Tokyo → Hakone → Kyoto → Nara → Osaka
Temples, Tea & Bullet Trains
Duration
12 days
Best time
Mar–May, Oct–Nov
From
$8,900 pp
Overview
Neon Tokyo, a ryokan by Mount Fuji and slow days among Kyoto's temples, linked by the famous shinkansen.
This is our most-loved first journey to Japan. It balances the electric energy of Tokyo with the calm of a hot-spring ryokan in Hakone and four unhurried days in Kyoto, Japan's cultural heart.
Private guides reveal hidden izakaya, sumo stables and Zen gardens, while Green Car rail passes and luggage forwarding make travelling between cities effortless.
Highlights
- ✦Tsukiji food walk with a Michelin-trained chef
- ✦Ryokan with a private onsen facing Mount Fuji
- ✦Dawn visit to Fushimi Inari
- ✦Private tea ceremony in a Zen temple
- ✦Street-food evening in Osaka's Dotonbori
Day by day
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Route is indicative. Every journey can be reordered, shortened or extended.
What's included
- 11 nights in handpicked luxury hotels and a ryokan
- Daily breakfast and 4 special dinners
- Private guides in every city
- Green Car rail passes and luggage forwarding
- All transfers and entrance fees
- 24/7 on-trip support
Not included
- International flights (we're happy to arrange them)
- Travel insurance
- Visas where required
- Personal expenses and gratuities
