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Our local staff will deal with anything from lost luggage to rescheduling itineraries due to unforeseen circumstances. Our Tours Self-Guided Tours Semi Escorted Tours Fully Escorted Tours Bespoke Tours (Minimum local guides (Various local guides & extra (One Tour Leader travelling with (Guides/Assistant will be added to help you along!) assistants for extra support) you with Local Guides in places) as necessary, depending on itinerary & budget) Japan Travel Specialists for over 20 years We have a tour for every style, budget, and destination in Japan. If it’s in Japan, we can do it!

Terms & Conditions: Prices are per person sharing twin/double rooms. Single room supplements will often apply. Triple Room discounts may apply. Peak season supplements may apply so early booking is highly recommended. Prices & itineraries are subject to change at any time. Up-to-date prices & full T&C’s can be seen online: www.uniquejapantours.com. A non-refundable/non-transferrable deposit is required to book any tour. Final payment will be due 8 weeks prior to travel. Best Selling UJT Team 1st Time Tour Favourite! From €4,650 per person From €4,450 per person Price Inclusions Price Inclusions • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers Japan Discovered • Superior Ryokans (3), 4* Western (10) Hidden Treasures • (4), Western Hotels 4&5* (7), • Breakfast daily plus 3 Japanese course dinners Temple Lodge (1) 13 Nights Fully Escorted • All Transfers required for your tour 12 Nights Fully Escorted • Breakfast daily plus 5 Japanese course dinners • Local English speaking tour guides in Tokyo, • All Transfers required for your tour , Gokayama, Takayama, and Hiroshima & • Local English speaking Guides in Tokyo, Ise, Hotel: 4✶ Activity: Average Miyajima Island Hotel: 4✶ Activity: Average Koyasan, Iya Valley & Kyoto • Entrance fees into all sights on your itinerary • Entrance fees into all sights on your itinerary • Experience: • Experience: • Tokyo Tsukiji Outer Fish Market, Asakusa Temple, • Tokyo Tsukiji Outer Fish Market, Asakusa Temple, Edo Museum, and a river taxi along the Edo Museum, and a river taxi along the Sumida Sumida River River • Watch Wrestling Grand Tournament • Meet the Mikimoto pearl divers & watch them (May & Sep) at work • Short hike into the mountains to meet the famous • Visit , considered the most snow monkeys bathing in the hot springs at Significant Shrine in the whole of Japan Yudanaka Onsen • Rural ryokan with onsen & kaiseki dinner • Overnight stays in rural quaint ryokans on two nights • Climb to the top of Matsumoto Castle • Insider Kyoto Tour with local guide • Takayama Spring/Autumn Festival (April & October) • Ancient treasures of Nara, first capital city • Washi Making, Making Soba Noodles, and meeting local farmers in Gokayama • Spiritual lecture at Mt Koya with local guide (Walking Tour) Nagano • 400 year old Gassho Zukkuri Farmhouse visit Yudanaka Onsen • Overnight stay in Temple Lodge at Mt Koya Kanazawa • Kanazawa Kenrokuen Garden, considered one of Gokayama 4 2 the top three gardens in Japan • Awa Odori Tokushima Dance 3 Takayama 1 • Indigo Dying workshop Matsumoto 8 Tokyo • Geisha/Samurai district walking in Kanazawa 1 Tokyo •  Iya Valley Boat Ride & Stunning Scenic drives • Ancient capital Kyoto, with a special visit to Geisha 6 Kyoto Miyajima Island 5 Kyoto 7 house on your guided tour day •  Exquisite Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, a pretty Hiroshima 2 Hakone • Interesting tales from Hiroshima with special dinner Takamatsu Ise & Mikimoto port town 6 5 3 4 Pearl Island and ryokan stay on Miyajima Island & Naoshima Mt Koya • Art, Architecture & Design - Naoshima Island • Overnight at Mt Fuji National Park in Hakone ryokan Tokushima • Tokyo, a city that never fails to surprise & excite • Farewell Karaoke & Izakaya night out with your & Iya Valley • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay group! • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay

