Tours

Wildlife Guide to Shiretoko-HokkaidoWildlife Guide to Shiretoko-Hokkaido

Wildlife Tours

GROUP / pre-organized

Hokkaido

Brown Bear Photography Tour

Taking photos of brown bears fishing for salmon, salmon swimming upstream, and local life
  • Price
  • JPY 228,000~
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Date
  • September 9th or 13th 2024
GROUP / pre-organized

Hokkaido

Brown Bear & Hokkaido Autumn Foliage Photography with Paul Whitton

This is a spectacular time to photograph the Brown Bears in rich autumn colors.
  • Price
  • JPY 750,000
  • Duration
  • 9nights 10days
  • Date
  • October 2nd, 2024 Fully booked!
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Cute and fluffy: pika and other small animals on photography tour in autumn Hokkaido

Autumn is the most active season for wildlife, and this wildlife photography tour to capture cute small animals while they stock on food before long Hokkaido winter.
  • Price
  • JPY 230,000~
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Dates
  • End of Sep to Mid Oct 2024
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Teuri Island ~Seabird Breeding Ground~

Signs of Early Summer in Northern Hokkaido: The Spectacled Guillemot and Rhinoceros Auklet's Homecoming to Terui Island
  • Price
  • JPY 250,000~
  • Duration
  • 3nights 4days
  • Season
  • May to July
GROUP / pre-organized

Nagano

Winter Nagano, Snow Monkey Tour

A unique experience to photograph and observe the wild Japanese macaques up close.
  • Price
  • JPY 140,000
  • Duration
  • 2nights 3days
  • Season
  • Feb 4th, Feb 16th, 2025
GROUP / pre-organized

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Winter Wildlife Photography Tour & Workshop with Marco Ronconi

Small group photography tour & workshop accompanied by Marco Ronconi, wildlife & nature photographer
  • Price
  • JPY 550,000
  • Duration
  • 7nights 8days
  • Date
  • Feb 8th, 2025
GROUP / pre-organized

Hokkaido

Hokkaido Winter Wildlife Photography with Paul Whitton

You’ll experience some of the most amazing winter wildlife in the world up close
  • Price
  • JPY 550,000
  • Duration
  • 7nights 8days
  • Date
  • Feb 7th, 2025 Fully booked
    (ENROLL TO WAITING LIST)
GROUP / pre-organized

Okinawa

Okinawa Herping

Observing Wildlife on Okinawa Mainland and Iheya Island. Explore 3 unique ground gecko sub-species (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae) in 3 different spots.
  • Price
  • JPY 198,000
  • Duration
  • 3nights 4days
  • Date
  • May 14th, 2024
PRIVATE / customized

Gifu

Japanese Giant Salamander and Dancing Fireflies

Appreciating Japan's Unique "Living Fossils": The World's Largest Amphibian and The Japanese Fireflies.
  • Price
  • JPY 98,000~
  • Duration
  • 2nights 3days
  • Season
  • May to September
GROUP / pre-organized

Hokkaido

Early Summer Siretoko and Eastern Hokkaido Wildlife and Landscape Photography Tour & Workshop with Marco Ronconi

Small group photography tour workshop accompanied by Marco Ronconi, Wildlife & Nature Photographer
  • Price
  • JPY 490,000
  • Duration
  • 7nights 8days
  • Date
  • June 10th, 2024
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Early Summer in Shiretoko Experience the Nemuro Strait with Shearwaters and Orca - Killer Whale

Orca - Killer Whale Watching Tour
  • Price
  • JPY 280,000
  • Duration
  • 6nights 7days
  • Season
  • May to June
GROUP / pre-organized

Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi

Western Japan Spring photography tour with Paul Whitton

7-day photography tour focuses on the Kansai region, including Kyoto and Hiroshima.
  • Price
  • JPY 550,000
  • Duration
  • 6nights 7days
  • Date
  • April 1st, 2024 Fully booked
PRIVATE / customized

Kagoshima / Kumamoto / Nagasaki / Saga / Fukuoka

Izumi - Japan's Top Crane Migration Grounds -

Explore a charming Japanese city that attracts over 10,000-12,000 cranes during the winter.
  • Price
  • JPY 260,000~
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • November to February
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Blakiston's Fish Owl Observatory Lodge in Rausu, Eastern Hokkaido

