Otaku Tour: Anime, Manga, Ninja & Samurai

Our Otaku Tour is carefully crafted to indulge your Japan anime obsession. This 11-day itinerary aims for the immersion of our guests into Japan's anime culture. Visits to Japan's top anime sights, including Akihabara, Nipponbashi Den Den Town, The Ghibli Museum and more, with visits to the many real locations featured in popular anime, giving the itinerary the feel of an anime pilgrimage tour. The springtime Cherry Blossom tour encompasses attractions in Tokyo, Hakone, Takayama, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, and other top Japan destinations.

Tokyo brings the most in terms of anime appeal: we take you all the unmissable attractions for otakus: the Ghibli Museum, Tokyo One Piece Tower, Pokemon Center, and the Unicorn Gundam. Shop till you drop in Akihabara - anime's cultural crossroads, with store after store of anime merchandise, retro video games, manga, and more. While there, take tea in a maid cafe - a themed cafe hosted by adorable and entertaining maids. Take a class in manga art at the Manga School Nakano International - a 2-hour workshop in how to make your own manga panel.

Hakone is a must for Mount Fuji alone; Japan's sacred mountain makes an appearance in numerous anime and movies, and the nearby Hakone region presents a charming countryside appeal, as seen from your Lake Ashi cruise on the deck of a pirate ship. Lake Suwa and Hida Furukawa are landscapes straight out of the famed anime film "Your Name", Nagakute offers an appealing recreation of the house from My Neighbor Totoro. Other appealing attractions of the area include Matsumoto Castle, Takayama Morning Market, and the Seki Traditional Swordsmith Museum.

We take you to Kyoto for a more traditional Japanese experience, with visits to the most memorable of the old capitals temples and shrines. Fushimi Inari's thousand red gates, the Golden Pavilion's shimmering phoenix, Arashiyama's Bamboo Grove, and the Gion Geisha District are just a few of the captivating locations in old Kyoto, and we include a side trip to Nara for a visit to Todaiji Temple and Nara Deer Park.

Osaka is famous in anime for the eccentricity and homegrown humor of its residents, and this otaku tour gives you plenty of time to wander the liveliest places in town: the Dotonbori canal district and Nipponbashi Den Den Town.

The Otaku Tour can be customized with additional options including the Ninja Akasaka Restaurant and Sailor Moon Dinner Show. Please Browse our detailed itinerary for more details.