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Tour with Japanese UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE Garden Experts Walking Tour From €4,700 per person From €4,400 per person Price Inclusions Price Inclusions • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers Gardens & Galleries • Ryokan (2), Western Hotels 4&5* (9) Japan Ancient Trails • Ryokan (4), Western Hotels 3 / 4* (7), • Breakfast daily plus 2 Japanese course dinners Minshiku (2) 11 Nights Fully Escorted • All Transfers required for your tour 13 Nights Semi Escorted • Breakfast daily, packed lunches in Kumano Kodo, • Local English speaking Garden Expert Guides in 5 Japanese course dinners Tokyo, Kamakura, Kanazawa, Matsue and Kyoto • All Transfers required for your tour Hotel: 4✶ & 5✶ Activity: Average • Entrance fees into all sights on your itinerary Hotel: 3✶ & 4✶ Activity: Very Active • Local English speaking Guides in Tokyo, Kumano • Experience: Kodo & Kyoto • Tour Tokyo through the eyes of our Japanese • Entrance fees into all sights on your itinerary Garden Expert • Experience: • Wisteria Park visit on April/May tours • Tokyo metropolitan by day & night! • Cherry Blossom spectacular views on March/April • Mt Fuji National Park tours (climbing options in July & August) • Old Samurai & geisha district in Kanazawa • Rural Ryokans with hot spring onsen baths; a real • Visit two of Japan’s Top-3 Gardens treat; Walk part of the Nakasendo Trail, once walked • Multiple award winning gardens, incl. Moss Garden by Samurai from Tsumago to Magome (Saihoji) in Kyoto • Walk the trails of the Unesco World Heritage Kii • Flower arranging () workshop on request Peninsula Mountain range with our local mountain • Visit a real geisha house for afternoon Tea & Chat guides (expect to walk for 4-6 hours per day over with Kyoto Geisha the 4 days) • Museum of 21st Century Contemporary Art • Kyoto’s unmasked beauty • Adachi Museum of Art & Izumo Taisha Shrine • Walk part of the Nakasendo Road, the road once • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay Tsumago/ walked by Samurai from Tsumago to Magome (8km) Magome • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay 2 Kanazawa 7 8 1 Tokyo 1 2 5 Tokyo 6 Matsue 4 3 Kyoto Kyoto 3 Mt. Fuji 5 Tanabe 4 Kii Katsura

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T: 01-6787008 W: uniquejapantours.com Visit: 54 Dawson Street (3rd floor), Dublin 2 Hours: 08:30-19:00 -Fri / 10:00-17:00 Saturdays From €2,800 per person From €3,970 per person Price Inclusions Price Inclusions • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers The Golden Route (3* shared / 4&5* private) Lost in Japan (3* shared / 4&5* private) • 7 nights in western hotels, 2 nights in traditional • 12 nights in Western Hotels, 2 nights in ryokans traditional ryokans & 1 night in Temple Lodge 9 Nights Self Guided • Breakfast daily plus 2 Japanese course dinners 14 Nights Self Guided • Breakfast daily plus 3 Japanese course dinners • 7 Day Japan Rail Pass (3* Ordinary / 4&5* Green) • 14 Day Japan Rail Pass (3* Ordinary / 4* Green) Hotel: 3✶ / 4✶ / 5✶ Activity: Average including reserved seats on bullet trains & long Hotel: 3✶ / 4✶ / 5✶ Activity: Average including reserved seats on bullet trains & long journeys journeys • Public Transport Top-Up Card (can be used all • Public Transport Top-Up Card (can be used all over Japan) over Japan) • Mt Fuji Travel Pass • All Ferry Tickets (4 in total) • Full day guided tour in Tokyo • Enhance your trip by meeting private guides in • Full day culture tour in Kyoto with private guide Kyoto, Koyasan, Shikoku, Hiroshima, & Tokyo • Full day historical tour in Hiroshima & Miyajima – enough to give you the inside knowledge and Island with private guide best advice! • Experiences: Bullet Train Journeys, Onsen • Experience: (hot springs), local guides, ryokan retreats, • Insider Kyoto Tour with local guide Unesco World Heritage sites, Authentic Kyoto • Spiritual awakening at Mt Koya with local guide tea ceremony, Geisha Meet & Greet(optional), (Walking Tour) Cooking Class (optional), Sumo Experience • Awa Odori Tokushima Dance (optional), World class Japanese gardens, • Iya Valley Boat Ride & Stunning Scenic drives • Exquisite Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, futuristic museums, and much more! a pretty port town • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay • Art, Architecture & Design - Naoshima Island Takayama Matsumoto • Soak in Japan’s first Onsen bath at Dogo Onsen • Historical Hiroshima Tales & Magical Miyajima Optional 1 7 Kyoto 5 Tokyo Tokyo Island with our local guide Hiroshima & 2 Miyajima 1 Kyoto • Tokyo, a city that never fails to surprise & excite Miyajima Island 3 Hakone Takamatsu Island via IYA Valley • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay 4 2 6 4 5 Koyasan Matsuyama & 3 Dogo Onsen Tokushima

