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Japan Real Food Adventure

Trip Type: Food

11 Days
| 1 - 12 People

Starts From:

NZD $7,225.00 /Person
Take your tastebuds on an 11-day culinary journey through Japan’s most delicious hotspots, relishing the flavours of the land of the rising sun. Uncover …
Japan Real Food Adventure

Take your tastebuds on an 11-day culinary journey through Japan’s most delicious hotspots, relishing the flavours of the land of the rising sun. Uncover the secrets of sushi in Tokyo, pick local produce with an expert in Kanazawa, feast on plant-based monastic cuisine in Koya-san, meet local farmers in Uji and go on a food crawl in Osaka. Take part in cooking classes, cooking demonstrations and market visits, feasting on local delights along the way. From temples to tempura, shrines to sashimi, seafood markets to sake breweries, you’ll join a local leader on a food-focused adventure that has all the best Japanese ingredients.

Itinerary

Day 1: Tokyo

Day 2: Tokyo

Day 3: Kanazawa

Day 4: Kanazawa

Day 5: Kyoto

Day 6: Kyoto

Day 7: Kyoto

Day 8: Koya-san

Day 9: Osaka

Day 10: Osaka

Day 11: Osaka

Trip Inclusions

Meals

10 breakfasts and 3 dinners are included

Transport

Bus, Train, Bullet train

Accomodation

Hotel (9 nights), Temple (1 night)

Included Activities

  • Tokyo - Welcome dinner
  • Tokyo - Asakusa guided walk & Sensoji Temple
  • Tokyo - Tsukiji Outer Market & Sushi Tasting
  • Tokyo - Art of Sushi-making class
  • Kanazawa - Leader-led orientation walk
  • Kanazawa – Chaya gai district walking tour
  • Kanazawa - Kenroku-en Garden
  • Kanazawa - Home cooking class
  • Kanazawa - Omicho market tour
  • Kyoto - Leader-led orientation walk
  • Kyoto - Gion District walk
  • Uji - Green Tea Farm Visit with tea tasting
  • Kyoto - Nishiki Market walk
  • Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine
  • Kyoto - Sake Brewery & tasting
  • Koya-san - Okuno-in Mausoleum
  • Osaka – Tour of Kuromon Market and Doguyasuji Arcade
  • Osaka - Dotonbori Tour
  • Osaka – Depachika visit
Trip Highlights
  • Learn the tricks of the trade when you take part in a hands-on sushi-making class in Tokyo, pick local produce from the market before a cooking class in Kanazawa and make your own okonomiyaki in Osaka.
  • Meet local farmers during a daytrip from Kyoto to the Uji region, the home of green tea production. Tour the green tea and matcha farms, enjoy a hot cuppa, then walk the streets of Uji city, stopping on the way to see the Ujiami Shrine.
  • Enjoy iconic experiences like wandering the streets of Tokyo, Kenroku-en garden in Kanazawa, the glowing signs of Osaka’s Dotonbori district, learning Buddhist history in Koya-san and walking through Kyoto’s Gion district.
  • Feast on delicious Japanese cuisine, from street food to restaurant favourites – including ekiben, sushi, matcha, takoyaki, okonomiyaki and fresh seafood.
  • Sip on sake, the national drink of Japan, during a visit to a local sake brewery in Kyoto. Learn how sake is made and maybe even pick up a bottle (or two) to take home.
Dates & Availability

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Provided by
Intrepid
Reference Code: CJZF
Trip Location
Trip Starts: Tokyo, Japan
Trip Ends: Osaka, Japan
Countries Visited: Japan

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Destination Details

Japan
| 11 Days
| 1 - 12 People