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Icons of Japan for solo travellers, a tour by Riviera Travel

Tour · 9 nights · with Riviera Travel

Icons of Japan for solo travellers

A nine-night escorted tour by Riviera Travel for solo travellers, tracing Japan's cultural and natural highlights from Kyoto's traditional streets to the bustle of Tokyo.

Duration
9 nights
Departures
10 dates
Choose a month below
Countries
Japan
Operator
Riviera Travel
From
£4,589
per person

Highlights

What makes this one worth it

  1. Guided tour of Kyoto's Kinkakuji, Nijo Castle and rock garden

  2. Bullet train journey to Mount Fuji area

  3. Views from Kachi Kachi Ropeway cable car

  4. Visit to Kamakura's Great Buddha statue

  5. Tour of Tokyo including Imperial Palace and Sensoji temple

About the trip

This nine-night tour takes in some of Japan's most recognised sights with a small group of fellow solo travellers. After arriving in Osaka, the weeks' pace settles in Kyoto's Higashiyama district, where wooden buildings and merchant shops survive with little change. The tour covers Kinkakuji, the golden pavilion resting beside a lake, and Nijo Castle, with its gardens and foundations revealing a Shogun-era past. The atmospheric Gion district is a good spot to glimpse lantern-lit tea houses and perhaps spotting geisha.

Next, the itinerary moves closer to Mount Fuji via a ride on the famous bullet train, with lakes Yamanaka and Kawaguchi and a cable car ride to a viewing platform providing vantage points of the mountain. The daily details insist on Kyoto's gardens and temples, Kamakura's Great Buddha and Tokyo's sights, including the Imperial Palace and the Sensoji temple. Japan's capital puts on an orderly crossing spectacle at Shibuya, and appeals especially when light fades and neon signs ignite.

Riviera Travel's escorted tour balances guided exploration with free time, allowing a gentle encounter with one of Asia's most enduring cultures over just over a week.

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The route in outline: places are joined in the order visited, not by the roads or sea lanes taken.
  1. 1 Kyoto
  2. 2 Mount Fuji
  3. 3 Kamakura
  4. 4 Tokyo

Itinerary

The route

  1. Kyoto

  2. Mount Fuji

  3. Kamakura

  4. Tokyo

These are the places the trip visits, in order. Riviera Travel publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.

When to go

Departures and prices

Lowest price each month, per person.

Riviera Travel confirms exact dates, availability and prices when you book.

Need to know

Before you book

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Questions people ask

How long is Icons of Japan for solo travellers?
Icons of Japan for solo travellers is a 9 nights tour holiday.
Who operates Icons of Japan for solo travellers?
Icons of Japan for solo travellers is operated by Riviera Travel.
How much does Icons of Japan for solo travellers cost?
Prices for Icons of Japan for solo travellers start from £4,589, subject to availability.

The operator

Riviera Travel

River cruises and escorted tours

A British operator that began in 1984 with a handful of tents in the south of France. Its tours and river cruises travel with a Riviera tour manager or cruise director looking after the group.

You book with Riviera Travel directly. They confirm your place, take payment, and look after you from the moment you leave home; Atlas & Passage’s part ends when you click through.

New to Japan? Our Japan guide has the practical essentials: money, plugs, visas and when to go.

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