Japan trips without the tour-bus script
Japan trips for people who aren't satisfied with the status quo.
Let me help you explore Japan — the sleepy train platforms, neighborhood dining, regional festivals, bath towns, and small decisions that make a trip feel personal instead of prepackaged.
A note before we start
This is planning and advice from someone who cares about how the days actually feel. You book your own trip; I help shape it into something worth remembering.
A Glimpse Into Being There
Arrival of Tohoku Shinkansen from Hachinohe station to Shin-Aomori station
Cooking fresh seafood on a charcoal brazier.
Aomori Bay Bridge shortly before sunrise.
Nebuta float on display in downtown Aomori City
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Blueprint
FOUNDING RATE
founding-client rate — my first three trips, then $950
The full custom itinerary, day by day: route, ryokan and hotel picks, food strategy, rail logistics, and a pre-trip guide with everything I wish someone had told me. You book it all yourself with my step-by-step instructions. My signature northern route — Aomori Your Way — or anywhere in Japan.
Planning and advice only. I do not make bookings on your behalf, handle payments, or act as a travel agent.
Concierge
OPENING SOON
Everything in the Blueprint — plus I make your hotel and ryokan bookings for you, always in your name and on your card, set up your train tickets with you, and stay reachable while you’re in Japan.
Hosted
BY APPLICATION
A Concierge trip where I come along as your host on the ground. For parties of 4 to 6, a few dates a year.
From the Journal
Tell me what you’re imagining
Start with the pull, not the checklist.
Send the rough shape of your trip. I’ll reply directly if Nihon Iko is a fit.