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Takayama festival is considered to be one of the three most beautiful festivals in Japan. The festival attracts many tourists and locals with its large floats featuring mechanical puppet shows, brilliant color paper machete, and lanterns.

This fully escorted Takayama Festival Tour package begins in Osaka and makes its first stop in Kyoto. Here the tour will visit famous landmarks such as Fushimi Inari Shrine, Todaiji Temple, and partake in Japanese green tea ceremony. Heading north, we will take a walk in the beautiful Kenrokuen garden in Kanazawa. The garden is regarded as one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan. Shirakawago in Kanazawa is another landmark and UNESCO world heritage site, preserving farmhouses and culture over two centuries old that can only be experienced here. In Takayama we will explore the old town as well as watch the festival not one, but twice, at day and night to experience both. At Hakone and Lake Kawaguchi you will get a great view of Mt. Fuji, perhaps with sakura in the background. In Tokyo we will take you to the Meiji Shrine, Shibuya Crossing, Edo Tokyo Museum, and more.

Join the fun as we explore Japan with a great side trip to the unique old town of Takayama and its great festival. You can also extend your vacation before / after this Takayama Festival Tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

Let the natural wonders of Beppu's Tour of Hell and the Naruto Whirlpools awaken the nature lover inside you. Southern Japan is well-known for the scenic nature and beauty, all to be enjoyed at the various destinations in Kyushu and Shikoku, the southern islands of Japan. A perfect trip for someone who wants to see more to Japan than Tokyo and Kyoto, our Southern Japan Tour is geared towards anyone looking for a great time. You can also extend your vacation before / after the tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

This fully escorted Takayama Festival Tour takes you to the West side of Japan, exploring Kyoto, Nara, Kanazawa, Takayama festival, Shirakawa-go, Matsumoto, Hakone, Mt. Fuji, and Tokyo. You will get to experience tea ceremony in a Buddhist Temple, see breathtaking views of Mt. Fuji, and walk along a rural gassho village. If you want to be part of the fun… just follow the taiko drums! You can also extend your vacation before/ after the tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

Takayama Festival, considered one of Japan’s three most beautiful festivals, is a parade of huge floats with mechanical puppet shows day and night, covered in intricate color paper machete and stunning lanterns.

This fully escorted Takayama Festival Tour with Hiroshima package takes you from Tokyo’s Asakusa Sensoji Temple to Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and A-Bomb Dome to understand Japanese history. On our way to Hiroshima we will be making numerous trips to other cities including Hakone, Lake Kawaguchi, Nagano, Takayama, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Himeji, and Miyajima. From great views of Mt. Fuji in Hakone to Kyoto’s countless treasures of Golden Pavilion and Gion Geisha District, this tour cannot be missed. This Takayama Festival Tour with Hiroshima package will also offer the chance to participate in an authentic Japanese green tea ceremony during this trip. In Takayama, you will see the great festival not once, but twice, both day and night to experience the festival in both environments. The catchy tune of drums and bright lights from the lanterns will surely get you dancing.

This Takayama Festival Tour is filled with rich and meaningful experience that runs deep to Japan’s history. You can also extend your vacation before / after this Takayama Festival Tour in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Kyoto.

This Grand Takayama Festival Tour takes place during spring season when sakura, Japanese cherry blossoms, are blooming in gorgeous colors of pink and white all across Japan.

This fully guided Grand Takayama Festival Tour will give you an assortment of experience from the metropolis city life to the off beaten track of Japan’s countryside including a visit to Takayama Festival. Starting from Tokyo, the tour travel south to Hakone, Nagano, Takayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Beppu, Matsuyama, Takamatsu, and Tokushima. This Grand Takayama Festival Tour will offer to experience Japanese green tea ceremony in at a temple in Kyoto, enter the Tour of Hell in Beppu’s hot springs, and see breathtaking views of Mt. Fuji. The tour will visit famous landmarks throughout our journey including the Meiji Shrine, Shirakawago, Himeji Castle, Hiroshima A-Bomb Dome, Itsukushima Shrine, and more. You will also get familiar with a luxurious ryokan, Japanese hotel, with hot springs and a traditional Japanese cuisine.

You can also extend your vacation before / after the tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

Japan Deluxe Tours has created this tour with exclusive trips to three major islands – Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku- with an added trip to Japan’s beautiful festival, Takayama Festival. We will visit important regions like Tokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Matsumoto, Hakone, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Beppu, Matsuyama, and more.

Beginning from Osaka, our Grand Takayama Festival Tour will head east to Hiroshima, making stops at Himeji Castle and Kurashiki for great examples of Japanese castle architecture and streetscapes of storehouses dating back to the Edo Period. In Hiroshima we will learn about the atrocity of war and how the country has developed since, hoping for everlasting world peace. A side trip to Miyajima will take us to the beautiful floating torii, Itsukushima Shrine. As we travel south, we will uncover the beauty of Southern Japan that has remained untouched by many. Takachiho Gorge’s breathtaking waterfalls in the magical town and Intriguing colors of Beppu’s Tour of Hell is only a few of the many beauties of Kyushu. On Shikoku Island is Dogo Onsen which served as an inspiration for the famous Ghibli film, Spirited Away. To truly experience Japanese culture, our Grand Takayama Festival Tour will offer the chance to soak in its hot springs and enjoy a traditional Japanese multi course meal at a Japanese inn. After some time in Takamatsu and Tokushima we will be heading back to Osaka before heading north to Kyoto. Kyoto has many treasures and beauties we’d like to share with you including the impressive vermillion gates of Fushimi Inari shrine and the Gion Geisha District. We will also take part in Japanese green tea ceremony and ride a bullet train

Heading to Takayama for the great festival, we will make one last stop at Kanazawa for Kenrokuen and Shirakawago for one of Japan’s top three gardens and for a look at UNESCO distinguished impressive preservation of traditional farmhouses of Japan. Once we arrive in Takayama, we will witness the Takayama Festival at night, ranked one of the most beautiful festivals in Japan. One of the unique characteristic of the Takayama festival is the giant float which also serves as entertainment with 16th century mechanical dolls inserted inside and paraded across town. The next morning our tour will explore the unique old town of Takayama before we see the festival again, but at daytime for a different experience. The tour will then head to Tokyo, stopping at Nagano and Hakone on the way. Nagano’s Matsumoto Castle and Hakone’s great views of Mt. Fuji from the ropeways should not be missed. Our day in Tokyo will be spent visiting various spots like Asakusa, Shibuya, and more.

You can also extend your vacation before / after this Grand Takayama Festival Tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.