Private Japan travel, planned personally
Plan your Japan journey directly with the person designing it. Based in Nagoya, Joseph brings together luxury hotels and ryokan, private guiding and cultural experiences in a journey shaped around your interests, pace and priorities.
More than a decade living and working in Japan.
For couples, families and small private groups.
The person behind your journey
Founder · Based in Nagoya, Japan
You plan directly with Joseph, who personally reviews your brief and leads the itinerary design. His interest in food, craft and local traditions sits alongside a practical eye for the rooms, transfers and quieter hours that make a journey work.
From Britain, via Spain and New Zealand, Joseph found a home in Japan. More than a decade living and working here shapes his personal approach to travel.
Start with what you want from Japan. Together, you’ll decide which places deserve your time, where a guide adds something and where to leave the day open.
MoJo first launched online in December 2024.
A sense of what’s possible
A first visit, a family adventure or time for a particular interest. Start with a route that makes sense for the people travelling.
All sample journeys
For familiesFour nights in Tokyo, two in Hakone and five in Kyoto. A gentle arrival, a change of rhythm and only two changes of accommodation.
Room configurations, children’s ages and lighter transfer days come first.
Explore family travel
Food, design & cultureDesign in Tokyo, food in Osaka and cultural context in Kyoto. Selected guiding creates shared discoveries; open time leaves room for individual interests.
Each overnight stop should earn its place in the route.
Explore this route
For twoTokyo’s energy, three nights in Ise-Shima and a cultural finish in Kyoto. A small number of meaningful plans, with time alone together.
The right rooms and comfortable onward journeys shape the experience.
Explore honeymoon planningIllustrative planning concepts—not packages, completed client journeys or fixed-price offers. Routes and arrangements depend on the dates, travelling party, feasibility, pricing and availability. Photographs illustrate a travel direction, not confirmed inclusions or MoJo clients.
Plan your journey
Share your trip plans and Joseph will email you about next steps.
Prefer email? Write to Joseph.Japan, at closer quarters
A conversation over tea. The skill behind a blade. A cultural experience becomes more rewarding with the right context—and time around it.
Explore private cultural experiences
Kyoto
Japanese craftsmanship
Illustrative photography. Experiences, hosts and access are subject to confirmation.
Let the journey become part of the occasion. Routes and availability are subject to confirmation.
Discuss rail in your journeyFrom your first ideas to a clear plan
The right room. A comfortable connection. A quieter afternoon between two full days. Good planning brings these decisions together.
What shapes the budget
Share your dates, interests, priorities and approximate budget. You don’t need a referral or a finished itinerary.
Agree scope, budget and any planning fees. Then we shape the details.
Your arrangements and included support, confirmed before departure.
Hotels and ryokan, private guiding, transport and cultural experiences—planned together for couples, families and small private groups. Each arrangement is subject to availability.
Share your whole-trip budget per person, excluding international flights, and say whether accommodation is included. Your dates, duration and priorities help us establish a realistic scope.
Neither. Bring your approximate dates, travelling party and a few interests. Joseph will help you shape the route.
Joseph reviews your plans and gets in touch. Scope, budget and any planning fees are agreed before detailed design. An enquiry does not reserve or confirm a booking.
Joseph leads the itinerary design and coordination: how your stays, transport, guiding and experiences fit together, and how the journey feels from one day to the next.
MoJo is not a licensed travel agency in Japan. The travel companies and suppliers identified for your journey provide their respective booking and travel services. Before you commit, your proposal and booking documents will identify who handles reservations, who you contract with and pay, and who confirms each arrangement.
Those documents will also set out the assistance included and the contacts to use while you travel. MoJo does not provide a 24/7 concierge or emergency-response service.
A personal beginning
Joseph personally reviews your brief, then emails you to discuss your priorities, budget and next steps.
Plan your journeyNo booking commitment when you enquire.
Prefer email? Write to Joseph.