Odynovo Tours Co., Ltd

Excellent location (close to major interests & train station) and breakfast. Excellent staff, helpful with dinner reservations

Beautiful room, excellent location, great staff, great breakfast

Beautiful room with balcony. Excellent buffet breakfast. Large sitting area with soft drinks and sake/wine (for a small fee), very comfortable overall. Very helpful staff.

Lovely setting with sitting area. Great location 2 blocks from major shopping and food areas.

Authentic experience of a ryokan. Excellent food. Great baths!

Great staff, lovely hotel - including public bath - and while a bit outside of the main attractions, next door to a subway station and some lovely parks!

Words cannot describe the experience of visiting the area with snow monkeys! great sake tasting experience, very educational. Also excellent - and huge - lunch!

Kaga Yuzen! Unbelievable craftsmanship and beauty. Also, the visit to the samurai section was interesting, educational, and beautiful, and was helpful for us to find ceramic gifts

Into the mountains - beautiful! Two villages comprised of thatched roofed houses, less than 200 left in Japan. Beautiful setting, very peaceful. Learned a great deal about this culture

A VERY interesting and educational experience regarding the history of Geisha 'culture' and how it lives on today

The deer! But the high point was the Buddhist Temple, largest man made wooden structure in the world circa 740s. It left me in awe. I was deeply moved and did not have the words to describe how or why. It stopped me in my tracks. The castle was also interesting. We chose not to visit the tower as it had already been a full day and we wanted time to find indigo dyed fabric - which we did!

An immersion in street food of Osaka. Interesting, but not the food of my first choice. Nonetheless, and worthwhile evening. VERY jam packed with people!

WOW, We REALLY made knives! A real blacksmithing experience

A VERY full day with our guide Zumi! Visited the Shogun castle, and both Shinto shrine and Buddhist Temple. Each highly worth the visit with much learned and extraordinary beauty. Especially the garden at the Golden Temple and overall, the castle, where we learned about how each room of the castle was used to communicate awe to those who sought an audience with the Shogun.

Wow! Dressed to the 9's in kimono, AUTHENTIC! Not quite a formal teas ceremony, but more of a learning experience. Lots of fun!

Yuki was amazing. He was our driver and guide. Excellent English, very informative all along the way,, explaining and describing, and answering our many questions. Helpd us locate and purchase sparkling sake! Beautiful trip through a mountainous area. Cedar 'forest at teh Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen shrine (other worldly big), Mt. Fuji was in the clouds, but its top emerged as we walked along one of the lakes. Delivered us safely t our hotel

Very interesting to learn about this practice and do it! We worked with a master. We have our pieces on display in our home.

A very full first day in Tokyo with our guide Yumi. She was excellent, spoke English fluently, helped us find gifts to purchase, our first teacher on this trip about Shinto and - among other things - the history of the fish market and associated shrine, how to approach a shrine and temple, etc. Taught us how to use the subway. Can't say enough!

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We had so much fun with Luke on this tour! His preparation, expertise and personality made the day so much fun.

Luke did such a great job with this tour! We had some rainy weather, so rather than just forcing the planned stops, he customized the tour to better match the conditions. The result was a day we'll never forget!

This was so much fun! The cooking portion was great (as expected), but it was so much more than that. We learned some Korean language, history and customs that really made the experience come to life.

Jun was great! In addition to the places we had planned, he also added a few spots he thought we would personally enjoy. It was such a great first day in Seoul!

Hotel Hankyu RESPIRE OSAKA has an amazing location, situated above a large shopping and food complex with plenty of dining options nearby. The convenience of the location was definitely one of the highlights of our stay. The main downside was the room size. Our rooms were extremely small, with not enough space to open luggage comfortably, which made things quite inconvenient. Breakfast was good, with lots of options available. There was also a really good restaurant on site where we ended up having dinner twice. The hotel itself is very large, so it was constantly very busy, but overall we loved the location and found it very convenient.

Kyoto Tokyu Hotel was a comfortable stay overall. The rooms were okay and provided what was needed, though they were not especially memorable. One slightly inconvenient aspect was the layout of the hotel entrance. From the front entrance, you have to go down an escalator to reach reception and the elevators to the rooms, which is not ideal when arriving with luggage. On the positive side, breakfast was pretty good, and the hotel has a couple of good restaurants on site, which made dining convenient. Overall, it was a decent hotel with good food options, though the entrance layout could be improved for guests with luggage.

Ryokan Aura Tachibana was a true 5-star experience from start to finish. The private onsen in the room was a real highlight, offering a relaxing and authentic Japanese stay. We also loved the experience of wearing the provided kimono/yukata, including the men’s version for me, which added to the traditional atmosphere. The food was exceptional. The 9-course dinners featured authentic Japanese cuisine, with every dish beautifully prepared and meticulously curated. The Japanese breakfast was equally impressive and felt just as thoughtfully presented. The staff were amazing — welcoming, attentive, and professional throughout the stay. Overall, Ryokan Aura Tachibana delivered an unforgettable and highly authentic Japanese experience.

The B Ginza Hotel is very centrally located and convenient for getting around Tokyo, which was definitely its strongest point. It made sightseeing, shopping, and accessing public transport very easy. However, the rooms were very small, even by city hotel standards. Breakfast was quite meagre, and the breakfast area was small and crowded, with many people packed in at the same time. The elevators were also a major frustration — they were often full, and the wait felt endless at times. Overall, the location was excellent, but the hotel experience itself was disappointing due to the cramped rooms, limited breakfast, and elevator issues.