This tour is perfectly tailored to your photographic interests, so contact us now with some keywords in your message to help us craft a once in a lifetime photographic adventure!

All of Japan at your fingertips! Cherry blossoms, snow monkeys, The Steller’s Sea Eagles, Hokkaido, Okinawa, birding, geisha, Tokyo, Kyoto, Mt. Fuji, Onsen experience, or Japanese cuisine. Any part of Japan you want to photograph!

From ¥77,000 (approximately $700 per day per person) all inclusive based on 3-4 participants, 2 participants from ¥110,000 (approximately USD $1000 per day per person); single from ¥200,000 (approximately USD $1800 per day).

This tour is perfectly tailored to your photographic interests and Mt. Fuji, so contact us now with some keywords in your message to help us craft a once in a lifetime photographic adventure!

UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aokigahara "The Sea of Trees," Ice Caves & Moss, Gotemba 5th Station, Subaru Line 5th Station, Shiraito Falls, Fuji Five Lakes, Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine, Kawaguchiko Onsen experience, Hakone Onsen experience, Lake Ashinoko sightseeing cruise by Pirate Ship, Fuji-Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival, Fuji-Kawaguchiko Cherry Blossom Festival

From ¥77,000 (approximately $700 per day per person) all inclusive based on 3-4 participants, 2 participants from ¥110,000 (approximately USD $1000 per day per person); single from ¥200,000 (approximately USD $1800 per day).

Small group max of six participants.

By popular demand, Japan Dreamscapes is happy to provide our clients a 2nd 2020 Cross Country Cherry Blossom Dreamscape. On this Cross-Country Cherry Blossom Photography Tour, you will spend 11 days trekking across Japan.  During this adventure, you’ll be introduced to several incarnations of Japan's quintessential flower, while pursuing the perfect, elusive cherry blossom. Are you interested in experiencing and photographing perfect cherry blossoms while on a culture-rich, luxurious, cross-country Japan excursion?

Tour Cost: ¥770,000 (Approximately USD $7000) This price includes all lodging based on double room occupancy in 3 - 5 star accommodations with western-style toiletries, all breakfast and dinners, all group ground transportation in sports utility vehicles with business class seating, all entrance fees, all donations at temples and shrines, professional photography guide instruction, and a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥141,900 (Approximately USD $1290)

This tour is perfectly tailored to your photographic interests in Niigata Prefecture, so contact us now with some keywords in your message to help us craft a once in a lifetime photographic adventure!

Tokamachi, Rice Terraces, especially during golden and blue hour, Gono Manor House, Tsubame Sanjo Craftsman and Artisan factory tours, Swans at Lake Hyoko, the Yahiko Shrine or the famous Yahiko Autumn Leaves, Fukushimagata, Niigata Soh-Odori Festival, or the Niigata Furusato-mura, traditional crafts and arts display center, Iwamuro Onsen

This tour is ¥121,000 (approximately USD $1100 for one person per day) or ¥100,000 (approximately USD $900) for 2 - 4 participants per day.

Tokyo and Yokohama's famous Cherry Blossom Viewing Areas: Ueno Park, Sumida Park, Senso-ji Temple, Rikugien Gardens' Weeping Sakura Trees, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Yoyogi Park, Meguro Riverside Cherry Blossoms, Minato-mirai Sakura-dori, Ookagawa River, Sankeien Gardens, Negishi Forest Park, Motomachi Park, Yamashita Park

Tour Cost: ¥248,000 (Approximately USD $2250) Per person (based on double occupancy) in 3 - 5 star accommodations with western style toiletries, and all breakfasts and dinners included.  All group ground transportation will be in sports utility vehicles with business class seating.  All entrance fees and all donations at temples and shrines are included in tour cost.  Also included is professional photography instruction as well as a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥44,000 (Approximately USD $400)

This tour has been postponed due to Tokyo Olympics & Paralympics in 2021.  This tour will be held in 2022.

Tour Cost: ¥247,000 (Approximately USD $2250) per person (based on double occupancy) in a 3 - 5 star accommodations with western style toiletries, and all breakfasts and dinners included.  All group ground transportation will be in sports utility vehicles with business class seating.  All entrance fees and all donations at temples and shrines are included in tour cost.  Also included is professional photography instruction as well as a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥33,000 (Approximately USD $300)

Tokyo Street Photography and shoot Tokyo’s Night Skyline. Ancient Pilgrim Routes. Delicious Sake and Japanese Cuisine. Astrophotography in the Japanese Alps. Onsen Experience. Up close and personal with Japanese Snow Monkeys.
Tour cancelled for 2020 due to the Tokyo Olympics, but offered in 2021.

