Nakasendo Way |
Nakasendo Way
Kyoto
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12 Days from $3,752* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited The Nakasendo Way is now better than ever. We have upgraded it to be fully guided, including more walking between the Nakasendo's beginning in Kyoto to its end in Edo, modern-day Tokyo. The Nakasendo Way is Walk Japan's pioneering walking tour of Japan. A best-seller for over a decade, this tour provides a unique, intimate experience of Japan and its people. Of course, these days it is no longer unique. Walk Japan's Shogun Trail and Kunisaki Buddhist Trek tours also… more |
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Kunisaki Trek |
Kunisaki Trek
Fukuoka Airport, Fukuoka, Japan
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8 Days from $2,840* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited The Kunisaki Buddhist Trek is an 8-day, 7-night tour that follows the footsteps of monks, who have walked through the mountains of the peninsula for more than a thousand years. Any experienced trekker will thoroughly enjoy the ancient trails, which are now largely forgotten. These provide excellent walking through sleepy hamlets, verdant forests, along craggy ridges and over towering cliffs. On route we pass many stone Buddha statues, large and small, and the caves where monks once found shelter. As… more |
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The Hokkaido Hike |
The Hokkaido Hike
Akan town ,Japan
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10 Days from $4,312* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited The Hokkaido Hike explores the wild side of Japan on the sparsely populated, northerly island of the Japanese archipelago. In winter, Siberian temperatures and powder snow has made Hokkaido a skier's paradise. And in summer, with the snow gone the weather is very comfortable and the hiking is some of the best in Japan.An 11-day, 10-night tour, Walk Japan's Hokkaido Hike takes us through Japan's largest wilderness. We pass through remote verdant forests, across wet lands, up spectacular volcanoes, past… more |
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Summer Nakasendo Way |
Summer Nakasendo Way
Nakatsugawa
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7 Days from $2,850* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited Walk Japan's Summer Nakasendo Way tour takes us to areas at higher altitudes and is designed to provide a comfortable walking experience in summer. It explores the best parts of one of Japan's ancient highways, the Nakasendo; the beautiful mountains and valleys of the Kamikochi region; and Takayama, an old administrative town deep in the mountains.Firstly, we explore the central, mountainous section of the Nakasendo Way, an old road that starts in Kyoto and finishes in Tokyo. In its heyday… more |
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The Kyushu Expedition |
The Kyushu Expedition
Kagoshima Chuo Railway Station
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8 Days from $3,240* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited The Kyushu Expedition is a new tour starting in 2010. It is an 8-day, 7-night tour that takes us from the giant cedars and towering peaks of Yakushima, through the volcano-sculpted landscapes of Kirishima and Aso before following a dramatic "Road through the Mountains", to our final destination of Yufuin. Not only does the "living geology" of Kyushu offer unique insights into the formation of the Japanese islands; southern Kyushu's relatively mild climate has also been associated with the emergence… more |
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Tokyo Tour |
Tokyo Tour
Tokyo
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2 Days from $295* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited Walk Japan's two day Tokyo Tour explores what is perhaps the most enigmatic cities of the world. Tokyo is the epitome of the ultimate modern, metropolis - bullet trains glide across the city’s roof tops and past gleaming new skyscrapers; vast TV screens looming over intersections blast their messages down over teeming masses; the pride of Japan’s industry proudly display their latest innovative products to the ever receptive Japanese consumer; a network of freeways lace above and below the city… more |
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Kyoto Tour |
Kyoto Tour
Kyoto
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2 Days from $325* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited Walk Japan's two day Kyoto Tour takes us through the city's rich history while exploring in depth some famous and some less well-known areas that were instrumental in making Kyoto the cultural capital of Japan. A fully guided, unique look into Japan's old capital, its history, arts, crafts and people. Kyoto was originally known as Heian-kyo, the capital of peace and tranquility, and modelled on Chang-an, the great capital of the Chinese Tang empire. Kyoto remained the home of the… more |
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Winter Nakasendo Way |
Winter Nakasendo Way
Nagoya
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6 Days from $2,450* per person
Provider: Walk Japan Limited Timed to include both Western and Chinese New Year holiday periods, Walk Japan's Winter Nakasendo Way tour provides modern-day walkers with a comfortable taste of Edo Period Japan in winter. We cross several high passes, where encountering snow is likely, but the emphasis is on comfort and each day we find warm welcomes and surroundings in Japanese inns. Here we can relax, on one occasion around an open hearth fire, and enjoy the excellent meals of locally sourced produce that… more |
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