Meet the endangered Blakiston's fish owl, the world's largest owl, which feed on river fish around the Shiretoko Peninsula.
  • Price
  • JPY16,600
  • Season
  • Anytime
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Photo Tour of Eastern Hokkaido in Winter

Experience the Japanese Cranes of Kushiro Marsh, the Steller's Sea Eagle and the White-tailed Eagle on the Shiretoko Peninsula
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Season
  • End of January to
    Beginning of March
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Eastern Hokkaido Winter Wildlife Photography Special

A Small Group Photo Tour for Birds and Wildlife. Capture The Wildlife With Most Spectacular Scenery Of The Year on the Shiretoko Peninsula.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 7nights 8days
  • Season
  • End of January to
    Beginning of March
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Experience Shiretoko and Rausu's Brown Bears and Whale Watching in the Nemuro Strait

Early Autumn in Hokkaido with the Wildlife
  • Price
  • JPY 178,000
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • Mid-August to Late September
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Special Brown Bear Photography Tour

Taking Photos of Brown Bears Fishing for Salmon, Salmon run, Fishermen of Rausu and The Nature of Shiretoko
  • Price
  • JPY258,000
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Season
  • End of August to End of September
PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Summer Shiretoko Nature and Wildlife by private vehicle

Experience rich nature of Shiretoko National Park & two boat cruises for marine wildlife in Nemuro strait
  • Price
  • JPY 180,000~
  • Duration
  • 3nights 4days
  • Season
  • May to mid September
PRIVATE / customized

Nagano / Tokyo / Hokkaido

Japan Winter Photography Expedition ~Wildlife~

This spectacular winter trip focuses on observing Japan’s most famed wildlife
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 10nights 11days
  • Season
  • January to March

Photography Tours

PRIVATE / customized

Nagano / Yamanashi

Snow Monkey & Diamond Mt. Fuji Photography Tour

See the only wild monkeys in the world to bath in the hot springs and enjoy catching a sight of Mt. Fuji that can only be see in the wintertime.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • December to February
PRIVATE / customized

Tokyo / Yamanashi / Nagano / Gifu / Ishikawa / Kyoto

Japan Winter Photography Expedition
~Nature and Culture~

This spectacular winter trip will focus on spectacular views of Japan’s most famed landscapes and architecture.
  • Price
  • JPY 330,000~
  • Duration
  • 9nights 10days
  • Season
  • December to February
PRIVATE / customized

Osaka / Kyoto / Nara / Wakayama

Japan Cultural 8DAY Photography Sample Tour

This sample photo tour has full of highlights as we make the way from Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Koyasan, with many stops along the way during the journey.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 7nights 8days
  • Season
  • Anytime
GROUP / pre-organized

Hokkaido

Winter Miracles: Biei Snowshoe Tour and Okhotsk's Impressive Drift Ice Landscape

Experience the Otherworldly Drift Ice Walk and Spectacular Biei Hills Snowshoe Stroll
  • Price
  • JPY 288,000~
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Date
  • To be resumed in next season

Cultural Tours

PRIVATE / customized

Kyoto / Shiga / Gifu / Nagano

Nakasendo – Walk the Old Japanese Routes

Enjoy the scenic landscape as you follow the old route of Nakasendo.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Season
  • To be resumed in next season
PRIVATE / customized

Gifu / Nagano / Yamanashi / Shizuoka

Nakasendo Route and Fuji Five Lakes area drive

Walking along the Nakasendo route, one of the ancient roads, where many travelers passed through centuries.
  • Price
  • JPY 340,000~
  • Duration
  • 6nights 7days
  • Season
  • Throughout a year
GROUP / pre-organized

Kyoto

Plum blossoms in deep Kyoto: pause to smell Japanese winter

Immerse yourself in wintery Kyoto, enjoy perfect sights and scenes of the cultural capital of Japan only available in mid-winter.
  • Price
  • from JPY 278,000
  • Duration
  • 3nights 4days
  • Season
  • Mid-January, February,
    early March
PRIVATE / customized

Yamagata

The places of Mountain Faith, Three mountains of Dewa and Zao in Yamagata

This trip is all tied to the theme of "Faith in Mountains and Forests”in Tohoku region. The three mountains of Dewa have been the site of Shugendo since ancient times.
  • Price
  • JPY 210,000~
  • Duration
  • 3nights 4days
  • Season
  • March to October
PRIVATE / customized

