Here’s what participants say about Artsinspire Japan Tours. Please let me know if you would like to chat to these people about their tour. They are most willing to talk to others about their experience.

We love going to Japan with Gillian. It feels like a ‘real’ adventure with a group of friends, a far cry from the tourist treadmill. Local transport and neighbourhood eating places bring us close to the very friendly Japanese people as we marvel at this beautiful country. Be it a famous shrine or little-known village, speeding shinkansen or breathtaking garden, we feel Gillian takes us to the ‘true’ Japan. Can’t wait to go again!”

Travelling with Gillian Jones delights mind, soul, heart and stomach. She is by far the most well-informed, sensitive, patient, fun, ingenious, and creative tour guide I’ve ever met in four decades of travelling. Japan becomes impossibly rich thanks to her fluency in Japanese - she even gave me exact directions to the best paper store in Tokyo, where I could have stayed forever. Can’t wait to travel with Gillian again!”

Gillian’s tour of Japan in cherry blossom time was a shot in the dark which paid off many fold. We found it on the internet and it sounded exciting and different from the usual Japanese tours. In Kyoto we joined nine Australians who immediately made us feel members of the group. Gillian is very knowledgeable and had worked out a tour of some famous sites as well taking us off the beaten track. We saw so much, experienced a little of Japanese life and enjoyed some amazing Japanese meals. We even became confident enough to use the buses and trains when on our own. Being a small group, individual interest could be catered for. We would not hesitate to join another of Gillian’s tours.”