10-Day Kyushu Family Tour for (Singapore Guests)

 

What our Guests have to say

We would like to express our utmost gratitude and appreciation for

the thoughtful itinerary and arrangements for our group by

Japan Kyushu Tourist and Takako-san

This was a family trip for the parents as they have not had a vacation

2015 til the end of the pandemic. I found Japan Kyushu Tourist on

the Internet while looking for options as our tour of Kyushu with

JTB Sg office  had to be cancelled due to insufficient participants. 

The process of engaging with Japan Kyushu Tourist was very personal

and smooth, I was asked if I had any themes, location or activity wish

lists in mind to visit. I had very simple wants and highlighted my mom’s 

vegetarian meal needs, a couple of activities like fruit picking,

and a request for 1.5days free and easy in FUK before we departed,

also I stated that we are a chill group who didn’t need a “marathon

itinerary” that requires us to wake up super early

everyday and cover miles in a bus to cover everything, just good

food and some sightseeing peppered with own time to do shopping

will be good. 

 

Takako-san got the above description down pat, the itinerary’s pace

was exactly what worked for us. We would check out by 9am after

a hearty hotel breakfast each morning and reach a point of interest

1.5-2hrs away in a new city each day, 2-3 places of interest with

even up to 2hrs time per place. The English speaking driver,

Mr Mark Monden, assigned to our group was always looking out

for our interest too. When we couldn’t see Mt. Aso due to bad weather,

he researched on a nearby children’s petting zoo with cute activities

where we could visit.

Admission fee was not included and an additional cost to us but

we were very appreciative of the effort and thought especially when

we noted other bigger tour groups’ participants were just

hanging around the museum area because they were just placed

there. Sure we did not have a tour guide attached to us unlike

if we followed a big tour group like JTB but our driver Mark-san was

so considerate and always told us how much time we spend at each

place was up to us. When it was raining at the fish market, 

Mark-san told us we could even bring our purchases to eat inside

the van if we liked and he always found a place close to wait patiently

in the van for us at each location, just in case we needed him at any time.

Little things like that felt big and I keep feeling grateful that I found

Japan Kyushu Tourist. 

 

Takako-san and Masa-san were also always super prompt to respond.

(Of course for fellow vacation planners, please be professional even

though it’s vacation planning and reciprocate with punctuality on 

timelines and communication ) . 

I actually didn’t expect Japan to be so very crowded with tourists now

as I wasn’t following the news weeks before due to work. But the entire

itinerary was so well organized we weren’t impacted. We checked

ourselves in at hotel receptions with our passports citing “Japan

Kyushu Tourist” (tip to keep the Katakana wording of that on hand too,

as some places the hotel staff may not be too proficient in English),

the accommodations arranged were super comfortable.

best meal was the dinner at hotel on our first night in Harazuru, parents

were gushing throughout the meal! Plus the beautiful onsen!!

All the other hotels with onsens, the breakfast spreads were yum.

Whenever in the city area, we were placed in hotels that

are conveniently located near main train stations with malls.

The entire trip was a perfect balance of sightseeing and then personal

time for shopping each evening after 5pm!!

It’s also the perfect balance between a self planned vacation and the

hectic itinerary of a tour group, 

I Loved that we were more in control of our time even with a planned

itinerary. 

 

We appreciate the beauty of Kyushu so much now. My sister and

I had a chat and we think should return  to Japan in future, it will

be back to this region via Fukuoka rather than Tokyo, where the

people are warmer and more receptive of tourists especially since

the crowding started.

 

Tour Details

・Group Size: 4 persons

・Transportation: Private car with English speaking driver 

・Route : Harazuru OnsenーNagasakiーkumamotoーAsoーBeppu

　　KitakyushuーDazaifuーItoshimaーYanagawaーFukuoka