Solo-ish Japan

G Adventures · 11 days

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Solo-ish Japan
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Solo-ish Japan
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Solo-ish Japan
11 Days
From AUD $5895 Was AUD $7369
Trip Type
Small Group
Activity Level
Average

Rating


(4 reviews)

Solo-ish Japan

Solo-ish Japan

G Adventures · 11 days
5.0
4 Reviews

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Duration

11 days

Tour Type

Small Group

Accommodations

Budget

Physical Rating

Average

Guide Language

English

Experience Overview

Japan is on everyone’s bucket list, but that doesn’t mean you need to wait for a travel buddy to book that ticket.

Includes

Activities

  • Dinner Party: Dinner Party, Tokyo Your Welcome Moment: Meet Your CEO and Group We Day: Tokyo Highlights Tour: Temples, Shrines & Neon Signs, Tokyo Your Local Living Moment: Zenkō-ji Temple, Nagano G Day: Senso ji Temple and Asakusa Neighbourhood, Tokyo Your Local Living Moment: Ryokan Stay, Fukui Me Day: Kyoto Me Day, Kyoto
  • Shared Arrival transfer
  • Visit the Meiji Jingu Shrine
  • Visit Shibuya crossing
  • Explore Asakusa with your CEO
  • Visit Snow Monkey Park
  • Explore Matsumoto Castle
  • Tour Takefu Knife Village
  • Visit Hiroshima Peace Park
  • Visit Miyajima Island
  • Explore Gion with your CEO
  • All transport to/from included activities

Accommodation

  • Hotels (8nts), Temple stay (1nt multi-share), Ryokan stay (1nt).
  • 10 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners

Transport

  • Bullet train, local train, private vehicle, walking.

Group Leader

  • CEO (Chief Experience Officer) and local guides throughout.

Highlights

  • Japanese cooking class
  • Visit Shibuya crossing
  • Explore Asakusa with your CEO
  • Overnight at a Japanese Temple
  • Explore Matsumoto Castle
  • Tour Takefu Knife Village
  • Overnight at a Japanese Ryokan
  • Visit Hiroshima Peace Park
  • Visit Miyajima Island
  • Explore Gion with your CEO
Solo-ish Japan

Trip Details

Duration

11 days

Transportation

Bullet train, local train, private vehicle, walking.

Guide Language

English

Starts

Tokyo, Japan

Finishes

Osaka, Japan

Accommodations

Budget

Travel Style

Adventure, Budget

Physical Rating

Average

Itinerary

1

Day 1: Dinner Party: Tokyo

Welcome to Japan! Meet your included arrival transfer at the airport to head to the hotel where you'll meet your other Solo-ish travellers and CEO for a welcome briefing. Then head off with your new travel mates for a dinner party in Tokyo! Together you'll cook some of Japan's most popular dishes like Japanese egg omelet, onigiri, teriyaki and seasonable vegetables. After working together to make the meal, have a seat next to another Solo-ish friend and enjoy the delicious Japanese food!
Make sure to arrive no later than 2:00 pm to make it to your welcome briefing and then head to your local cooking class.

Meals included: Dinner

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Food is a universal language, and there's no better way to get to know a new friend, or a new community, than by breaking bread together and digging in to a delicious meal. Japanese food is revered as the best food in the world by travelers and world renowned chefs alike. Dive head first into this top culinary country by making Japanese egg omelet, onigiri, teriyaki and seasonable vegetables, some of the most popular dishes in the country and internationally. Then sit down together to enjoy the meal and get to know your fellow solo-ish travellers.Activity - Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.Accommodation - The B Akasaka
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Day 2: We Day: Tokyo

Experience the most fascinating sides of Tokyo with your amazing CEO as your guide. Walk through some of the most important neighborhoods in Tokyo like Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya. Pop in and out of shops along Takeshita Street in Harajuku, and visit Meiji Jingu Shrine in Shibuya. Your CEO will teach you temizu, a way to symbolically purify your body and spirit before entering. Inside, learn how to read your Omikuji, a local fortune. Don't worry if your fortune is bad, your CEO will teach you how to tie it up and leave it behind!

Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - With your incredible CEO at the helm, get to know the local community and your Solo-ish travel mates on a day packed full of interesting and engaging adventures. Enjoy a day connecting with Japanese culture and city life with a tour of Tokyo's highlights and legendary neighborhoods. Admire the neon signs in Shinjuku. See the center of Japanese fashion and culture in Harajuku and visit the biggest shinto shrine in Tokyo, Meiji Jingu Shrine. Learn some of the shrine visiting etiquette called temizu, purification of the body and soul. Enter with respect and with your fellow Solo-ish travellers and CEO, learn to read your omikuji, Japanese fortune.Accommodation - The B Akasaka
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Day 3: G Day: Tokyo

Start today off with a special surprise that is sure to bring you luck this trip! Then take a local train to Asakusa, one of Tokyo's more famous neighborhoods. On a tour with your CEO, visit the amazing Senso ji Temple, the oldest temple in Tokyo. Then spend some free time in Asakusa, soaking in this cultural gem. Opt to explore Nakamise shopping street, try some intense matcha ice cream or sit down at a cute mochi cafe. Feel free to ask your CEO for recommendations. After some exploration, take the bullet train to Nagano and check into your Temple stay for the night.

Meals included: Breakfast,Dinner

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Visit the enshrined Buddhist temple, in the heart of Nagano city, built almost 1500 years ago. Spend a night in this temple's shukubo, temple lodging, and learn how the Buddhist monks live in this beautiful temple.Activity - With your Solo-ish travel mates and CEO, explore some of the worlds coolest activities alongside new friends. It's not just an epic day of fun, its chock full of incredible experiences and a surprise G element along the way to take your day to 11. Join your CEO for a tour of the Senso ji Shrine in Asakusa. Many consider this shrine to be the most beautiful in all of Japan. After a tour, enjoy free time in Asakusa neighbor to explore the cute cafes, amazing restaurants and fun shops.Transport - Get to your next destination faster than the speed of light (ok maybe not that fast) aboard a high-speed train.Accommodation - Shinshu Zenkoji Yakuoin
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Day 4: Nagano

Rise with the sun this morning and join the monks for their morning prayer ritual in Zenkō-ji temple. You'll have the special opportunity to hear their chanting in the main temple hall. We'll have breakfast in the Shukubo temple before heading off to Yudanaka where we can see the Japanese Macaques bathing in the hot springs. Then head back to Nagano for the night.

Meals included: Breakfast,Lunch

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Awaken early and join the monks for their sunrise morning prayer ritual. Listen to their chanting, their kansho bell ringing and enjoy the time in the oasaji, the main hall of the temple.Transport - Climb aboard, take your seat, and get around like the locals do.Activity - Visit the Jigokudani Monkey Park, where wild snow monkeys can be seen bathing in the natural hot springs. The pool where most of the monkeys soak is man made, fed by the hot springs. Along the walking paths up to the pools other monkeys tend to stop and watch visitors curiously.Transport - Climb aboard, take your seat, and get around like the locals do.Accommodation - Nagano Tokyu REI Hotel
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Day 5: Nagano

Visit one of Japan's grandest castles in the country, Matsumoto Castle. Built in the 1500's, this six story tower still maintains its original wood and stone work. Walk along the moat and over the many bridges. Then enjoy a free afternoon to explore Nagano.

Meals included: Breakfast

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Visit Matsumoto Castle, one of Japan's most treasured castles, maintaining it's original wooden interior and stone exterior. Take a tour of this castle where 16th century Samurai once roamed.Free_time - Enjoy free time in the city of Nagano.Accommodation - Nagano Tokyu REI Hotel
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Day 6: Fukui

After breakfast this morning, catch the bullet train to the town of Fukui. After arrival, visit the Eiheiji Temple, tucked deep in the mountains. A visit to this picturesque temple in the forest will help you start your day off on a peaceful foot. Then take a tour of Takefu Knife Village and watch as the steel-smith's wield knives with this 700 year old tradition. In the afternoon, arrive to your ryokan stay, a traditional Japanese Inn, where you'll sleep on traditional tatami mats and have a chance to soak in the onsen.

