THE ONE THAT FUSES THE BEST OF ANCIENT & MODERN JAPAN IN 10 MAGICAL DAYS
Say konnichiwa to the land of sushi, samurai & sake. In a land where ancient and modern collide, this trip will take you from temples & teppanyaki to geishas, gardens & miniature deers. Yep, your head's spinning already, and that's before we've even mentioned go kart riding through the streets of Tokyo dressed as your favourite superhero...
Travel is best shared. This is a small group adventure of 12-30 people, aged between 18-35 exclusively, giving you the perfect balance of new friends to travel with and access to even more authentic experiences.
WHAT YOU GET
9 nights accommodation
9 nights in Hotel
You'll spend this tasty adventure in twin-share hotel accommodation. Think comfy, cosy, and in sweet locations.
9included Meals
9 Breakfast
Breakfast every day is included when you travel Contiki, it's how we roll
Team
Expert Trip Manager and Local Guides
A highly trained Trip Manager who brings your adventure to life, along with Local Guides who make tourist traps a thing of the past. This is your team. Smart, friendly, fun, and integral to everything we do.
Transport
All transport included during the trip
Getting around Asia is half the fun, and all transport is included for the duration of your trip. Private, air conditioned mini coaches allow you soak up all that scenery in style, but it's our unique, local forms of transport that make the journey all part of the adventure.
Your group
Travel with other 18-35 year olds from around the world
Our trips are exclusively 18-35. This means you'll be travelling with people just like you, from all over the world. Small group sizes ensure you'll never miss out on the action, and laughter and friendships are always guaranteed.
Experiences
10 included, 6 optional that you can add
What can we tempt you with? How about sightseeing tours in Kyoto, Hiroshima and Tokyo, plus a full day trip to beautiful Hakone. Shrines, temples and the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world, this trip has a little of everything, and a sprinkling of even more...
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Nights spent per location
2
2 nights
Osaka
2
2 nights
Kyoto
2
2 nights
Hiroshima
2
2 nights
Tokyo
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Hakone
1
1 night
Tokyo
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Brianna La Rocca
Traveled Apr 2019
Fantastic customer service
Cannot recommend Contiki Japan more! The accomodation was amazing and in central locations. This trip was long enough to tick off all the major boxes with some spare time to do a few more things off the beaten track. 100% would do again
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Anonymous
Traveled Apr 2019
Wouldn’t choose contiki again
Ripped off
Didn’t get to enjoy places for long enough
Ample free fine
Food inclusions where mediocre at best
Hotels got worse as the trip progressed
Trip manage couldn’t recommend any good food places and resorted to McDonalds and 7/11
Would not recommend contiki to anyone
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Zoe Yanover
Traveled Apr 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
I thought the timing of it was good, lined up well with the cherry blossoms.
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Anonymous
Traveled Apr 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
I booked a trip but got a holiday adventure. It far exceeded my expectations and trip manager was incredible
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Kristy Nitz
Traveled Mar 2019
Perfect way to explore Japan!
Amazing in every way! Cant complain!
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Grace Polgardy
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
Great to have a guide in Japan where communication barrier is a challenge. Also great accommodation.
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Ashton Altham
Traveled Mar 2019
Good
I also did the Japan Winter +4 days snow, which I found to be a little misleading, as the first day, youbarrive past midday and by the time you get your ski hire gear, you're not going to be able to make it up to the mountain. On the 4th day, you have to leave at 6am to get your reserved seat. I understand you can leave later, but at the max, it's more like a 2 and a half day snow. The info about ski hire was somewhat minimal too. I also hired from Woody's and my gloves, jacket, and pants were barely water proof and I was soaked through to the skin on the second day. Not a lot of info on lessons or slopes either. Overall the trip was good, maybe just needed a more incoporated Hakuba deal (ski hire, slopes, lessons etc). In saying all that, I thoroughly enjoyed snowboarding
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Shelley Chalmers
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
Contiki Shan made the trip so amazing!! The trip itself was amazing and the locations we went to were perfect; as were the additional activities. I was able to see every part of japan that I’ve been dreaming of, in a safe fun informative environment! Shan made sure to include everyone, and made sure to help us get to do what we wanted to in our free time. She was full of information about japan which made it so easier to get around as she knew exactly which train / bus to take! Was super approachable about any little thing.
Japan is such an amazing place and I’m so excited to come back again on my own to adventure more! Going on Japan Winter Wonder has given me the confidence to travel on my own not only in japan again one day but to other places too!
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Camille Henry
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
I was pretty happy with the itinerary the amount of free time and group activities suited me as I didn’t feel as we were rushed and still managed to have a relaxing holiday.
