for the May 2025 JAPAN "URBAN SKETCHING" TOUR: RURAL TOWNS & VILLAGES. This Urban Sketching Tour will visit rural areas of Japan including former Samurai strongholds of Kanazawa & Matsumoto as well as the well preserved Edo-perod Post Town of Narai Juku. For this wonderful tour we have teamed up with internationally known and highly regarded Australian Urban Sketcher, Peter Richards. Learn about and improve your Urban Sketching skills whilst visiting some of the unique rural areas of Japan providing an ideal backdrop for an urban sketching experience. This tour is not just about urban sketching but will also combine Japanese culture, architecture and design visits to museums, galleries and other historic places. Contact us for more information.
JAPAN URBAN SKETCHING TOUR: Rural Towns & Villages
23 - 30 MAY 2025
JAPAN "DESIGN & CULTURE" TOUR
1 - 13 SEPTEMBER 2025
for the September 2025 JAPAN "DESIGN & CULTURE" TOUR. Good design is a hallmark of Japanese culture and this amazing tour offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in contemporary and traditional design. Visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, Matsumoto and Kanazawa, it will also visit the Edo period villages of Narai Kiso-Fukushima on the Nakasendo Trail famous for the production of traditional goods. Contact us for more information. Find out more...
The 2025 JAPAN "AUTUMN LEAVES" TOUR is now full, however we are offering a WAITLIST. Starting on the island of Kyushu we will visit the historic city of Nagasaki, Takeo Onsen and Arita, the birthpLace of Japanese porcelain. We will then travel to Okayama to visit the Edo Period village of Kurashiki and historic ceramic village of Imbe, home of Bizen ware and then travel on to Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital before finishing in Tokyo. This tour will tap into the unique art, architecture, food and culture of Japan. Contact us for more information.
JAPAN "AUTUMN LEAVES" TOUR
1 - 13 NOVEMBER 2025
for the 2026 JAPAN "CHERRY BLOSSOM" TOUR. This incredible tour offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in Art, Architecture, Design and Japanese Culture during the wonderful Cherry Blossom season in Japan. This tour will spend 5 nights in the bustling metropolis of Tokyo, a globally renowned design epicentre, 2 nights in the former samurai town of Kanazawa and 3 nights in the ancient city of Kyoto. Immerse yourself in Japanese Culture, Art, Architecture and Design. See international art exhibitions, buildings by famous architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Kengo Kuma and outstanding contemporary design. Find out more.
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