REVIEWS

I highly recommend Japan Travel Centre to help you book your holiday to Japan. We wanted an organized trip without having to take a tour group. Sandy was excellent at catering the holiday for us. All her instructions were very clear and it's very easy to get around Japan. The trains service is outstanding.

We didn't feel it was that difficult to communicate with people, even if they didn't speak English they were always extremely helpful. Our best investments were definitely using the luggage transfer service provided all over Japan. We traveled a lot, so it was so worth not having to carry around heavy luggage. The other was a portable internet device. This saved us so much time when it came to navigating to places or finding information and was also handy for using Google translate when we really couldn't communicate with someone.

Finally my highlights were probably the Japanese hospitality and culture, the amazing food and the train travel. Also, save some space in your luggage for shopping. The shops are fantastic. Especially Tokyu Hands, which has practically everything you would ever need. I cant wait to go again!

Thank you Japan Travel Centre and a special thanks to Sandy who made it so easy for us. 🙂

We had a fantastic time. Really loved the sites the culture and the people.
We just wanted to say thank you to Wakako and Sandy for all of their help we were really pleased with the location and quality of all of the hotels.
We will certainly recommend you to our friends.

My wife and I went to Japan on our honeymoon. We had a fantastic time travelling across Japan, each city was its own experience, each with its own personality and charm. The people of Japan were so friendly and helpful with utmost love and respect for other. Everyone is eager to help and please, we felt very safe and at home in Japan.

The food is amazing with a vast range to try. Ramen, Tonkatsu, yakkitori, Teppanyaki, Gyoza, Sushi, Omaniaki, Chanko, Shaboo shaboo, Tempura. Useful items for your trip: Japan Rail Pass if you are travelling across Japan (the public transport is amazing), Pasmo card if you are going to use the subway trains, prepaid data sim card (pop in your smartphone for access to the internet, google maps, tripadvisor etc), and a decent camera (Japan is beautiful). Hope you enjoy Japan as much as we did, we were there for over two weeks and we still didnt manage to enjoy everything Japan had to offer.

We will definitely go there again and will definitely use the Japan Travel Centre again. Our agent was amazing, she organised everything for us and wrote out clear instructions too. When we got to our last hotel, there was even a present for us from JTC. Thank you Japan Travel Centre, you are the best. We even recommended you to the taxi driver that picked us up from the airport 🙂

We went for our honeymoon, and frankly we had pretty high hopes. Japan easily surpassed those hopes. Without hyperbole this really was one of the best holidays I've ever had.
Also, big thanks to the Japan Centre, and Kaoru in particular. It wouldn't have been anywhere near as special without her help. Arigatou gozaimasu!

I just wanted to say thank you for arranging the accommodation and travel for our holiday in Japan. We had the best holiday ever and this was made possible by your kind help and assistance. The accommodation throughout our stay was impeccable and we loved our times at the Ryokans. It's hard to describe how beautiful the Sakura was and all the magnificent temples that we saw. Whilst it was our first trip to Japan it certainly won't be our last! Many thanks for all your help and be assured I will recommend you and your company to everyone I talk to about our holiday. 

An amazing holiday in a country filled with wonderful people, amazing sights, tastes and sounds.

Very well organised and hotels much better than expected. Information given was able and beyond to help make our trip easier. Sandy very helpful and friendly. Had a great holiday.

(Comment from JTC)
Dear Helen,
Thank you for booking with Japan Travel Centre and we’re glad to know that you have indeed enjoyed your last minute trip to Japan. We look forward to be of service again in the future.

Kind regards,
Japan Travel Centre Team

Met my hotel needs excellently, ensuring great location and good value. Also provided much useful information and advice - important as, whilst I had visited Japan some years ago on business, I am not a Japanese speaker/reader and had not travelled there alone.

Only area where advice was not possible from JTC, and difficult to find elsewhere, concerned the usability, or otherwise, of my UK mobile phone in Japan, but I understand that this is a complex topic, and that you could not afford to give wrong advice. (NB: as it happens my phone did work there OK, including for emails in most places) Thank you!e.

(Comment from JTC)
Dear Ignatius, thank you very much for the great review with regards to our services and your experience in Japan. We do understand your concern with the usage of your UK mobile phone in Japan, although acquiring SIM cards would be difficult if you’re just staying in Japan for a couple days, additionally the data roaming may incur extra charges. We will surely take into account your feedback to give the essential information to our clients.

The service and advice provided was very good and helpful.
If I do get the chance to go to Japan again I will definitely use Japan travel once more.

We had a wonderful time!
A slight issue was the weather. It rained throughout and we became expert umbrella carriers! but I think because of the cooler weather there was still blossom everywhere, and also fewer tourists, which were unexpected bonuses.

Other main feedback is that I was so impressed with the standard of food everywhere, had no idea it was going to be that good. And am finding I am really missing that quality now we are back in the UK. the exchange rate was very much in our favour so really nowhere near as expensive as I had expected. 

The Ghibli museum was a major highlight of our trip - it's a beautiful building and the experience of being there is very rewarding. Again thank you so much for getting us tickets - how did you do it!!. 

The Nara ryokan was lovely - the food was absolutely delicious thought the menu did not have any translation so I have no idea about some of what I ate! The service was also excellent. It was good being there on the weekend with the park full of Japanese people and not just tourists. 

Temple lodging experience was interesting and rewarding though we unfortunately arrived a little late in the evening. I had underestimated how long to travel from Nara. It was great to be there at the 1200th anniversary - there are a lot of extra events happening and we witnessed a few ceremonies in the morning which were interesting. 

I probably needed to do more research on the train connections before leaving. The advice we got on the ground was super helpful but sometimes inaccurate so we got a bit lost going to Koyasan. 

Of general interest was the sense that manga and anime is more respected outside Japan than inside. The Anime centre in Tokyo was two small rooms and not really worth the visit to Electric City. On the other hand, The Manga Museum in Kyoto was a gem for my daughter. A gem for me was the Raku tea bowl Musuem.

We enjoyed ourselves so much we have decided to go back in three years time! 

Thank you for everything you did to make our trip so special - you both spent a lot of time I feel and I do really appreciate your efforts. 

With sincere thanks,
A.Miller

Thank you! I have put the rail travel 1st in the above question because the railways are so efficient and we could not have done half as much travelling without them. My Son lives In JAPAN so this was a family Holiday We started with 3 days in Tokyo, then to his home in Takasaki, our rail pass started there.We travelled West as far as Hiroshima and the inland sea, it was beautiful there. We visited cities and towns en-route, an absolutely wonderful and inspiring journey especially the Hiroshima Peace park. We saw amazing Shrines and gardens, Brilliant shops and restuarants. We met lots of great people, in particular the staff of some good hotels We (my Wife ,Son and Daughter in Law)had a marvellous time, a real experience, and we thank everyone who helped to make this trip perfect.