Science meets tradition,
robots to torii gates.
Japan lets a school group hold two ideas at once: a country running the world’s fastest trains and most advanced robots, and one that still bows at eight-hundred-year-old temples. Over eight days, Classes 8 to 12 move from Tokyo’s science halls — JAXA or the Miraikan, TeamLab, Shibuya and Skytree — to Hakone’s volcanic valleys under Mt Fuji, then ride the Shinkansen to Kyoto for Fushimi Inari’s torii gates, Arashiyama and Kinkaku-ji, closing through Nara’s Todai-ji into Osaka. These are guided visits and self-paced walks rather than lab sessions, and Japan’s trains and museum slots are booked and timed well ahead.
A hands-on robotics and AI lab session, programming and re-programming in real time.- A guided visit to JAXA, Japan's space agency, with mission-control replicas and satellite hardware.
- A systems-thinking exercise timed against the Shinkansen's near-perfect punctuality.
- Temple architecture studied as anti-seismic design across four centuries.
- A university campus visit with a student-led tour and an admissions overview.
Arrival & Odaiba
Arrive Tokyo (Narita/Haneda); evening visit to the Odaiba area and Rainbow Bridge.
JAXA/Miraikan & Senso-ji
Tokyo — JAXA or the Miraikan Science Museum (robotics/space) in the morning; Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa in the afternoon.
TeamLab, Shibuya & Skytree
Tokyo — TeamLab Planets digital art, Shibuya Crossing and Tokyo Skytree for urban-planning perspective.
Hakone & Mt Fuji
Travel to the Mt Fuji / Hakone area; Owakudani volcanic valley and a Lake Ashi boat cruise.
Shinkansen to Kyoto & Fushimi Inari
Shinkansen bullet train to Kyoto; Fushimi Inari Shrine and its vermilion torii gates.
Arashiyama & Kinkaku-ji
Kyoto — Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion); optional tea-ceremony workshop.
Nara & Osaka
Nara Park and Todai-ji Temple (Giant Buddha); evening in Osaka at Dotonbori.
Departure
Transfer to Kansai International Airport (or back to Tokyo) for the flight to India.
Designed for the
science-and-culture minded
Classes 8–12
Robotics, Space & Culture
Guided Visits, Not Lab Access
Fast-Paced, High-Mileage Week
Everything you
need to know
How are students supervised across so many cities?
One chaperone per ten students, always including a female chaperone; all Picknic staff are police-verified and first-aid certified. We keep a doctor-on-call arrangement, and because the itinerary moves city to city, headcounts are taken at every train and site. Parents get a WhatsApp update each evening with photos and the next day's plan.
How far ahead should we book, and what about visas?
What's included, and how is a school group costed?