Meals included: Breakfast,Dinner

Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get to your next destination faster than the speed of light (ok maybe not that fast) aboard a high-speed train.Activity - Feel like you've been transported to a Ghibli movie when visiting Eiheiji Temple, the Temple of Eternal Peace. Walk up the mossy steps through the forest to the picturesque temple on the hill.Activity - Visit the Takefu Knife Village and tour this historic knife factory. Japense knives are famous around the world for being thinner, harder and sharper. Qualities that make a great kitchen knife. Watch as the sword-smiths shape the steel, the tradition used for Echizen blades for over 700 years, and learn about the history of these master sword and knife makers.Activity - Experience traditional Japanese life with a night at a traditional Japanese Inn. Stay in tatami-matted rooms and enjoy a glimpse into Japanese culture and history. Enjoy the Japanese hot springs, onsen, and relax in the hot water.Accommodation - Awara Onsen Mimatsu
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Day 7: Kyoto

Travel to the historic city of Kyoto by bullet train this morning. Opt to join your CEO for lunch in the Nishiki Fish Market before your afternoon adventures. Then join your CEO as they lead you on a tour of the famous Gion district. Walk through the streets that Geishas walk through daily and visit the Yasaka Shrine together.

Meals included: Breakfast

Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get to your next destination faster than the speed of light (ok maybe not that fast) aboard a high-speed train.Activity - Visit the Yasaka Shrine, also known as the Gion Shrine, in the heart of Kyoto. Admire the beautiful architecture from over 1350 years ago and see the hundreds of lanterns.Activity - Walk through Gion, Kyoto's most famous geisha district. Visit shops, restaurants and ochaya (teahouses), where geiko (Kyoto dialect for geisha) and maiko (geiko apprentices) entertain.Accommodation - ibis Syles Kyoto Shijo
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Day 8: Me Day: Kyoto

On your Me Day, spend it exactly how you want! If you're looking for some alone time, today is your day to do some solo adventures. Opt to hike Fushimi Inari Shrine or visit the Kinkaku-ji Golden Temple. If you'd rather spend the day with your CEO & fellow solo-ish travellers, opt to join your CEO for a zen garden visit, followed by a tour of Arashiyama Bamboo forest and Togetsukyo Bridge.

Meals included: Breakfast

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Traveling solo alongside your new Solo-ish travel mates means there's always something fun to do and new friends to explore with. But the joy of travel can also be about taking time to yourself to recharge, refresh and reflect on the journey. Today, choose to join your CEO for an incredible activity, or take the time to yourself to enjoy your own company in one of the most incredible places on our planet.Accommodation - ibis Syles Kyoto Shijo
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Day 9: Kyoto/Hiroshima

Another bullet train ride brings us to Hiroshima this morning. Arrive in the late morning, head to the hotel, then spend some free time for lunch. This afternoon, we visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a park that was built on a field created by the explosion of the nuclear bomb. After some time there, enjoy a free evening in Hiroshima.

Meals included: Breakfast

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - Walk through the Peace Park in the centre of Hiroshima, a living memorial dedicated to the tens of thousands who died from the atomic bomb blast in 1945. Visit the statue of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died of leukemia as a result of the bomb blast, despite folding 1,000 origami paper cranes to appeal to the gods to make her well. See the frame of the Gembaku Dome, the sole building to withstand the explosion. Reflect, remember, and be reminded of the power we all hold to create peace.Transport - Get to your next destination faster than the speed of light (ok maybe not that fast) aboard a high-speed train.Accommodation - Toyoko Inn Hiroshimaeki Shinkansenguchi Ⅱ
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Day 10: Hiroshima

Today we'll visit Miyajima, "Shrine Island." After taking a local train and a ferry ride to the arrive, we'll visit the beautiful Istukushima Shrine. This coastal shrine is almost 1500 years old. Spend some time admiring this historic structure before enjoying free time on the island. In the afternoon, take the ferry and local train back to Hiroshima. Opt to join your CEO for a farewell dinner over some local okonomiyaki.

