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Luxury Japan food tours made for you

Enjoy delicious food tours in Japan, handpicked for you by experts

Journey through an exquisite culinary landscape on a Japan food tour

Your Japan food tour is about much more than just eating – it’s a window into Japanese values of respect, ritual, seasonality and the pursuit of perfection.

Your introduction to Japanese gastronomy and culture will usually begin in Tokyo. Sample fresh sushi at Tsukiji’s outer market, slurp authentic ramen in the city’s numerous yokochō (food alleyways) and head to the Ginza district for a tour of the Food Courts, called ‘depa-chika’, in the basements of high-end department stores. Our knowledgeable guides in Tokyo will also take you to the Nihonbashi district to enjoy a traditional tea ceremony, and can recommend the best, most exciting, restaurants – Tokyo currently has the highest number of Michelin-starred restaurants in the world.

Visit Kyoto to explore the Geisha district of Gion and countless temples and shrines. Explore historic sake breweries, take a cookery class in a private home, enjoy a unique Japanese Buddhist meal of Shojin Ryori at a serene mountain retreat, and head to the Nishiki market for local delicacies.

Stop in Osaka, the ‘Kitchen of Japan’ to taste its celebrated street food and explore the cultural hub of Kanazawa before staying overnight in a traditional ryokan in the countryside around Yamashiro and Yamanaka. Here you can soak in a hot spring bath and enjoy a traditional multi-course kaiseki dinner.

Our expert travel designers take care of the details to ensure that your food tour in Japan is seamless – and personalised to you.

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Experiences picked by our specialists

Attend a traditional tea ceremony in Nihonbashi

Visit the Nihonbashi district in Tokyo to experience a traditional tea ceremony

Visit the sake breweries near Fushimi Inari

Explore Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari shrine and the areas famous sake breweries

Roll sushi at one of Tokyo's best restaurants

Make nigiri sushi, temari and seaweed wrapped maki sushi at one of Tokyo’s best restaurants

Dine on kaiseki at a ryokan in Yamashiro

Experience Japan’s artful culinary tradition with a traditional kaiseki dinner experience at a ryokan in Yamashiro and Yamanaka

Share a shojin ryori meal with monks at Tenryu-Ji

Share a shojin ryori meal with Buddhist monks at Tenryu-Ji Temple near Kyoto

A word from one of our experts

From street food to Michelin-starred restaurants, Japan’s food is exciting and deeply connected to the country’s history and culture. Come for spring blossom, but stay for ramen, sushi and sake – and never forget that slurping noodles is considered good manners.

Lucy Clarke Travel Designer

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Japan is a year-round destination. Visit in March and April to catch the cities cloaked in cherry blossom and from October to November to see the maple trees explode in clouds of orange and red. August in Japan is best for Natsu Matsuri (summer festivals), though it can be very hot in the big cities.

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