Educational Tours & Trips in Honshu

Travel across Honshu from Tokyo's Sensoji Temple in Asakusa to Mount Fuji's Fifth Station at 2,305m, and catch views from Tokyo Skytree. In Kyoto, you'll see the UNESCO-listed Kinkakuji Golden Pavilion, walk through Arashiyama's bamboo forest, and find thousands of red torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine.

Check out Honshu Island's diverse attractions from Kyoto's Arashiyama district, featuring Tenryuji Temple gardens and the well-known Sagano Bamboo Forest, to Hakone's 400-meter Mishima Skywalk suspension bridge offering Mt. Fuji views. See volcanic Owakudani's white smoke craters and try the legendary black jade eggs said to extend life by 7 years. Tokyo offers the EMERALDAS 70-minute bay cruise from Asakusa's Azumabashi Bridge, visiting Gundam Base Tokyo and Miraikan science museum with groups limited to 10 travelers.

Take the bullet train from Odawara to Kyoto and stop at Hakone Open-Air Museum to see sculptures set outdoors with Mount Fuji in the background. At Hakone Kowakien Yunessun you can try 23 different hot spring baths including some filled with sake and wine, then ride the Romantic Train through Sagano's bamboo forest.

Through this cultural exchange program, you'll combine language learning while living like a local in Japan. An optional homestay program across Honshu provides natural opportunities for Japanese conversation practice.

Walk the historic Nakasendo Trail between Magome and Tsumago post towns, passing through cypress forests in the Kiso Valley. You'll stay at Byaku Narai, a collection of restored Edo-period houses that's now a luxury inn, then head to Lake Suwa for a visit to a family soba atelier and the ancient Suwa Taisha Shrine.

Led by expert guides, you'll visit Nagoya's SCMaglev Railway Museum, watch live sword-making demonstrations in Seki's 700-year-old tradition, and see teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum in Tokyo. There's a private visit to Kehayaza's Sumo Museum with wrestler demonstrations and tours of Itchiku Kubota's kimono museum.

At Zenko-ji Temple in Nagano, you'll participate in the traditional Gomakuyo ceremony for good fortune, then head to the UNESCO-listed Shirakawa-go Ogimachi village to see its distinctive gassho-zukuri houses. The Dinosaur Museum in Katsuyama sits at Japan's largest fossil site and displays over 40 complete skeletons. Practice Zen Buddhist traditions at Eihei-ji Temple-monastery, which was founded in 1244.

At Katsuyama's Dinosaur Museum, you'll find over 40 complete skeletons at Japan's largest fossil site. The trip includes Eihei-ji Temple-monastery, where monks practice strict Zazen meditation and daily rituals from 1244, plus visits to Kyoto's Imperial Palace and Kanazawa's Nagamachi samurai district.

Travel by bullet train across Honshu Island, covering nearly 500 km from Tokyo to Kyoto in just over two hours. In Kyoto, check out the UNESCO-listed Fushimi Inari Shrine with its famous red torii gates, the golden Kinkakuji Temple surrounded by traditional gardens, and the Imperial Palace.