Meals included: Breakfast

Exclusive inclusions: Activity - On the coast of Miyajima Island lives Itsukushima Shrine. Built in late 500 AD, this beautiful shrine boasts floating torii gates and beautiful prayer halls, all connected by a boardwalk.Free_time - Enjoy free time exploring Miyajima Island.Accommodation - Toyoko Inn Hiroshimaeki Shinkansenguchi Ⅱ
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Day 11: Osaka

Ride one last bullet train with your CEO & fellow solo-ish travellers to Shin Osaka station. Say goodbye to your fellow Solo-ish travellers as your tour ends upon arrival at the airport. You arrived a solo traveller and are leaving with many new friends!
For those continuing travels in Japan, your CEO will help you find the correct train in Shin Osaka Station. If you're headed to the airport, your CEO will accompany you from Shin Osaka to Kansai Airport (KIX).

Meals included: Breakfast

Exclusive inclusions: Transport - Get to your next destination faster than the speed of light (ok maybe not that fast) aboard a high-speed train.
Exclusions
  • Flights to and from origin and destinations
  • Airport transfers (unless otherwise stated)
  • Anything else not explicitly listed in tour inclusions
  • Recommended gratuities/tipping
  • Optional activities/tours
  • Personal expenses
  • Travel insurance
  • Visas, meals and beverages not stated in the list of inclusions.
Important Information
Meals

When meals are not included, your tour leader (where available) will be happy to help with restaurant recommendations, bookings, and directions. Please let us know if you have any dietary needs or preferences. We will do our best to accommodate these, though we cannot guarantee that every request can be met.

Luggage

You are responsible for your personal belongings throughout the tour. You will need to carry your own bags between the vehicle and your hotel room. Drivers will assist with loading and unloading luggage from the vehicle.

Mobility

Travellers requiring wheelchair access should contact our sales and service team, who can make enquiries on your behalf.

Fitness Level

This tour requires an average level of fitness. Activities are paced gently and include leisure time. You may be expected to join guided walks of up to one hour, navigate short stairways and mild inclines, and manage your own luggage. You should also be able to board and exit all transport without assistance.

Travellers are expected to be self-sufficient and capable of handling all aspects of their journey. Please discuss your circumstances and support needs with your booking agent to confirm this trip is suitable.

If you are unsure, we recommend consulting your doctor before booking or travelling.

Sightseeing

If a planned site visit is unavailable due to changes in operating hours or holiday closures, the itinerary may be altered, or a comparable activity will be substituted where possible and subject to availability.

Visas

Visa conditions can change. Once you receive your travel documents, check with the relevant embassy, consulate, or immigration office of your destination for the latest information.

  • It is your responsibility to ensure you have the correct and valid travel documents and to comply with all entry requirements.
  • Non-Australian citizens must also confirm visa and identification requirements with the appropriate consulate or visa agency.
  • Certain occupations (for example, journalists, government officials, or those working in charities) may face additional restrictions when applying for visas, which could affect the type of application required.
Departure Dates & Surcharges: See checkout for live dates and availability.

From
AUD $7369

AUD $5,895
(Tour only)
Offer ends 16 Mar, 2026 Per Person Standard
20% Off

Duration: 11 days

Trip Type: Small Group

Activity Level: Average

Japan is on everyone’s bucket list, but that doesn’t mean you need to wait for a travel buddy to book that ticket.

Price based on per person in Double Room for departure 22 May 2026

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating
Excellent
4.5
Guide
Excellent
4.5
Itinerary
Excellent
4.5
Accommodations
Excellent
4.5
Transportation
Excellent
4.5
Tour Operator
Excellent
4.5
Food
Excellent
4.5
5.0
Jessica F
Traveled, July 2025

08/11/2025

This was an amazing trip and experience. We got to see so much and explore as a group and on our own many different cities in Japan. It makes we want to go back and experience more. I feel like the soloish part knowing everyone was just as solo as me was a nice feeling so that there were no clicks prior to the trip and we could really get to know everyone. G Adventures made sure to give us the best opportunities and after talking with other groups from other companies I was very happy choosing this one. Our guide was friendly and very communicative and it was nice to have people from all over the world with us on the trip. I loved the free time while also feeling like part of a group. I loved not having to really plan too much for myself and let the trip be planned for me. I would recommend for people to either go early or stay after to enjoy Tokyo or Osaka on your own more since there is not enough time to see it all. Also expect a lot a lot of walking!

5.0
Thomas Z
Traveled, July 2025

08/09/2025

Overall I had a great time. A very active, fast-paced itinerary, exactly as I would expect from G Adventures.

Tour Operator

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