To wrap up this truly immersive tour of Japan, we visited the beautiful Sankeien Gardens. Sankeien is a spacious Japanese garden created by Sankei (born as Tomitaro) Hara, a successful Yokohama businessman who built a fortune through the trading of silk and raw silk from the end of the Meiji Era to the Taisho Era. The garden is approximately 175,000 [….]

A few days into our Private Tour of Japan, our small group left the big crowded vibrant city of Tokyo and headed to the nature trails on Hakone. Here we enjoyed immersing ourselves in nature and taking in the essence of Japan while walking the Sukumogawa Nature Trail and Old Tokaido Highway Motohakone. These are easy and scenic walks for [….]

We are in Tokyo! In preparation for a brand new Small Group tour coming October 2025, I have embarked on a short but jam packed trip to Japan. This has tour has been in demand from our adventure travel community for a long time now and while I have not launched it online as yet, I am excited to share an exclusive [….]