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From €3,450 per person From €6,950 per person Price Inclusions Price Inclusions • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers • Private Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers Forgotten Japan (3* shared / 4&5* private) Taste Japan • 4 nights in 5* Hoshinoya Ryokan Resorts, 5 nights • 8 nights in western hotels, 3 nights in traditional in Tokyo & Kyoto’s Deluxe hotels ryokans & 3 nights self-catering in traditional • Breakfast daily, 2 Michelin Star Lunches, 14 Nights Self Guided Kyoto townhouse 9 Nights Semi-Escorted 5 Exquisite Evening Meals Deluxe Tour • Breakfast daily plus 3 Japanese course dinners • Reserved seats on all trains (Nozomi / 1st Class Hotel: 3✶ & 4✶ Activity: Average • 14 Day Japan Rail Pass (3* Ordinary / 4* Green) ✶ Bullet Trains) including reserved seats on bullet trains & long Hotel: 5 Activity: Average • Public Transport Top-Up Card (can be used in journeys your free time) • Public Transport Top-Up Card (can be used all • Private Vehicles & Guides on all excursions over Japan) [ 4 Days ] • Full day guided tour in Tokyo • Experience : • Full day culture tour in Kyoto with private guide • Travel in style around Tokyo, Kyoto, & Mt Fuji • Half day historical tour in Kanazawa with local • Visit to a winery near Mt Fuji guide • Digital Detox at Hoshinoya Resort (Mt Fuji) • Experience: for two nights • The eclectic treasures of Tokyo • Insider Kyoto Tour with local guide • The old Samurai Trails from Tsumago to Magome • Evening with Geisha in Kyoto • Samurai swords at Matsumoto castle & Sake (rice • 5* Hoshinoya Hospitality & Service wine) Distilleries in Takayama town • Outdoor Hot Spring Bath in your room • The undiscovered Gokayama farm house villages on some nights (recently awarded UNESCO World Heritage status) • Japan’s 5 star service at its’ best • Washi Paper Making & Soba Noodle Cookery Class • Private Teppan Yaki Dining in a Tokyo’s 5* Kanazawa 4 Via Gokyanna Via Matsumoto • Kanazawa’s contemporary art museum, grand restuarant 3 Mt Fuji Takayama 1 garden, and sublime sushi 1 • Sake (rice wine) tour & tasting at local distilliary 2 6 Tokyo • Kyoto’s golden Temples, serene gardens & one-of-a- 2 4 Tokyo • UJT Concierge Service available to you daily for 5 Tsumago Kyoto kind Geisha Kyoto 3 any extra services • Bullet Train Journeys • Japan’s must-do Onsen (hot spring baths) & Kaiseki Dinners • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay

