Japan with Tokyo & Mount Fuji

The adventure begins: we take off from Miami bound for fascinating Tokyo. Prefer to leave from another city? Ask us for the fare. We recommend getting to the airport at least 4 hours before your flight so the trip starts stress-free.

We land in the connecting city and board our onward flight to Tokyo. Get some rest: a Japan full of contrasts is waiting.

Welcome to Tokyo! When you arrive in Japan's capital, a representative meets you and takes you to your hotel. The rest of the afternoon is for soaking up the city's energy: its lights, its modern neighborhoods and its unique mix of tradition and cutting edge.

We tour Tokyo with our guide for about five hours: Zojoji Temple and its hundreds of jizo statues with Tokyo Tower behind them, the famous Shibuya Crossing, Meiji Shrine and elegant Omotesando Avenue. We ride up the Tokyo Skytree, Japan's tallest structure, to the Tembo Deck at 350 meters (1,148 ft) (entry included), and finish in Asakusa at Sensoji Temple and Nakamise Street, heading back via Akihabara and Ginza. At 6:30 p.m. we take the metro (tickets included) to Shinjuku to experience its nightlife, with dinner included at a local restaurant.

We travel to Mount Fuji, starting at Arakurayama Sengen Park, with its pagodas and the volcano's most famous view. In Kawaguchiko we visit Fuji Sengen Shrine, where pilgrimages up the mountain traditionally began, take a boat ride on the lake and drive up to the Fifth Station at 2,305 meters (7,562 ft). We spend the night at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn with an onsen, with dinner included.

Following the lakeshore we reach Iyashi no Sato Nenba, a mountain village destroyed by a typhoon in 1966 and rebuilt as an open-air museum, its traditional houses now craft workshops and shops. We admire Shiraito Falls, among the most beautiful in Japan, and in the Nagoya area we visit the Toyota Museum (entry included). We continue to Kyoto for the night.

A full day in Kyoto, Japan's imperial capital from 794 to 1868 and the only major city spared from bombing in World War II. We visit Arashiyama and the Togetsukyo Bridge, the Zen temple of Tenryuji and its bamboo forest, Fushimi Inari Shrine, the Imperial Palace and Kinkakuji, the Golden Pavilion. We end with a stroll through Gion, the traditional geisha district.

Through rural landscapes we reach Tsumago, one of Japan's prettiest wooden villages, with free time and lunch included at a local restaurant. In the afternoon we visit 16th-century Matsumoto Castle, known as the Crow Castle. We arrive back in Tokyo at the end of the day.

At the scheduled time, transfer to the airport for your flight home. We return with suitcases full of temples, flavors and views of Mount Fuji.