Nara / Wakayama

Explore deep Nara and Kumano,Wakayama by private vehicle

Visit the deepest part of Nara and Wakayama including Totsukawa and Kumano, where old landscapes of Japan till remain.
  • Price
  • JPY 260,000~
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Season
  • March to November
PRIVATE / customized

Kyoto / Nara / Wakayama / Tokushima / Ehime / Hiroshima

Hidden Treasures of Western Japan

Immerse yourself in Japan's ancient past and contrasting present. The perfect tour for those in search of a richer travel experience.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 9nights 10days
  • Season
  • Anytime
GROUP / pre-organized

Kanagawa

Modern art, geisha, sakura,castle of samurai era and a hot spring dip

Day trip out of Tokyo by the ocean on the first day of cherry blossoms flowering.
  • Price
  • JPY 75,000~
  • Duration
  • Day trip
  • Date
  • To be resumed in next season
GROUP / pre-organized

Kanagawa

Modern art and sakura

Half a day trip out of Tokyo to a fascinating art site and sakura cherry blossoms.
  • Price
  • JPY 57,000~
  • Duration
  • Day trip
  • Date
  • To be resumed in next season
GROUP / pre-organized

Yamanashi

Mt Fuji views and Sakura for hedonists

Get closer to the most famous symbol of Japan, Mt Fuji, at the time sakura cherry blossoms bloom – do so on a private tour.
  • Price
  • JPY 190,000~
  • Duration
  • 2nights 3days
  • Date
  • To be resumed in next season
GROUP / pre-organized

Yamanashi / Shizuoka / Kanagawa

Sakura cherry blossoms in full bloom, Mt Fuji and modern art site: the best of Japanese spring

Icons of Japan close to Tokyo: famous volcano mountain and its thermal springs, blooming sakura, and art site likened to “mini-Naoshima”
  • Price
  • JPY 210,000~
  • Duration
  • 1night 2days
  • Date
  • To be resumed in next season

Nature & Hiking Tours

PRIVATE / customized

Hokkaido

Adventure in summer Hokkaido by private vehicle

Mt.Daisetsu hiking, Otaru Blue Cave and Kayaking in clear water Lake Shikotsu
  • Price
  • JPY260,000
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • June to August
PRIVATE / customized

Yamanashi

Climb Mt. Fuji

Enjoy the full climb from the 1st station to the Summit of Mt. Fuji.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • July to September
PRIVATE / customized

Nagano

The Northern Japan Alps – The Panorama Ginza Trail –

The perfect tour for hikers looking for a stunning introduction to four-day trekking course in Japan.
  • Price
  • JPY 188,000~
  • Duration
  • 6nights 7days
  • Season
  • June to October
PRIVATE / customized

Kagoshima

Caving and Snorkeling in Okinoerabu Island

The discovery of one of Japan's quietest undiscovered getaways
  • Price
  • JPY 258,000
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • Anytime
PRIVATE / customized

Kagoshima

Yakushima & Amami Oshima ~Nature Experience~

Yakushima is a nature lover's paradise of untouched ancient cedar forests, including one of the oldest trees in the world.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 4nights 5days
  • Season
  • Anytime

Water Activities

PRIVATE / customized

Tokyo(Ogasawara Islands)

Ogasawara Islands - Humpback Whale Watching

Enjoy the thrill of watching humpback whales breaching and caring for their calves in Tokyo's hidden Islands
  • Price
  • JPY 278,000
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Date
  • March 27th,2023
PRIVATE / customized

Tokyo(Ogasawara Islands)

Enjoy Ogasawara - BONIN ISLANDS

Tokyo’s hidden pacific Island that is a world heritage known as Japan’s last unexplored region. It is a paradise formed of over 30 islands located 1,000km south of Tokyo.
  • Price
  • JPY 238,000
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Season
  • June to November
PRIVATE / customized

Tokyo(Ogasawara Islands)

Diving in Ogasawara - BONIN ISLANDS

Enjoy diving in the natural beauty of island chain on this UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site.
  • Price
  • Please contact us
  • Duration
  • 5nights 6days
  • Season
  • All year

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