Kyoto: Japan's historical and cultural heart, capital for over 1,000 years, and popular destination for travellers across the world. When travelling to Kyoto, make sure to book your bullet train tickets and accommodation together at JAPANiCAN.com! With our Shinkansen Tours, a bargain package designed especially for visitors to Japan, you can reserve your bullet train tickets and room with ease, plus save up to 58%! (Based on rates effective until December 2009 including tours to areas other than Kyoto.) Compared with the Japan Rail Pass, which can only be reserved in multiples of 7 days, the Shinkansen Tour has daytrips and short 2-3 day options, giving you more choices and more value!

To take full advantage of Kyoto's variety of sightseeing areas, we recommend round-trip tickets on the Nozomi Shinkansen, and a two-night stay in one of Kyoto's hotels with the "Free Plan Kyoto 3 Days by Nozomi Super Express Early Rise". "Early Rise" tours feature an earlier departure, giving you more time to enjoy Kyoto, plus they're 500 yen cheaper!

The "Free Plan Kyoto" Shinkansen Tours have options ranging from same-day return trips to 6-day stays. You can also choose to ride on either the Nozomi or Hikari trains, with Nozomi being the fastest. One-way tickets are also available. For stays longer than 6 days, please contact JAPANiCAN Customer Support for special arrangement possibilities.

Tour reservations can be made until 8 days before the day of departure. Accommodation options begin with standard-class hotels, and high-class hotels and ryokan (Japanese style inns) are also available, with 10 choices in total. Single bookings are possible for hotels, but require a Single Supplement charge.

Train tickets, itinerary, map to hotel, and more are included in the welcome kit provided to all Shinkansen Tour participants. The kit is delivered to hotels for those who are staying in Japan prior to leaving on the Shinkansen Tour. For those who want to take a tour directly after arrival in Japan, we can deliver the kit to Tokyo Station's ticket gate as well! Please contact JAPANiCAN Customer Support for details.

We wanted to see what our customers get to experience on the Shinkansen Tour, so JAPANiCAN staffers Kazumi and Rie hopped on the bullet train and sped off to Japan's ancient capital. Read all of their experiences here!