Our tour manager Shan was amazing and made the whole trip that much easier and a lot of fun.
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Leith Corbett
Traveled Mar 2019
Moments in Time
Was outline from the beginning what was involved with the trip no hidden surprises anyone complaining about things not being included and having to pay extra should get there eyes check maybe!
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Liz
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
The Japan Winter Wonder was excellent. Our trip leader ‘Shan’ was an absolute legend. Shan’s knowledge and experience of Japan, especially her local sightseeing tips helped make my trip experience unforgettable!
Well worth the money. The hotels were ace. Everything was very well organised. The local guides were 10/10. It was great to be able to fit so much adventure, food, nightlife, sightseeing, shopping, train catching, tours and WTF entertainment (Robot Show and Akihabara) into 10 days. I felt there was a good balance between ‘free time’, inclusions and travel.
And in case anyone is considering it... Mari Car in Tokyo IS worth it! It was legit the best experience. Perfect balance of fear, thrill and happiness.
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Resa Zekantsgriffin
Traveled Mar 2019
Great trip manager & great local guides
The itinery for this trip was jammed packed full of fun and adventure, with the option of more add ons. We discovered so much about Japan and each region in such a short time... we wanted to find out more and stay for longer!! The trip manager (Fi) was incredible she had amazing knowledge of the area, great recommendations and alternative options for those who couldnt do all the add ons. She was enthusiatic and was very caring and made sure everyone had a great time. Would definitely go on another tour with Fi!! Definitely give Contiki a go guys!
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Anonymous
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
The trip was AMAZING although some trip members did experience bullying and I felt that it wasn’t necessarily handled in the most efficient way which must have been frustrating for those involved. As well, I recommend not doing the boat cruise as it was not worth the money and I personally would have preferred something such as a sushi making course or something more pertaining to Japanese culture instead. Overall, the itinerary really showed you the best of Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Tokyo with a perfect amount of planned and free time activities. It was certainly a trip of a lifetime and I would highly recommend this trip to anyone.
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Madeline Chamberlain
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
My trip manager was the best part of the trip hats off to Shannon.
I think it needed different metime add ons.
The cruise in Hiroshima made no sense and was boring, the food was bad and the drinks were minimal options and took ages to get (and there were 4 other people on the boat)
I think the amount of time in places was great.
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Anonymous
Traveled Mar 2019
Too much free time and mediocre inclusions
This was my third Contiki, and until now I absolutely loved them. This particular tour has some teething problems with far too much free time, serious lack of inclusions and mediocre and expensive extras.
Skip the Hiroshima cruise. Not worth the money - terrible food and doesn’t include drinks. Book yourself into a Teppenyaki instead.
Also, don’t book the ski extension with Contiki - it doesn’t include lift passes, hire or lessons. Best booking the transport and better centrally located accommodation yourself.
This is definitely not a party trip. You’ll go out every second night to a small bar but it doesn’t really attract a group of party animals.
I’m sure there were some people that thought this trip was fantastic. Maybe it was a me problem. But if I were to give advice: Save yourself the huge sum of money and book it yourself.
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Anonymous
Traveled Mar 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
Most expensive trip for the Asia options, thought I'm assuming it's just because Japan is expensive.
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Anonymous
Traveled Feb 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
I would do another tour with Contiki
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Anonymous
Traveled Feb 2019
Japan Winter Wonder
Activities offered and te company of a small group was perfect
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Jordan Holmes
Traveled Feb 2019
Was awesome!
Well worth the money. The activities were so cultural and enjoyabe and the hotels were always nice
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Shane Bernard Elford
Traveled Feb 2019
Contiki combine travelling to a new country with meeting great new people!
The trip itself was amazing, the winter wonder I would do again in a heartbeat. But we needed more information about the 4 day ski add on. We were told everything was paid for then we were told ski hire isnt included but the ski pass is etc. and when we asked for an estimate on cost of hire we were told to do our own research which wasd difficult not knowing the area. Maybe this was more the travel agents fault than contiki's but it would not be too hard to provide this information somewhere. I ended up bringing about $400 for 4 days at hakuba and spent about $270 on 2 days of ski hire and ski passes. If i had known about that cost i could have budgeted way better. The other annoying thing about the '4 days' was arriving there at about 3 pm, getting 2 full days and then needing to leave at 8 am on the '4th day'. It worked out in the end as it cost a lot more than i thought it would but that was a bit annoying to find out. Apart from this I would redo this whole trip in a heartbeat, the entire experience was incredible!
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