Preparing…
Japan, planned properly
Your one big trip to Japan should not be a research project.
Planning Japan turns into a second job. Twenty open tabs, three Reddit threads, a spreadsheet you started and abandoned. Whether you have a rough draft or nothing at all, you read everything and still aren't sure you got it right.
Hand it to a new kind of travel agent instead: a Japan expert working with the best travel AI on the market. We build the whole plan from scratch, or we sharpen the draft you have. You get a plan you can book, not another week of homework.
And it doesn't end when the brief arrives. Every pick rides along in a field guide on your phone, and when plans shift at 10pm you message the Shiori concierge and ask what to do; it knows your plan, your bookings, and your backups, and answers any hour of the trip. No other travel agent flies home with you.
Begin your brief
You receive two bookable options with tradeoffs, or your existing plan back, sharpened. Each option covers your route, bases, day-by-day shape, transfers, and the reservations that need booking, with dates.
Full brief from $600Sharpen from $350
Every full brief includes the Shiori concierge from the day you land to the day you leave. Whatever comes up, from etiquette to a missed reservation, it answers from your brief, not the open internet.
Sharpen credited toward a full brief if you upgrade. Exact fee quoted before any work begins.
- We read your trip and reply within one business day
- Nothing to pay until you choose to start
- Every brief reviewed and signed by a person
How it unfolds
- Step 1.
Hand it over
Paste the plan you have or answer a few questions. Rough notes are fine. Five minutes, not an evening.
- Step 2.
AI goes wide
Every route, season, transfer, and reservation window around your trip, researched wider than any person could go by hand. The work that eats weekends, done in hours.
- Step 3.
John knows Japan
He reads every brief, keeps what earns its place, and signs what ships. His judgment is what you are paying for.
- Step 4.
You book it
Two complete options with their tradeoffs, or your plan back, sharpened. You stop researching and start booking.
The field guide
And a guide that lives on your phone while you're there.
The brief plans the trip; the field guide carries it. Every vetted Tokyo pick sits pinned on a live map, and behind each pin is the why, what to order, and when to go. It joins your brief for $59.
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The concierge
Part of Shiori stays awake while you travel.
The Shiori concierge comes with every full brief, awake for the length of your trip. When the day shifts, ask it about the route, the reservations, the backups we vetted, etiquette, and the logistics in between. It answers from your brief and our vetted picks, not the open internet.
Shiori
Your trip · Kyoto, day 6
It's raining in Kyoto, what's plan B for this afternoon?
Your afternoon was the Philosopher's Path, which is no fun in a downpour. Swap it for the Raku Museum, fifteen minutes from your Gion base and already on your brief's backup list; it usually closes at 4:30, so check today's hours at the door. Your 7:00 dinner in Gion is indoors and stays as planned.
And if the rain stops by 5?
Then walk the Path north to Hōnen-in before dusk; the stones are at their best just after rain. Dinner stays as planned.
Included with every full brief.
And the flights
We get you there in business class, on the points you already have.
The seat to Tokyo that can top five figures in cash, reachable with the points already in your accounts. We work out which program actually gets you there and map every transfer before you move a point. The award plan comes inside your brief.