Fred Fong
TWThe Japan Tour was fantastic The Japan Tour was fantastic, way above my expectations. The guide, Hiroshi, took great care of our group, working extremely hard to make sure things go well for all of us. His heart was in his work! Thank you very much. The itinerary was ideal, not too much and not too little. I am a senior citizen, and the amount of walking and sightseeing was just over my limits, but that was great. I had to push myself to keep up, and that gave me a chance to improve my endurance. I appreciate it very much. The sites were all great, filled with cultural treasures. I learned so much more about Japan than I expected. The Japanese keep their country clean, orderly and welcoming. We have so much to learn from them! We also appreciate the fine meals arranged by the tour; all at unique and high quality establishments. We don't travel with tour packages much, but the more frequent travelers in our group mentioned that the meals were definitely a cut above, especially compared to cut-rate offerings (Gate1, for instance.) Bravo, Hiroshi and Ritz! Great job and great value. Highly recommended.
Gaylien Thompson
GBTrip to Japan Gail Thompson Ritz office in LA was very helpful and tour was generally good and Japan is has an interesting history. Tour can be improved by only including only the MOST important castle, temples and shrines. After a few days this becomes too much to enjoy and understand the history. I wanted to go to a tea ceremony and festival but this was not offered at all. I felt that we needed to learn more about their culture. The town I liked the most was Kyoto. Our guide was nice and helpful but much of the information she shared on the bus and inperson could not be fully understood because of her accent. I know that it is hard to lose your accent so I suggested that a summary be given to us so we could read it for ourselves. I will recommend Ritz Tours to others.
Kathleen Farber
GBEnjoyable Trip Thoroughly enjoyed my trip to this beautiful and fascinating country. Hotels were fine, enjoyed all the restaurants. There was so much to see I wished the tour was a little longer. The only thing that was disappointing was a trip to a garden on a day that was pouring rain there. ( Don't remember if it was in Kyoto or Osaka.) Ended up walking back to the bus, was just too wet. Would have been nice if there was a back-up activity in case of rain.
Martin jue
GBRitz had great plans for our food… Ritz had great plans for our food experience. We visited many religious site and touristy venues. Due to weather we missed views and Mt Fuji hike. Hotels were good but worst one was in Kyoto. Tour guide excellent bus drivers good. We could've had fewer shrines and one people to people experience. Rather hectic pace and so much walking.
Karen Hammond
GBSome participants were unprepared which… Some participants were unprepared which negatively impacted everyone. There were a lot of mobility issues which also negatively impacted the group as a whole. There was not enough information given about how the trip would be conducted. Friends and family members never saw each other because they were on a different bus. This was not made clear.