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T: 01-6787008 W: uniquejapantours.com Visit: 54 Dawson Street (3rd floor), Dublin 2 Hours: 08:30-19:00 Mon-Fri / 10:00-17:00 Saturdays From €4,680 per person From €3,620 per person Price Inclusions Price Inclusions The Northern Trail • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers The Kumano Way • Ryokan (2), Minshiku (4), Temple Lodge (1) featuring Sado Island (3* shared / 4&5* private) Trekking in Kumano Kodo • Half Board (B&D daily) + 4 Packed Lunches • 3, 4 or 5* Western Hotels (8), Luxurious Ryokan • Koyasan Travel Pass 13 Nights Self Guided (1), Local Minshiku (3), Mountain Lodge (1) 7 Nights Semi-Escorted • Mountain Guides on 4 days (semi-escorted) • Breakfast daily, 4 Dinners • Walking Maps & Mountain Guide Books • Reserved seats on necessary bullet trains & long • Experience: Hotel: 3✶ / 4✶ / 5✶ Activity: Active journeys Hotel: Rural Ryokans & Guesthouses only • Spiritual Heaven in Koyasan • Return ferry tickets to Sado Island •  & Morning Chant at your temple lodge • Public Transport Top-Up Card (can be used all Activity: Very Active (optional) over Japan) • Vegetarian/Vegan breakfast & dinner served by the • Local Guides in Tokyo, Kyoto , Nikko & Niigata/ monks at Mt Koya Sado Island • Rural Japan at its best • Experience: • Walk in the footsteps of Japan’s Imperial family and Samurai warriors along this Unesco World Heritage • Mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyase, founder & ruler Kii Peninsula Mountain Range of , at Nikko (Unesco World • Meet the local Kumano Kodo villagers along Heritage Site) the way • Luxurious ryokan stay at Kinugawa Onsen • Walk with experienced mountain guides on 4 of • Sake (Rice Wine) Distillerary Tour & Tasting your days (expect to walk for between 4-6 hours on in Niigata these days) • The fierce Samurai warriors at a visit to their place Sado Island 4 • Free time to explore each village on your own 3 Niigata of Residence in Niigata • Magnificent Nachi Waterfalls & visits to 3 of Japan’s • Digital Detox on Sado Island for three nights staying most significant Shrines in traditional minshiku (guest houses) Mt. Tateyama • Swimming in Kawayu River in front of your 5 Kinugawa Onsen • Summer Festivals (Earth Celebration (Aug) (Kurobe Alpine Route) 6 2 minshiku (Jun-Sep) Matsumoto & Nikko & Fuji Rock (Jul) • Soak in the natural RIVER onsen (hot spring) Kyoto 1 • Traverse the incredible Kurobe Alpine Route over Tokyo Tokyo at Kawayu Onsen (Dec-May) 7 2 days: Mt Tateyama, Snow Wall Corridors, and Kyoto Osaka Largest Dam in the world, a few highlights! Osaka • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay • Matsumoto Samurai Castle & Ukiyo Museum • Essential UJT Japan Travel Pack Koyasan • Kyoto: Japan’s Culture capital that never fails to 1 4 disappoint. Kii Tanabe 2 Kii Katsuura 3 • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay Kawayu Onsen • Essential UJT Japan Travel Pack

