REVIEWS

First time visit Kyushu, I and my wife very satisfied with the itinerary especially the Orange Restaurant train ride.

Sandy at Southampton Place was amazing and arranged an enjoyable bespoke trip. Thank you!

Myself and my partner had been planning to go to Japan for years but needed to save up in order to do it exactly how we wanted. 

Sandy at the Japan Travel Centre was enormously helpful. We had a huge list of things we wanted to do and Sandy managed to help us trim it down and pick out the best things to see and the easiest way to travel between places. Organising our JRP and Hakone free pass which made our trip that bit more easy. 

The Hakone free pass was great to travel round Lake Ashi which was beautiful! 

We had a mixture of accommodation from 3-4 stars hotels and ryokans which were all great. They were all easy to get to and from the city centre and sights and the service was unbelievable at the majority of them. 

It was a great trip and with the help of Sandy everything ran smoothly which helped us to enjoy ourselves and relax even with our hectic schedule to see as much as possible. 

Fabulous holiday and would love to go again! 

Fantastic service provided by Sandy at JTC. She understood our travel requirements, was vert informative and the hotel accommodation she suggested was ideal for us. Nagoya is a spectacular city, the people so friendly, I hope to return there soon.

Fabulously well organised trip to climb Mount Fuji. All in the group were catered for in respects of walking experience and ability and we all made it to the top!

Translator/guide was lovely and assisted climbers swiftly when beginning to have the effects of altitude sickness.

Only downside was the Onsen after the climb. Prior notice that is is nude not one permitting swimming costumes, would have made things less awkward. Unfortunately, two of us could not participate in this, which meant waiting dirty and smelly from the climb for 2 hours.

However, it did not ruin a great experience.

We simply had a fantastic time. We had lived in Tokyo twenty years ago for a couple of years but not travelled much, and wanted our teenage children to experience Japan for themselves (having heard many of our stories many times....) We wanted a variety of things to do: we shopped in Harajuku (and at the Pokémon Centres - Tokyo and Osaka versions!); climbed the staircases at Matsumoto Castle and enjoyed the taiko festival and potteries; bathed, slept and ate at onsen; traversed mountains and dams in the Japanese Alps ; saw the illuminations at Kodai-ji and the amazing dragons at Kennin-ji; enjoyed incredible hospitality at Ryokan Iwaso at Miya-jima and took the night cruise through the shrine gates at high tide; recovered from the blistering heat with the aid of delicious shaved ice; visited Hiroshima on Peace Day, astonishingly moving and inspiring; cycled, swam and experienced the art works on Naoshima; enjoyed yet more incredible hospitality at Uno Port Inn(hi Miko-san!) (and I never even mentioned the incredibly incredible kindness and attentiveness at Hotel Mume in Kyoto). What a pleasure it was to be in Japan as a tourist! I can't wait to go back. I would happily do all of the above again, but would like new experiences too, so will probably find some different places to go. And both our children want to go back (without us!).

Japan Travel Centre arranged tickets for the Sumo Tournament for me. It was great to watch the event! Sandy, from Japan Travel Centre, was extremely efficient and nice, a pleasure to deal with. 

Amazing country, incredible sights, sounds and tastes, fabulous people- just another world! We are already planning our return trip!

This was our 3rd visit to Japan in the last 5 years. We had a great time visiting cities, temples, theme parks, beaches and plenty of delicious restaurants. As usual we used Japan Travel Centre for booking accommodation and internal travel. The hotels recommended were excellent and, as usual, the service from JTC was prompt and highly efficient. We will definitely use Japan Travel Centre again for our next visit!