News & Media

Omakase Tour is now listed on the JNTO Sydney website (Japan National Tourism Organization) as a Japan-based tour operator.

Our team photo was taken by ON-1, Inc., a leading creative production studio in Tokyo.

From December 2 to 5, 2024, Omakase Tour participated in ILTM Cannes 2024 for the first time, developing a network of luxury travel agencies, designers, and concierges across Europe.

From November 10 to 13, 2024, Omakase Tour exhibited at Connections Luxury Americas 2024 in Los Angeles, California, building a network of luxury travel agencies, designers, and concierges across the United States and Mexico. It was our first time exhibiting at the event.

Omakase Tour has launched a new Yuzen dyeing activity in Asakusa, Tokyo, introducing guests to the traditional Japanese art of Yuzen dyeing and kimono making. The activity is led by a craftsperson who created garments worn at an Olympic ceremony, and guests dye their own handkerchief using the Yuzen method.

Omakase Tour was awarded Tripadvisor's Best of the Best 2023 for our Yanaka walking tour. Tripadvisor selects the top 10 tours from over 4,000 across Japan, and Omakase placed fifth overall, with our Yanaka tour ranked the number one guided walking tour in Japan.

Omakase Tour updated its team introduction page as new employees from India and Italy joined the company.

Omakase Tour has added a new tour: the Takamatsu Art 6-Hour Tour including the world-famous Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, in the Kagawa area.

Omakase Tour has added a new tour: the Small Group Kyoto Food & Culture Dive, in the Kyoto area.

Omakase Tour has added a new tour: the Manga Drawing Class (1 Standard Lesson) in Nakano, in the Tokyo area.

Takeshi Sakamoto, CEO of Trip Designer Inc., was appointed an inbound tourism expert and advisor by the Japan Tourism Agency, dispatched to support wide-area tourism promotion projects across Japan.

Omakase Tour received the Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award for the fourth year in a row, recognizing consistently outstanding traveler reviews.

Trip Designer Inc. formed a partnership with Have Halal, Will Travel, one of the world's leading Muslim-travel media platforms, to bring Omakase Tour's Muslim-friendly experiences in Japan to a wider global audience.

Omakase Tour launched on November 4, 2015 as an interpreter-guided tour platform of specialized interest tours (SIT) for foreign independent travelers (FIT), including Japan's first Manga tour and a fully halal, Muslim-friendly tour.