Ancestry Tours in Japan
Tracing your roots: our specialist ancestry tours and services
Ancestry Tours in Japan
If you've always wanted to look deeper into your family tree, trace the origins of Japanese relatives and understand more about the places of importance to your family, TokudAw will help you to do this as part of your bespoke tour of Japan.
Whether you would like to make a stop at a particular town where your ancestors lived, or have us assist you in arranging visits to register offices so you can trace family members and build your family tree, we are more than happy to help. Simply let us know when you get in touch, and we can discuss what you'd like to do. For many of our guests, the opportunity to find out more about their family and meet distant relatives adds a great deal of joy and excitement to their trip!
We receive a large number of enquiries from guests who want to trace their roots, and we are very pleased to be able to help you trace and even meet your Japanese relatives! In many cases, guests ask for assistance finding out more about who their ancestors were and want to plan tours that visit the regions and towns where their ancestors lived and worked to get a better sense of the lives they lived, but requests vary widely, and we do our best to accommodate them all.
What services do we offer?
Because the requirements of each guest visiting Japan to trace their ancestry can be quite different, we urge all guests to contact us so that we can address your specific needs. But to give you an idea, some of the services we offer are below:
- Assistance creating your family tree.
- Obtaining land register information and cadastral maps.
- Visits to places of importance to your ancestors and photography of important locations.
- Arranging contact and meet-ups with your relatives.
- Visiting the final resting places of your ancestors
- Helping you to locate family members you are looking for by visiting national registries and municipal offices.
- Arranging genetic testing at Japanese facilities we are partnered with to provide a better understanding of your lineage.
If you have Japanese roots and are interested in finding out more about what's possible during your visit to Japan with TokudAw, get in touch today and we'll let you know how we can help! Be sure to take a look at the facilities we offer to multi-generational family groups and those with additional accessibility requirements too, if these are applicable to you.
How do I book a tour?
mail Send us a message using our booking form with your planned travel dates, and the general region you would like to visit. Don't worry if it's vague, we love coming up with suggestions!
place We will put together a blend of the best-known sights and lesser-known, authentically Japanese locations – along with some truly hidden gems – and send it back for you to consider.
travel_explore Once you're happy with the plans, we'll get to work booking restaurants and hotels, a delicious mix of Michelin-starred and authentic local flavours, tailored to your likes and dietary requirements. Please let us know if you have any underlying medical condition that we need to be aware of.
luggage Then you're all set: time to pack your suitcase! Our driver will meet you at the airport when you arrive.