Konnichiwa Ishizaka-sanWe are writing to say that we greatly enjoyed our recent visit to Japan and to thank you and the JTB for your assistance arranging our travel, accommodation and tours.  We greatly appreciated your comprehensive itinerary covering travel to and from Narita airport, accommodation, tour directions and confirmation information. This was our first visit to Japan and we deeply appreciated the rich cultural experience and the […]

May 2012 Tokyo, Tour

Konnichiwa Yoshiko-san   I’m sorry I didn’t write sooner to say that we had a lovely tour and to thank you for your help organising it. We especially appreciated you coming to AKL airport to ensure our check-in went smoothly. It was nice to be met by a JTB representative at NRT, too, and shown where and how to get the rimujin basu.   Our JTB […]

May 2012 Tour

Hello Yoko, Well what a superb holiday it turned out to be. We hit the jackpot with everything. The weather was good (less 1 day) Cherry Blossom in full bloom. And Mt Fuji you couldn’t get it any better.   Our tour escort  Kierin words can’t describe him. Each night when we didn’t have anything planned for a meal he took those of us who wanted to go with him to a […]

May 2012 Food, Hiroshima, Nature, Sakura Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo, Tour

We felt blessed when we were greeted by the lovely guide at Osaka airport after a long queue for fingerprinting, face recognition etc. Of course we were weary, and it was a great luxury to be swept to the hotel in a very flash Toyota limo. Hyatt very good. Room on first Japanese second floor, so a good view of the roof below, but it was […]

May 2012 Hotel, Kyoto, Museum, Nature, Onsen Hot Spring, Osaka, Ryokan, Sakura Cherry Blossoms, Temples and Shrines, Tour

Thank you for your greetings.  We did see loads of Cherry blossoms in Tokyo and had great weather.  JTB provided exceptional service and we are very happy to recommend this company and in particular this tour to anyone considering going to Japan.   Our tour guide, Kieren would have to be the best tour guide we have ever had.  Both of us have travelled extensively and this […]

Nature, Sakura Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo, Tour

Olivia, We got back from Okinawa ok (just a little late due to fog in Sydney). For your interest I have attached the travel plans we put together for the trip. The version I have sent you has had minor updates, since we got back, to add in the things we found out while we were over there. eg. how to get to Hedo Misaki. General […]

April 2012 Castle, Food, Hiroshima, Hotel, Museum, Nature, Okinawa, Tickets, Tour

Hello Yoko, How many people come to Japan hoping to see Mt Fuji as we did. And the cherry blossom in full bloom. The weather has been good with only 1 day of rain & a bit of a sprinkle yesterday morning. Keiran is a wonderful tour host give him more trips & I’ll go on them in actual fact we all will. The different foods he has […]

April 2012 Food, Hotel, Nature, Sakura Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo, Tour

Hi Olivia, We are back now from a highly enjoyable ski trip to Myoko. Everything went really well. My only piece of feedback for new travellers is to take the phone number for the Myoko tourist office with them (they have english speakers).   We got stuck in Nagano because the trains were not running to Myoko because of heavy snow.  I placed a call to […]

February 2012 Hotel, Skiing and Snow Boarding, Tour

Hi Clem,   I just thought I would drop you a quick line with feedback on my trip to Korea which Scott put together for me.   Everything was fantastic, Seoul was freezing cold but a very interesting place.   Ramada Hotel and Suites, great location, walked to the market and even the N Seoul Tower, very limited English spoken Within the Hotel which was a […]

January 2012 Hotel, Korea, Tour

Dear Kirsty We have just returned from our holiday in Japan and we would like to thank you and JTB for such a wonderful holiday. We were a little concerned about going on a semi conducted tour but we need not have worried. JTB and Sunrise Tours looked after us all the way. They were always there to meet us at every step of the way […]

November 2011 Hotel, Tour

Hello Olivia,   We thoroughly enjoyed our 3 weeks in Japan. Just to recap a little, we spent the first 4 nights in Tokyo (Shiba Park Hotel); the next 2 in Yudanaka (Ryokan Biyu no Yado); 4 nights in Kyoto (Ryokan Hatoya); 4 nights in Osaka staying with Japanese friends; 3 nights in Hiroshima 1 in Kurashiki and, our final 2 nights in Tokyo at Shiba […]

November 2011 Castle, Food, Hiroshima, Hotel, Kyoto, Museum, Nara, Onsen Hot Spring, Osaka, Ryokan, Temples and Shrines, Tickets, Tokyo, Tokyo Disneyland, Tour

The Manager & Jacqueline Horrocks JTB.Travel. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the great holiday that I recently had in Japan.I had never traveled to Japan before,had little knowledge of Japanese language or culture. It was by chance that I found the name JTB Travel in a guide book that I had bought at Aldie. I had wanted to visit Tokyo, […]

Hotel, Kyoto, Shinkansen Bullet Train, Tokyo, Tour

Dear Toshiya sanI would like to thank you for all that you did to make thistrip the success it was!  : -) It all went very well and as far as I could tell – everything was there at the right timeand we managed to get around Japan in comfort to all the planned places at the right time.Our tour guide Ms. Haromi Yasuda was just […]

October 2011 Tour

Firstly let me say that the trip to Japan was completely amazing, as simple as that .. “perfect”. I will break down my feedback into sub headings to ensure that I cover all points. Flights and organization at airport. Fortunately we were not affected by the customs strike and had not problems at all. On arrival at Tokyo airport all went very smoothly with the funniest […]

October 2011 Flights, Food, Hiroshima, Hotel, Kimono, Kyoto, Nature, Osaka, Sakura Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo, Tour

Hi Olivia,   We had a great trip and as this was our first to Japan really appreciated the work you did to set it up for us. The Airport Limousine was easy to find, clean, friendly and efficient, dropping us off right at our Hotel door. very much appreciated after the long haul from OZ! The flexibility of the package was great and being able […]

Hiroshima, Hotel, JR Pass, Kyoto, Nature, Shinkansen Bullet Train, Tokyo, Tour