TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS OF JAPAN TOUR

with Judith Kruger

Featuring specially curated visits to Master-Maker’s studios and much more!

November 1-13, 2025

Kyoto, Tokyo, Nara and Rural Excursions

This is a follow up to our successful 2023 tour. Participants included artists, an architect, musician, interior designer, writer, collectors and appreciators- several experiencing Japan for the first time and others who had been several times prior.

  • Nihonga (Japanese painting), ceramic, printmaking studios

  • Gold leaf artist studio visit

  • Sumi ink factory tour with ink making experience

  • Japanese art materials: pigments, ink, washi paper, brushes

  • Contemporary and traditional architecture

  • Select museum and gallery exhibition visits

  • Generational indigo dyeing family visit

  • Noh Theatre experience

  • Japanese aesthetics, Buddhist practice, the Way of Tea

  • Contemplative gardens, beautiful Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines

  • Special shopping opportunities

  • Vast variety of seasonal, local, regional, artfully prepared cuisine

  • Bi-lingual award-winning tour guide

Email me here to be waitlisted. The tour is now full.