about this?
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thank you for your review, Mena. I understand you have been assisted by our Customer Experience team already, but please feel free to continue to communicate with them as they can best address your concerns.
    Trip date: June 2024
  • Japan Express – Osaka to Tokyo reviewer 8
    · May 18th, 2024
    Really enjoyed trip. Guide Jiro Hattori was very organized and helpful. Good variety of rural, cultural and urban activities.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thanks Suzanne for the great review. We are so happy that you enjoyed your trip and that Jiro did suchg a great job.
    Trip date: April 2024
  • JM
    · May 14th, 2024
    The sites were amazing on this tour. However, our tour guide spoke very poor English and did not have the knowledge to explain to us the backround/history of most of the sites we saw in each city. My friend and I were extremely let down especially since we were looking forward to this trip and expecting a solid tour guide. It got so bad that one of the people on our tour had to google the history on each site and explained it to us all. We even spoke to the tour guide of a different tour company on our tour to get better info. There are better tour companies out there. Do your research before booking.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Hi Joe We appreciate the honest review. We'll pass your comments over to our operations team for review.
    Trip date: April 2024
  • MA
    · May 10th, 2024
    The Osaka to Tokyo tour was fantastic thanks to our very organised and capable guide and CEO Mayumi, and a very jolly and fun group from different parts of the world. Mayumi went over and above to support us with the tour, making it such a good and stress free experience.
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    G Adventures commented on this review
    Thanks Martha for the five stars. We are happy that Mayumi did such a great job. Hopefully we'll see you back on the road with us again soon.
    Trip date: April 2024

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    Jose

    Asked on April 21st, 2025

    Can 11 years old child travel with the group - Japan tours on May 5th. She is 11, but very mature, toll and looks and behaves like 14 years old. Can a child stay in the room with parents?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten April 2025

      We have a minimum age requirement on this tour of 12 years old. We can highly recommend this Japan tour however, in which an 11 year old would be more than welcome.

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    Kristin

    Asked on February 22nd, 2025

    What is the cost for a solo traveller?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten February 2025

      The tour price is 5459 AUD, a single supplement would be an additional 619.00 AUD.

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    Steven

    Asked on February 16th, 2025

    I am a woman traveling on my own and would prefer to stay at a single room instead of sharing it with someone I don't know, I just don't feel secure about that. Would that be possible?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten February 2025

      This tour does offer the My Own Room option which will give you a room to yourself throughout the tour.

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    Douglas

    Asked on January 19th, 2025

    This price is just for land or with airfare?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      The tour cost does not include international air travel to and from the tour.

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      Douglas

      TravelerWritten January 2025

      So what is the price?

    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      The price should be on the website, we cannot see your country to know your currency, what currency should we quote in?

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    Ahmed

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    is it possible to book 1 extra night?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      Yes we can request extra nights at the end of the trip for you, these would be 260 AUD per twin/double room per night.

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      Ahmed

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      what is the luggage limits?

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      Ahmed

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      would you be able to give me a quote for Osaka for 3 nights prior to starting the tour? We will have 2 lugguge bags and would like to travel 1st class on the train etc, is this possible could you quote us an upgrade price?

    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      We can book a maximum of 2 pre nights in a standard room either side of the tour, in Osaka this would be $175 AUD per night with en suite but no breakfast included. We do not offer a 1st class upgrade either in advance, you can purchase this yourself on the day for the train but we do not have pricing.

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    Leslie

    Asked on January 7th, 2025

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten January 2025

      All of our trip in Japan use trains, we dont have any bus trips as such

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    Asked on December 4th, 2024

    What is the best pricing for two pax. For the initial deposit, what is the way we can pay per person deposit as our credit card has facility to per day limitation.

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      Our prices are listed per person, in which currency would you like the quote? You are more than welcome to pay the deposit separately, but that would need to be arranged with TourRadar.

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    Mary

    Asked on October 21st, 2024

    How is the best way to plan to get there for flights and meet up for this group tour? Also plan to arrive a day early and stay a bit longer after this 9 day group tour? How does it work? Will you list what we need? How to convert USD to YEN?

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    • G AdventuresOperatorWritten October 2024

      Please see attached the full itinerary and trips notes which will answer your questions

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      You can download the G Adventures app using the link provided in the communication from G Adventures.

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    I question price. As displayer its $4gran+ on dates its $ % gran+ what's the price?

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      The price for the 28th May departure is $5179 AUD per person.

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