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Tourcrafters Japan can handle tour groups of varying sizes. We excel at creating group travel planning geared to a maximum group size of 14, allowing for more personalized and individual service. Guided tours are great for first time visitors to Japan who seek to discover the country accompanied by an expert local guide. You can rest assured that we carefully craft each of our journeys – and we hand-pick not just the accommodations, but the walks, and meals to ensure you will have a comfortable stay, see the most beautiful locations, and dine on authentic local cuisine.

About our small group tours

Our small group tours travel as the Japanese do – using locally owned and operated accommodations, feasting on regional and local delicacies, and using public transport to travel the country. You benefit from a more authentic of experience of Japan – one that can’t be gained by travelling in the cocoon of a large tour bus. On your guided Japan tour, your local professional tour guide will take care of all the details throughout your journey with pride and passion.

We carefully select our guides, ensuring not only that they are qualified to guide, but that they do so in an interesting and engaging manner, and that they are dedicated to fostering an exceptional traveling experience. Your tour guide shares their deep insights into Japanese history and culture, as well as daily life in Japan. Your guides will also assist in connecting you with the local people, acting as a bridge between cultures, to provide you with a special experience of Japan.

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Lifetime memories

You will get to know your fellow participants and share unforgettable moments. Whether you are a solo traveller, group of friends, family, or couple, we look forward to meeting you on our trips and are excited to offer an opportunity for you to make new friends and deepen your bonds as you travel, with memories – and perhaps friends – of a lifetime.

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Old Yamato and Nakasendo Road

Japanese Small Group Tours

We start by enjoying a trail to the east of Nara, the Yagyukaido, which leads us through beautiful local landscape, past shrines and through local villages giving us a flavour of life in the Japanese countryside. We then travel further a field away from the large towns and into the surrounding mountains where we walk the Old Mountain Road which takes us to the well known 9th century Murouji Temple – also known as Nyonin Koya, which literally means ‘Mount Koya for women’. We then spend two nights in Akame where we have a full day spent enjoying walks along the beautiful Akame 48 Waterfalls before continuing to one of Japan’s best known ancient routes, the Nakesendo Way. Here we spend three days finest hiking sections of the Nakesendo Way passing through well preserved postal towns and following in the footsteps of merchants, samurai and other travellers of the Edo period who once traversed this famous ancient road between Edo and Kyoto.

Highlights	Trip Level	Availability
Village to village walking on enchanting sections of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail Bathe in the thermal waters at hot-spring inns on at least 5 nights Enjoy wonderful views over the valleys, mountains and the Pacific Ocean See the Grand Shrines at Hongu and Nachi, along with Nachi-taki waterfall Stay at an authentic Shukubo pilgrims lodging on Mount Koya Explore Kii-Katsuura's lively fishing port where you can join the tuna auction in the early morning	Challenging	Recommended from April to November

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Sacred Trails of the Yamabushi

Japanese Small Group Tours

You start off exploring Nara, Japan's first permanent capital, then head a lovely section of the Yagyu Kaido trail in the suburban Nara, transporting us away from busy city life into the tranquil surroundings of the Japanese countryside, where you walk through rural villages, rice fields and cedar forest. You then travel to Tenkawa-mura village in Yoshino-Kumano National Park, a designated World Heritage Site and particularly known for it's crystal clear waters flowing from a number of Dorogawa springs - here enjoy a walk up to an onsen village deep in the mountains, where you spend a night and enjoy a soak in the hot spring waters. Three days are spent in the beautiful Kii mountain range walking sections of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails, with one of the highlights being an overnight at a Buddhist monastery on the sacred Mount Koya, offering an insight into a Buddhist monk's life..

Highlights	Trip level:	Availability:
Village to village walking on enchanting sections of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail Bathe in the thermal waters at hot-spring inns on at least 5 nights Enjoy wonderful views over the valleys, mountains and the Pacific Ocean See the Grand Shrines at Hongu and Nachi, along with Nachi-taki waterfall Stay at an authentic Shukubo pilgrims lodging on Mount Koya Explore Kii-Katsuura's lively fishing port where you can join the tuna auction in the early morning	Challenging	Recommended from April to November