Join HE Travel President Phil Sheldon to explore the unique culture of Japan, where he lived for three years. Our gay Japan tour starts in modern Tokyo, then pauses in the traditional mountain samurai town of Takayama. Next is Kyoto, with its abundance of temples and gardens and a visit to an art museum built into a hillside. Our carefully designed Extension visits either the world-renowned Benesse Art Site on Naoshima Island or the remote lush Iya Valley on Shikoku Island. It concludes in Hiroshima to see both the solemn Peace Park and beautiful Miyajima Island.