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South Korea & Japan: featuring the Osaka World Expo 2025 [singles: waitlist only]

September 22 - October 08, 2025
Length: 17 days
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Experience the must-see highlights of South Korea and Japan on this first-class adventure through Seoul, Busan, Kyoto and Tokyo.

Early booking and full payment discounts may apply.

Operated by AHI Travel

Tour Highlights

  • Explore South Korea, from Seoul’s bustling city to Busan’s stunning coast.
  • Experience Japan’s rich history and culture, with its blend of Eastern traditions and Western modernity.
  • Participate in the time-honored tradition and ritual of a Japanese Tea Ceremony.
  • Journey through Japan on a thrilling high-speed bullet train.
  • Try your hand at Taiko drumming, and learn how to make Korean kimchi and Japanese sweets.
  • Admire magnificent shrines, temples, pagodas and gardens.
  • Attend the Osaka World Expo 2025, themed “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.”
  • Visit South Korea’s Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
  • Before you go, try International House alum Inosuke Yamada’s ’25 Ozoni (Traditional New Year’s Soup) recipe. Meshiagare!
  • If you are interested in more information about this trip, please click on the “Reserve Now” button to be taken to the AHI website.

Note that this program was originally promoted with departure dates of Sept. 8 – 24, 2025.  It will now operate Sept. 22 – Oct. 8, 2025 as a shared departure with other alumni travel groups.

* Cal lecturer’s participation cannot be guaranteed and is contingent upon a minimum number of paying travelers.

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