Japan Family Adventure

This Family Adventure in Japan holiday is designed with children in mind, combining iconic sights with fun, hands-on activities. It includes flights, transfers, rail tickets, accommodation and a mix of private guided sightseeing and family-friendly experiences. As with all our holidays, it’s a tailor-made private tour which can be adjusted to suit your family’s interests.

Begin in Tokyo with two full days to explore the city, including a private family-focused tour of its highlights. You’ll also have time for a day trip to nearby Nikko and a memorable morning making sushi together with a professional chef. A magical day at Tokyo Disney Resort is also included.

From Tokyo, head to Hakone for one night in a traditional ryokan. Enjoy views of Mount Fuji, take a lake cruise and ride the ropeway before continuing by bullet train to Kyoto.

In Kyoto, you’ll spend a full day with a private guide discovering the city’s most famous sights, as well as taking part in a family-friendly arts and crafts workshop. A day trip to Nara to see the Great Buddha and meet the friendly deer is also included.

Travel onwards to Hiroshima for a self-guided visit to the Peace Memorial Park and Museum, combined with a ferry trip to Miyajima Island, home of the iconic “floating” torii gate.

Your journey continues to Osaka, where you’ll take part in a music workshop — try your hand at Taiko drumming or the shamisen — and explore the neon-lit streets of Dotonbori. The adventure ends with a full day at Universal Studios Japan before flying home from Kansai.

This itinerary offers the perfect balance of sightseeing, hands-on experiences, and family fun, making it a memorable introduction to Japan for children and adults alike.

Is this a Private Tour or a Group Tour?

All of our Japan tours are private tailor made itineraries, customised for you - we can amend things to entirely suit you.

This particular Japan trip is partly guided, with guided excursions included in Tokyo, Kanazawa and Kyoto and includes flights, accommodation, train and transfers.

What are the departure dates?

Let us know your preferred dates of travel and we will find the best and most suitable flights to fit your itinerary.

As this is a private trip, there are no set departure dates.

We can advise you on the best times of your to travel, and some times to avoid.

Which Airlines do you use?

We work with all the major airlines flying to Japan.

Typically for Japan, British Airways, Japan Airlines and Finnair are the airlines we use the most but we work with all airlines flying to Japan and the Far East.

Finnair often have excellent fares and flying times are very quick via Helsinki.

However, just let us know your preferred airline if you have one. We can organise flights from any regional destination in the UK.

There are direct flights from the UK to Tokyo and Osaka.

Which Hotels do you use?

We're careful with our choice of hotels, but we're guided by our customers also. If you have some preferred hotels, just let us know.

We specialise in boutique hotels and so we will often suggest some of our favourite smaller hotels where we think these will be suitable.

The main cities in Japan are fairly short on boutique hotels in general however and most hotels are functional, business style hotels, but always impeccably clean and usually conveniently located.

Bear in mind that rooms can often be small in Japan, particularly in Tokyo which has some of the smallest hotel room-sizes in the world. If room-size is important, let us know.

It's important to choose hotels carefully in Japan. Tokyo in particular is huge and getting the right location for what you want to do is important or you may find yourselves miles from anywhere.

Especially for those doing rail travel in Japan, being within easy access of the station is very useful and will save a lot of time.

View Itinerary in Detail

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All of our Japan Holidays are completely tailor made and we can put together any kind of itinerary to suit your interests and budget.

We have many other options so if you have a particular hotel in mind just let us know and we'll put together a price and itinerary for you.