Japan

Why visit

Direct flights from Delhi and Mumbai have cut a trip that once needed a Southeast Asian stopover down to well under nine hours, and we handle the tourist visa paperwork end to end rather than leaving it to the traveller. The Shinkansen connects Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka without a single internal flight, and the science museums and university campuses make the itinerary work as a study tour as easily as a holiday.

• Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa
• Chureito Pagoda viewpoint over Mount Fuji
• Fushimi Inari Shrine and its torii gate paths
• Osaka Science Museum

Places covered

TokyoMount FujiKyotoOsaka

Suggested itinerary

1. Day1

   Arrive Tokyo

   Transfer to the hotel; evening at Shibuya Crossing.

2. Day2

   Tokyo city

   Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa, then the Tokyo Skytree observation deck.

3. Day3

   Mount Fuji day trip

   Lake Kawaguchiko and the Chureito Pagoda viewpoint, weather permitting.

4. Day4

   Shinkansen to Kyoto

   Bullet train to Kyoto; afternoon at Fushimi Inari Shrine.

5. Day5

   Kyoto

   Kinkaku-ji and the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove.

6. Day6

   Osaka study day

   Transfer to Osaka; Osaka Science Museum in the morning, Osaka Castle in the afternoon.

7. Day7

   Depart

   Time at leisure in Osaka, then airport transfer.