STEM: Japan

Delve into Japan’s world-leading STEM innovations on this 9 day adventure! From Tokyo’s cutting-edge science and art museums to Nagoya’s high-tech attractions and Kyoto’s iconic temples, this tour blends modern innovation with cultural highlights. Enjoy hands-on experiences like Taiko drumming lessons and manga workshops, and round out the tour at Universal Studios in Osaka. 

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STEM: Japan

Delve into Japan’s world-leading STEM innovations on this 9 day adventure! From Tokyo’s cutting-edge science and art museums to Nagoya’s high-tech attractions and Kyoto’s iconic temples, this tour blends modern innovation with cultural highlights. Enjoy hands-on experiences like Taiko drumming lessons and manga workshops, and round out the tour at Universal Studios in Osaka. 

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9 days

Destinations

TokyoKyotoNagoya

Your Adventure

1 Arrive in Tokyo
  • Meet your tour director and check into hotel
2 Tokyo
  • The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation visit Explore hands-on exhibits on robotics, space, AI, and environmental innovation, including interactive displays and demonstrations with humanoid robots such as ASIMO, showcasing how emerging technologies shape our future.
  • The Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park visit In the event of a large-scale disaster, such as an earthquake centered below Tokyo, The Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park acts as a central base of operations for disaster prevention in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area that houses emergency response facilities including local disaster management headquarters, as well as institutions that compile disaster-related information and coordinate emergency disaster measures.
  • TeamLabs Planets visit TeamLab Planets is a museum comprised of 4 large-scale artwork spaces and 2 gardens created by art collective teamLab. Visitors go barefoot and immerse themselves in the vast artworks together with others. The artworks change under the presence of people, blurring the perception of boundaries between the self and the works. Other people also create change in the artworks, blurring the boundaries between themselves and the works, and creating a continuity between the self, the art, and others.
3 Tokyo
  • Tsukuba guided excursion Tsukuba Space Centre visit, Cyberdyne Studios visit, Lunch, AIST-Cube visit
    Located an hour north of Tokyo, Tsukuba is knows as "Japan's Science City". It is home to Tsukuba Science City and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
  • Shabu-Shabu dinner
4 Tokyo
  • Suginami Animation Museum visit Anime is one of Japan’s largest creative industries. The first Japanese animation was produced in 1917, and today both Anime and Manga, Japan’s distinct style of comic art, are loved worldwide for their detail, storytelling, and expressive range. During this visit, students can experience the process of creating anime themselves, including animation drawing and stop-motion recording.
  • National Institute for Materials Science guided visit NIMS, the National Institute for Materials Science, is a world-class research institution specializing in materials research across metals, organic, and inorganic substances.
5 Tokyo - Nagoya
  • Travel to Otsuki
  • Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center visit The center was opened in 2014, alongside the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line, a 42.8 km length of track where Maglev train test runs are taking place in preparation for commercial use. It is the only place in Japan where visitors can see a Maglev train up-close running at a speed of 500 km/hour. Yes, 500 km per hour!
  • Travel to Nagoya via Bullet Train
6 Nagoya - Kyoto
  • Nagoya Science Museum visit The Nagoya City Science Museum is one of Japan’s leading science centres, known for its striking silver globe housing one of the world’s largest planetariums. The museum features interactive, hands-on exhibits covering topics such as space, physics, biology, weather, and environmental science. Explore realistic science labs, experience a simulated tornado or cold room, and enjoy dynamic demonstrations that make complex scientific concepts easy to understand.
  • Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology guided visit
  • Travel to Kyoto via bullet train
7 Kyoto
  • Kyoto International Manga Museum visit
  • Kyoto International Manga Museum workshop Museum staff will carefully guide you through an introduction of manga, its drawing techniques, and tips on how to draw characters, explanations of manga 'manpu' (symbols and signs) which express characters' feelings.
  • Nijo Castle visit
  • Fushimi Inari Shrine visit Fushimi Inari Taisha is one of Japan’s most iconic Shinto shrines, famous for its thousands of bright vermilion torii gates that form winding paths up Mount Inari.
8 Kyoto
  • Kinkaku-ji temple (Golden Pavilion) visit
  • Tenryu-ji Temple visit
  • Japanese Taiko drum lesson Enjoy a hands-on cultural experience with local musicians that will refresh your body and mind. Learn about the history and basic structure of the taiko drumming technique with a simple traditional song.
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove visit The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is one of Kyoto’s top sights and for good reason: standing amid these soaring stalks of bamboo is like being in another world.
  • Nonomiya shrine visit
  • Gion District city walk Visit the historical area of Gion which is most know for its Geisha culture.
9 Depart Japan
  • Travel to Osaka
  • Universal Studios (1-day pass)
  • Depart on your flight home

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