Japan is an island country in East Asia, situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.
Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the “mainland”), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation’s capital and largest city; other major cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.
Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country’s terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 125.5 million on narrow coastal plains.
Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.4 million residents.
NOTE : UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Advice.
Japan offers many ways to visit with cruises offering an ideal way to explore a number of locations around the main island, to give you a taste of what Japan has to offer, or regular flights from the UK with Japan Airlines and ANA (All Nippon Airways) offering free internal flights with your international booking.
Here are a couple of ideas for tours of Japan, please Contact Us for further details / prices:
The Colours of Japan
Fully escorted tour – 9 nights / 10 days
- Follow the most desirable ‘Golden Route’
- Qulified English-speaking guide throughout the tour
- 9 nights in carefully selected good-quality hotels
- 9 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners, including 1 traditional Japanese dinner
- A night stay at traditional Ryokan with Onsen (hot spring) experience
- Comfortable private coach for all transfers
- Shinkansen (bullet train) experience
- All logistics and entrance fees included
Wonderful Japan
Escorted tour – 10 nights / 11 days
- Follow the most desirable ‘Golden Route’
- Qulified English-speaking to greet passengers on arrival
- 10 nights in carefully selected good-quality accomadation
- 10 breakfasts and 1 traditional Japanese dinner
- A night stay at traditional Ryokan with Onsen (hot spring) experience
- 3 full-day sighseeing tours with an English-speaking guide (Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara)
- Shinkansen (bullet train) experience
- Luggage transfer servive betwen cities
Japan for Two
Short and sweet stay, 7 nights / 8 days
- Perfect trip for honeymoon couples
- Qulified English-speaking to greet passengers on arrival
- 7 nights in carefully selected good-quality accomadation
- 7 breakfasts and 1 traditional Japanese dinner
- A night stay at traditional Ryokan with Onsen (hot spring) experience
- Full-day sighseeing tours with an English-speaking guide (Tokyo and Kyoto)
- Shinkansen (bullet train) experience
- Luggage transfer servive betwen cities