Japan for Solo Travelers: Tokyo, Mt. Fuji & Kyoto
9 days | 12 days with Kobe extension | Estimated monthly payments as low as $177
Sampling the best of Japan? It’s better solo, not alone.
Japan stuns with its natural beauty, rich history, and distinctive cuisine—and one week is all it takes to stoke your passion for this inimitable nation. Go from bustling Tokyo to majestic Mount Fuji to mystical Kyoto, diving into the local culture via cooking classes, sake tastings, and more. If you want to keep being dazzled by the Land of the Rising Sun (and who wouldn’t?), tack on the extension to Kobe to admire another corner of the country.
Your tour package includes
- 7 nights in a private room at handpicked hotels
- 7 breakfasts
- 1 lunch
- 3 dinners with beer or wine
- 1 sake tasting
- 2 food tastings
- 1 cooking class
- 6 sightseeing tours
- Expert Tour Director & local guides
- Private deluxe motor coach
- 1 train ride
Included highlights
- Sushi tasting at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market
- Japanese cooking class & dinner
- Kappabashi Street kitchenware market in Tokyo
- Tokyo’s dynamic Shibuya and Harajuku areas
- Iyashi no Sato open-air museum and craft workshop
- Mount Fuji’s Narusawa Wind Cave & traditional villages
- Ride on Japan’s famous Shinkansen bullet train
- Kyoto’s bamboo forest & Golden Pavilion
Itinerary

Overnight Flight
Day 1: Travel day
Board your overnight flight to Tokyo today.
Tokyo
Day 2: Arrival in Tokyo
Welcome to Japan! Transfer to your hotel and settle in. Then, meet your Tour Director and groupmates at a welcome mixer before calling it a night.
Reviews
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10 people found this review helpful
Very active, very busy tour, with Akiko, our amazing tour director. How she managed to keep track of 25 people, and keep us on time was impressive. The concept of a tour for solo travelers is brilliant, some are singles, some have partners who don’t want to travel, everyone...
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Thank you for sharing your feedback about your recent tour with us! It sounds like a tour for solo travelers was a great fit, allowing...
8 people found this review helpful
The beginning of the trip in Tokyo was terrible. Since we were seeing many other shines and temples, why did we have to see them in Tokyo also? I didn’t like anything about Tokyo. I’d like to do shopping on my own time. Too much time shopping in Tokyo. The rest of the trip was...
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Thank you for sharing your honest feedback. While we're sorry to hear that Tokyo didn’t meet your expectations, we’re glad the rest of your...
11 people found this review helpful
The Japan solo tour was my fifth EF GoAhead tour. Unfortunately, it was the weakest of the tours that I have been on. Our tour director made it very clear that she was a director and not a guide on the first day. We did not do introductions, so it took much longer for the...
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Thank you for sharing your honest feedback and for choosing EF Go Ahead Tours for your fifth adventure. We're sorry to hear that this tour...
6 people found this review helpful
I’ve been on 3 Go Ahead EF tours and the Japan solo was the worst trip ever. The days spent in Tokyo were a waste of time, we spend most days at the busy streets with food vendors and souvenir shops. Way too much free time. We even spent time at a street selling kitchen ware....
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Thank you for sharing your feedback about your recent tour experience. We regret to hear that certain aspects of the trip did not meet your...
8 people found this review helpful
Had this trip started in Kyoto I would give it a solid five. But we wasted a lot of time in Tokyo that could’ve been better spent. In two days we were dropped at five shopping venues instead of experiencing museums and cultural activities or more of nature and the beautiful...
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Hi Caren, Thank you for sharing your feedback about your recent tour with Go Ahead Tours. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the...
5 people found this review helpful
Amazing. Our tour guide Jonathan was one of a kind. I look forward to traveling with this tour company because of the safety and great people that I always get to meet. This tour was on my bucket list and met all of my expectations. I am looking forward to the next one.
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Hotels
We handpick every hotel to strike the balance of comfort, location, and local charm. Specific accommodations will vary based on your departure date, but these are frequently used hotels for this tour and we're confident you'll be satisfied.
Flights
Round-trip flights are one more thing we handle to make your journey as smooth as possible. Our team of travel experts will find the best flight itinerary for you at a competitive rate, thanks to our partnerships with top airlines.
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