Japan Destination Management
Tabikage designs and operates bespoke trips across Japan, from the classic Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka circuit to the regions beyond it, for agencies and tour operators around the world.
Request a QuoteTabikage is a boutique Japan-based destination management company built around one idea: agencies should be able to hand us a brief and get it handled with real care, not just a quote back. The team behind Tabikage has run 9,000+ trips across Japan since 2017, planning and guiding every one of them hands-on.
Every itinerary is built from experiences we arrange directly.
Food is where Japan opens up fastest, whether that's a kaiseki dinner in a centuries-old dining room or an early morning walk through a working fish market. We build tastings, brewery visits, and hands-on cooking sessions around what a group actually wants to eat, not a fixed menu.
A private tea ceremony with a maiko in Kyoto, a sumo stable visit followed by chanko nabe, a morning at a master-led craft workshop: these take real relationships on the ground to arrange well.
Private transport, English-speaking guides, and luggage forwarding between cities. The parts that should be invisible when they’re done right.
A few examples of what we build. Every trip is designed around the group in front of us, these are starting points, not fixed packages. No pricing shown; full itinerary and pricing available on request.
11 days / 10 nights
It opens at dawn in Tsukiji's outer market, moves into a private Zen meditation session with a monk at a quiet Kyoto temple, a tea ceremony with a maiko, and a day trip through Uji's historic tea district, and closes with a celebratory farewell dinner in Osaka.
7 days / 6 nights · Kyushu
A soak in Beppu's mineral hot springs and a walk through its steaming "hells," an evening among Fukuoka's open-air yatai food stalls for Hakata ramen, and a shochu distillery tour and tasting in Kagoshima, paired with a black pork dinner.
6 days / 5 nights · Gifu + Fukui
A morning in Takayama's preserved Edo-period old town for a walk through its centuries-old morning market, a sake brewery tasting, and a Hida beef dinner, then on to Fukui for a dawn meditation session at Eiheiji, one of the two head temples of Japanese Zen Buddhism, and a seafood dinner built around the region's winter crab.
6 days / 5 nights · Hokkaido
A morning at Sapporo's central wholesale market for the freshest catch in the country, a glassblowing workshop in Otaru's historic canal district, and a countryside dairy-farm cheese-making session near Furano, closing with a seafood dinner built around the day's catch.
What actually happens after you send us a brief.
Send us the brief. Group size, dates, interests, budget range if you have one. As little or as much detail as you have at this stage is fine.
We build a real itinerary, not a template. Every day is built around your client's actual interests and the season, drawing on the services and partners we work with directly, from the Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka core to the regions beyond.
You get a priced proposal, and we refine it together: a clear day-by-day structure, no hidden line items, ready to present to your client, then we adjust pace, swap experiences, and tighten the budget until it's right.
We run it. Once it's confirmed, our team handles execution on the ground, so you don't have to.
From guests of the team behind Tabikage.
“Nobu took us on an incredible adventure throughout the streets of Tokyo. I would recommend anyone looking for an authentic experience in Japan to take a tour with him!!!”
Andrew Gavlin
“Nobu is an incredible host. So personable and informative. He really made our group feel like a community. Fantastic experience.”
Kevin Murphy
“Shino was amazing, kind, and so considerate. She also threw in a lot of fun facts and historical knowledge throughout the tour. It was the highlight of our trip.”
Matthew Gamboa-Lutz
“Kaz was a fabulous tour guide! ...spoke great English, answered our many questions, and even showed up with extra umbrellas when the weather was rainy that day! It was very personalized.”
Anna Guengerich
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