Japan: June 2026!
- Ally Monroe
- Sep 26, 2025
- 2 min read
Tokyo | Hakone | Kyoto | Osaka
8-13 days
Back by popular demand, we are running another trip to Japan. Last year's high school and middle school tours both sold out. So, with much anticipation....let's do it again!
Day 1 | Travel Day
Begin your tour by boarding your flight to Tokyo
Day 2 | Konnichiwa Tokyo
Meet your tour director at the airportÂ
Check into hotelÂ
Welcome dinner
Day 3 | Tokyo Landmarks
Tokyo guided sightseeing tour: Senso-ji temple visit, Imperial Palace East Garden, Meiji Shrine, Harajuku District visit
Akihabara Electric Town visit
Karaoke experience and dinner
Day 4 | Hakone
Hakone excursion: Owakudani Boiling Valley visit, Hakone Ropeway, Lake Ashi cruise, Hakone Shrine visit
Day 5 | Tokyo > Kyoto
Travel to Kyoto via Shinkansen bullet train
Nara excursion: Nara deer park visit, Todai-ji temple visit, Kasuga Grand Shrine visit
Day 6 | Kyoto
Kyoto guided sightseeing tour: Kinkaku-ji temple (Golden Pavilion) visit, Fushimi Inari Taisha visit, Sanjusangen-do temple visit
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove visit
Day 7 | Kyoto > Osaka
Travel to Osaka
Osaka guided sightseeing tour: Osaka Castle visit, Umeda Sky Building observatory, Dotonbori District, Kuromon Market
Okonomiyaki dinner
Day 8 | Departure Day OR Optional Extension (Osaka)
Fly home to Denver
OR
Optional Extension for students over 16 years old:
Stay in OsakaÂ
Universal Studios!
Day 9 | Osaka > Kyoto
Travel by Shinkansen to KyotoÂ
Drop off luggage at hotelÂ
Samurai Experience and Tea CeremonyÂ
Nishiki Marke
Day 10 | Kyoto
Mount Kurama HikeÂ
Kawadoko Dinner
Day 11 | Kyoto
Explore Gion District (pending tourism ban)
Ramen Cooking Class
Day 12 | Kyoto > Osaka
Train to Osaka: HARUKA Airport ExpressÂ
Fly home to Denver
(1)Â CLICK HERE TO ENROLL
(2) REMEMBER: You must manually add the promo code MonroeJapan2626Â at checkout
(3) In order to add the Teach Wanderlust extension, please select the "stay behind" option and pick June 27th 2026 as your requested return date.Â