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Highlights
🌃 See the best of the big city in Tokyo as well as the gorgeous coastline of the Izu Peninsula, where we’ll participate in a famous local festival
🎇 Try on that yukata, because we’re going to be seeing fireworks, trying festival food, and more. Want to see more? Follow your guides for an optional visit to the famous summer festival in Kiryu, Gunma!
♨️ Three nights at a luxurious hot spring resort, complete with meals, plus a chance to check out the resort areas of Ito and Enoshima
🏯 From the digital enclaves of Tokyo like TeamLab Planets to the traditional sites like the giant buddha in Kamakura, it’s an easy-paced journey with something for everyone
Stops include: Tokyo • Kamakura • Kiryu (optional) • Enoshima • Ito • Jogasaki Coastline and points between
*Trip starts on August 2 Japan time in Tokyo. If flying in from another country, be sure your flight arrives on August 2.
way beyond the typical summer vacation.
If you’re going to visit Japan in the summer time, why not participate in the things that the locals look forward to every single year? That’s the idea behind Summer Matsuri - a slower paced vacation that begins in the big city of Tokyo, but also explores surrounding regions at the height of festival season. In other words: fireworks, street food, the chance to design and float your own lantern down the river, Taiko concerts, and so much more. We’re even taking a group to Kiryu on a free day for the people who want to get a little more fun into their schedule.
Speaking of fun, there’s no shortage of it here: the famous TeamLabs Planets interactive art museum, the Leiji Matsumoto-designed cruise boat Hotaluna, a dinner party and Anime shopping in Akihabara, the chance to design your own luggage tags and build your own Totoro (yes, really!), spelunk the caves and watch the waves off Enoshima, and so much more.
Outside Tokyo, we’ll spend a day in the historic city of Kamakura before the main event: three nights in a hot spring resort as we join the local Anjinsai festival in Ito on the Izu Peninsula. Pick up a yukata in Harajuku before we go, by the way; you’ll want to dress the part as we take to the streets with the locals to celebrate and have a good time.
Summer Matsuri is one of the classics that helped establish PacSet, and we are thrilled to bring it to you all again! Sign up today and get ready for the summer vacation of your dreams!
Trip itinerary + MAP
DAY 1: WELCOME TO TOKYO
Your guide will be meeting arriving flights at Haneda Airport before escorting guests back to the hotel to settle in.
Lodging: Hotel Mystays Tokyo Hamamatsucho or similar
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2: TEAMLAB PLANETS + AKIHABARA/ASAKUSA
Visit the cool interactive TeamLab Planets digital art museum before we cruise across the bay on a ship designed by famous Anime director Leiji Matsumoto. On the other side, explore the historic Asakusa area, the Anime mecca of Akihabara, or a little of both before we gather for a special group dinner to kick the trip off in style.
Lodging: Hotel Mystays Tokyo Hamamatsucho or similar
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3: SHIBUYA AND THE BEST OF URBAN TOKYO
The day begins with the chance to craft your own travel souvenir at Fab Cafe before free time to shop the Nintendo Store and other hot spots in Shibuya. Feeling a little crowd averse? Venture west with a guide to the cafe-lined streets of Jiyugaoka for a more low-key afternoon.
Lodging: Hotel Mystays Tokyo Hamamatsucho or similar
DAY 4: KAMAKURA
Welcome to Kamakura! We'll visit the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, where you can check out rows of lanterns hand painted by some of Japan’s most legendary artists for their Obon Festival. Then it’s off to the caves and cliffs of Hase Temple and the giant Buddha at Kodaiji!
Lodging: Hotel Mystays Tokyo Hamamatsucho or similar
DAY 5: ENOSHIMA
Today we depart Tokyo for the beautiful island of Enoshima! We’ll sail around the island to check out the famed temples, caves, and lookouts, take in some sea breezes, and unwind before heading back to the city for the night.
Lodging: Hotel Mystays Tokyo Hamamatsucho or similar
DAY 6: FREE DAY + KIRYU FESTIVAL (OPTIONAL)
Today is a free day! Your guide will be on hand to help with any plans you want to make for your day. Feeling ambitious? Join your guides for a trip up to Kiryu in Gunma Prefecture for their massive festival, which includes parades, massive floats, food, and even a mini hip-hop/electronica festival!
Lodging: Hotel Mystays Tokyo Hamamatsucho or similar
DAY 7: OFF TO ITO!
After a late start, we’ll board a special deluxe train to ride in style to Ito, where we’ll explore the city and settle in at our hot spring resort hotel. In the evening, we’ll join the locals as we float our own lanterns down the river.
Lodging: Hotel Dankoen or similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 8: TOWERING CLIFFS, TOTORO AND TAIKO
Time to explore the Izu Peninsula! We'll check out the jagged-yet-scenic Jogasaki Coastline before getting a chance to sew our own Totoro at a local museum. In the evening, we'll return to the festival a Taiko drum concert next to the ocean!
Lodging: Hotel Dankoen or similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 9: ONSEN FREE DAY + FIREWORKS!
The Anjinsai festival reaches its peak! Today is a free day to kick back, explore the festival, and have a blast before we gather for the gorgeous Anjinsai Fireworks on the beach!
Lodging: Hotel Dankoen or similar
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 10: TRIP CONCLUDES ;_;
Take another scenic train back to the city for the journey home.
Meals: Breakfast
This trip includes…
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Trip Status |
Open for signups |
Deadline |
May 1, 2027 |
Minimum guest #: |
8 guests |
Fly → JP On*: |
August 1, 2027 |
Starts in JP On: |
August 2, 2027 |
TRIP PACE |
Medium-slow. Reserved seats on all trains over 30 minutes, more indoor activities, and a chill pace, with a few mid-paced days. |
Extras |
Single Room (hotel only): +$800 |
*This is the date you should leave your home country.
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FLIGHTS • REFUND POLICY
🛌 9 nights four-star accommodations, including three nights in a hot spring resort
🥢 Includes 3 breakfasts and 4 dinners
🚅 All scheduled rail, sea, car, bus, and air transport within Japan.**
🧳 Baggage shipping: up to 2 complimentary luggage transfers for one suitcase per trip (What’s this?)
😀 Professional, bilingual guides there to help with anything you might need
🎟️ Admission to all scheduled activities
📗 Customized Trip Guidebook and Pre-Trip Orientation Materials, including an online health class, provided to you before the trip so you can prepare for the journey before leaving home!
🍫 Nightly turndown service with local sweets
❤️ Complimentary concierge service: we can help plan extra stops, pre-and-post-trip extensions, and more.
🗾 Much, much more!
NOT INCLUDED:
❌ Flights to Japan from your home country
❌ Travel insurance
❌ Meals not listed above
NOTES:
HEAT STROKE WARNING: Summer in Japan is VERY humid, and trying to “go too hard” can and will affect your health. Pace yourself and drink water; your guides will be assisting with this.
*All initial payments are a $300 deposit. The balance for the trip is due at the deadline for the trip.
**If a guest decides to go long distances on rail during free times, extra charges may apply.