Japan Delight with Hiroshima(private 3 star hotel rooms)

This is a coach tour that moves steadily across Japan's main sights, from Osaka down through Hiroshima and Himeji, then up through Kyoto to Tokyo. You get a broad sweep of the country's history and culture in a short space of time, with a private room to yourself each night in 3-star hotels.

The route takes in a working sake brewery, a preserved Edo-period canal town, the Miyajima shrine and Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, and Himeji's castle, before Kyoto's shrines and deer park and a stop by Lake Yamanaka for views of Mt Fuji. The tour ends with two nights in Tokyo, including a day left free to explore on your own.

It suits travellers who want to cover a lot of ground and see Japan's headline sights without organising the logistics themselves.

What you'll do

• Visit the Nadagiku Shuzo sake brewery near Kobe
• Wander the canals of Kurashiki's Bikan Historical Quarter
• See Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island and the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
• Walk the grounds of Himeji Castle
• Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine and Nara Deer Park in Kyoto
• Take in views of Mt Fuji from Lake Yamanaka