Tour Cost: ¥396,000 (Approximately USD $3600) per person (based on double occupancy) in 3 - 5-star accommodations with western style toiletries, and all breakfasts and dinners included. All group ground transportation will be in sports utility vehicles with business class seating. All entrance fees and all donations at temples and shrines are included in tour cost.

Single Supplement: Add ¥66,000 (Approximately USD $600)

Mt. Fuji Tour, Lake Kawaguchiko, The Fuji Five Lakes, Hakone Sightseeing Cruise, Hakone Tour, Amazake-Chaya Tea House, Mt. Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station, Chureito Pagoda, plus much more off the beaten path tour.

Tour Cost: ¥330,000 (Approximately USD $3000) per person (based on double occupancy) in 3 - 5 star accommodations with western style toiletries, and all breakfasts and dinners included.  All group ground transportation will be in sports utility vehicles with business class seating.  All entrance fees and all donations at temples and shrines are included in tour cost.  Also included is professional photography instruction as well as a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥66,000 (Approximately USD $600)

Japanese Macaques (Snow Monkeys) without snow, Nature's Valley, Mineral-rich Milky White Healing Onsen, Takeda Samurai Castle, Delicious Japanese Cuisine, Shibu Onsen, Apallusion 2021 - World’s Largest Outdoor Illumination, and Tsubame Myoko Onsen
Tour also offered in 2022.

Tour Cost: ¥330,000 (Approximately USD $3000) per person (based on double occupancy) in 3 - 5 star accommodations with western style toiletries, and all breakfasts and dinners included.  All group ground transportation will be in sports utility vehicles with business class seating.  All entrance fees and all donations at temples and shrines are included in tour cost.  Also included is professional photography instruction as well as a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥66,000 (Approximately USD $600)

Tokyo street photography, Tokyo night photography, Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Sky Tree, Marunouchi, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Mt. Fuji Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Festival, Yamanakako Yuyake no Nagisa Fall Foliage Festival, Chureito Pagoda Scene, Subaru 5th Station
Tour also offered in 2021.

Tour Cost: ¥330,000 (Approximately USD $3000) per person (based on double occupancy) in 3 - 5 star accommodations with western style toiletries, and all breakfasts and dinners included.  All group ground transportation will be in sports utility vehicles with business class seating.  All entrance fees and all donations at temples and shrines are included in tour cost.  Also included is professional photography instruction as well as a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥66,000 (Approximately USD $600)

Mt. Fuji Autumn Leaves, Chureito Pagoda, Subaru 5th Station, Kawaguchiko Autumn Leaves Experience and Matsuris plus illumination of Maple Trees Festival, Momiji Corridor, Fuji Five Lakes, Hakone Edo Checkpoint, Lake Ashi, Amazake Chaya Tea House, Odawara Castle, Enoura Observatory
Tour also offered in 2021.

Tour Cost: ¥660,000 (Approximately USD $6000) Includes all lodging based on double room occupancy 3-5 star hotel, all breakfasts, and dinners, all group ground transportation in sports utility vehicles with business class seating, all entrance fees, all donations at temples and shrines, professional photography guide instruction, a detailed itinerary with clothing and gear recommendations.

Single Supplement: ¥115,000 (Approximately USD $1050)

Tohoku - One and Two Day Fukushima Photo Workshops

One Day Tour Highlights:

• Photography of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
• Tomioka Village
• Namie Village
• Observe the ‘Difficult to Return’ Zone after the 3.11 Disaster
• Witness a community rebuilding

Two Day Tour Highlights:

• Photography of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
• Tomioka Village
• Namie Village
• Minami-Soma City
• Soma City
• Authentic Japanese Style Inn Experience
• Observe the ‘Difficult to Return’ Zone after the 3.11 Disaster
• Witness a community rebuilding

One Day - Tour Cost: ¥110,000 (Approximately USD $1000 per person/ MINIMUM 4 people. 

Two Day - Tour Cost: ¥198,000 (Approximately USD $1800) per person/ MINIMUM 4 people.  

Due to the concentration of this tour's itinerary and the travel from Tokyo via Shinkansen, this tour has a minimum client threshold.  The tour reservations close three weeks before the tour start date, and one week prior to departure, JDS will contact the members who have joined and either confirm the tour and give in-depth details regarding itinerary and recommendations OR announce a postponement and refund the photo tour deposit.

Over 90% of this Japan Photo Tour is off the beaten path.  Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND), Yuzawa, Japanese Rice Terraces, Japanese Maples in Red, Yellow, and Orange During Daylight Hours and Illumination Events, Japan Valley of the Dragons, Myoko Mountain Range, waterfalls, Milky White Hot Springs, UNESCO Mt. Fuji, and The Fuji Five Lakes.

Tour Cost: ¥979,000 (Approximately USD $8900)

Single Supplement: ¥154,000 (Approximately USD $1400)