Goldberg On Japan

Japan Customized Travel Design

Our Services

Goldberg on Japan's itinerary crafting and consulting includes specialized multilingual guides; luxury and traditional accommodations; hands-on and behind-the-scenes experiences at temples, private workshops, and individual homes; land adventures and water activities - biking, hiking, kayaking, historic river-and-lake-boat rides; and intimate ceremonies, like the Goma Fire Ritual at Mt. Takao, Narita-san Temple, and elsewhere. 

Goldberg on Japan paves the way for exclusive encounters with noted artisans and sensei - tea and ikebana (flower) masters; papermakers; ceramic, bamboo, textile, and lacquerware craftspeople; chefs and sweet-makers; sake brewers and whisky distillers, maiko and geisha (geiko in Kyoto), and so much more. 

We secure tickets to museums and exhibitions, traditional and modern performances, ephemeral festivals, theme parks (including VIP entries), baseball games, sumo wrestling matches and training sessions, etc. 

We also make restaurant recommendations and reservations, schedule and book transportation, and arrange greeters to meet you at the airport or on your train platform and smoothly transfer you to your hotel or from one train to another at major station hubs.

We arrange the All-Japan Rail Pass, regional JR Passes, and even passes for other train lines that many travel planners haven't even heard of. 

About

Marian Goldberg, the Founder of Goldberg on Japan, is a Japan travel authority and luxury Japan travel designer, who was the North American Public Relations Manager for the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) for 11 years (1997-2008) and the US representative for the city of Kyoto for two years (2012-2014).

She has and continues to consult for a number of Japanese regional governments, travel business, and tourism marketing companies. She has traveled to Japan nearly 50 times, exploring the country in-depth. 

She has been featured in the New York Times (7 times), USAToday, Mastercard’s Luxury Card magazine & Mastercard's Luxury Card magazine (2 times), the Washington Post (4 times), J@pan•Inc, Fox, NBC News before and during the Tokyo Olympics, and in Forbes online about Japan travel during Covid-19, and recently in two Forbes articles Japan Tourism is Back and Japan's Hidden Gems. 

She has also been featured in blogs, such as Out of Nowhere Travel and the Bittman Project, by renowned food writer, Mark Bittman. You can hear her on podcasts, such as Places I Remember. Until its cancelation in 2021, she was a regular presenter on Japan at the New York Times Travel Show, which launched her Japan travel planning service.

In December 2020, Marian introduced Jewish heritage travel in Japan via a virtual Japan House Los Angeles seminar. In October 2021 she was interviewed about Tokyo by Kevin McCullough on WNYM Radio Night Live.

Marian is a JNTO certified Japan Travel Specialist and has written about Japan for a number of media outlets, specifically the travel trade publication “Destinations by Jax Fax,” where she is a contributor on Asia.

In May 2023 and 2024, she participated in panel discussions with key travel industry executives and Asian-American political figures at the Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage celebrations in Albany, NY and Queens, NY respectively. 

As a consultant to the team promoting Tokyo CVB, Tobu Railway Group, and Tokyu Hotels, she assists other media and travel agents with their Japan travel planning, and she writes Japan-related press releases, newsletters, and blogs. Sometimes she works with K Communications LLC to promote Japanese restaurants, food, and drink. In November 2021, she promoted the LA Eats Japan food and cultural festival in Los Angeles, garnering coverage in English, Japanese, and Chinese language media, including a live spot on KTLA’s morning show and feature in Time Out Los Angeles. She is an Associate Member of SATW (the Society of American Travel Writers), a member of NY PATA, and an  Acitv8 Tsunagu "Bridge Builder".

Marian holds an MS in Tourism Marketing Management from the New School University and has taught in the tourism graduate program at New York University, the undergraduate tourism program at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and the Associates Degree program in Tourism at LaGuardia Community College. Her company, Goldberg On Japan is an Independent Contractor with Courtyard Travel, a Tzell Travel Affiliate and member of Signature Travel Network and InterNova.

More than twenty years ago, she brought her two then young children to Japan; that trip continues to impact them as adults today.

Contact Us

Are you ready to plan your Japan Adventure, Honeymoon, Family Vacation, Ski Trip, Wellness Retreat, or Cruise?

Let us know how we can assist!

Send an email at: mariangoldberg@courtyardtvl.com or call, text, or WhatsApp at +1-347-559-6462.

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