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From €6,850 per person From €2,350 per person Price Inclusions Price Inclusions Wonders of the West • Arrival & Departure Airport Transfers Young & Fun • Western Hotels (6), Ryokan (1), Minshiku (2) featuring Kyushu Islands (3* shared / 4&5* private) Family Friendly • Breakfast daily, 3 Dinners • 3, 4 or 5* Western Hotels (11), Ryokans (4), • 7 Day Japan Rail Pass (Ordinary) including 18 Nights Self Guided Beach Front (3) 9 Nights Self Guided reserved seats on necessary bullet trains & long • Breakfast daily, 6 Dinners journeys • 14 Day Japan Rail Pass (3* Ordinary / 4/5* Green) • Public Transport Top-Up Card Hotel: 3✶/ 4✶/ 5✶ Activity: Active including reserved seats on necessary bullet Hotel: 3✶/ 4✶/ 5✶ Activity: Active trains & long journeys • Group Shared activities in Tokyo, Kyoto, • Public Transport Top-Up Card Hakone (Mt Fuji) (can be used all over Japan) • Experience: • Local Guides in Kyoto, Hiroshima & Miyajima • Tokyo, whatever your interest. Choose from one Island, Fukuyama, Kumamoto/Mt Aso, & of our Tokyo tour options: Wrestle & lunch with Yakushima Island & Tokyo ex-Sumo, Visit Akihabara for Anime & Gaming, Maid Café & Ghibli Museum, Tokyo Disneyland, etc. • Return Ferry to Yakushima Island • Universal Studios Osaka (optional) • One Domestic Internal Flight • Sampling the best Ramen restaurants in town (back to Tokyo or Osaka) (list provided) • Experience: • Fun central hotels only • Kyoto Authentic Tea Ceremony • Hiroshima & Miyajima (optional using your • Quaint village on inland sea at Tomonoura at Rail pass) seaview ryokan • Osaka Street Food and lively entertainment at night Tokyo • Historical Hiroshima stories by local guide Kyoto 8 • The Magic of Miyajima Island, by day and night • Dress up like a Geisha or better still, meet one! 1 (sleep here)! (optional) Fukuyama 8 • Fukuoka’s Street Food and lively entertainment Tsumago/ • Authentic Kyoto Tea Ceremony 2 Osaka at night Magome • The bright lights & electric vibes of Tokyo or Osaka! 3 4 1 Hiroshima • Nagasaki’s Port welcomed the Western world & Kyoto 2 Tokyo • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay 4 ⇨Fukuoka Christianity into Japan 3 • Bubbling Hot Spring streets at Unzen Onsen Osaka Mt Fuji • Essential UJT Japan Travel Pack 5 Nagasaki 6 Kumamoto • Active Volcano at Mt Aso and regional in Kumamoto • Digital Detox in Yakushima Island, home to giant Cedar tree mountain hikes (Unesco World Heritage) 7 ⇨Yakushima Island • The bright lights & electric vibes of Tokyo or Osaka! • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay • Essential UJT Japan Travel Pack

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T: 01-6787008 W: uniquejapantours.com Visit: 54 Dawson Street (3rd floor), Dublin 2 Hours: 08:30-19:00 Mon-Fri / 10:00-17:00 Saturdays Book Now! T: 01-6787008 W: uniquejapantours.com Visit: 54 Dawson Street (3rd floor), Dublin 2 Hours: 08:30-19:00 Mon-Fri / 10:00-17:00 Saturdays

From €1,990 per person Price Inclusions Tropical Treat • Return Internal flights from Tokyo/Osaka/ featuring Yaeyama Island Hopping Fukuoka/or Nagoya Airports • Ferry Transfers & instructions between all islands Japan • 3, 4 or 5* Resort Island Hotel (2), Beach Front (4) 6 Nights Self Guided • Breakfast daily • Experience: Hotel: 3✶/ 4✶/ 5✶ Activity:Average • Japan’s tropical Blue-Zone Paradise, just 2 hours flight from the bustling cities • Meeting the oldest people in the world! • Raw island living on Taketomi and Iriomote / staying in guesthouses where travellers unite • Upgrade to Taketomi ‘Hoshinoya’, a five star island resort ryokan (extra) • Stunning white sandy beaches with crystal blue seas • Rustic Okinawan red tiled roofs • Take the water buffalo taxi for getting around the islands • Canoe on Mangrove lake in Ishigaki Tokyo • Scenic Island Driving tour around the island of 1 Ishigaki • Total digital detox eating the best fresh foods Osaka • Local Emergency contact throughout your stay • Essential UJT Japan Travel Pack

2 Ishigaki

3 Taketomi Island

4 Iriomote Island

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