Signature · 12D | 11N
Blossom, Neon & Old Roads
Tokyo, a ryokan under Fuji, Kyoto for four nights with day trips to Nara and Hiroshima, and Osaka to eat. Twelve days on the Tokaido line.
- Best time
- Late March to May, and November
- Route
- Tokyo · Hakone · Kyoto · Osaka
Day by day
12 days, planned in full
Tokyo, a ryokan under Fuji, Kyoto for four nights with day trips to Nara and Hiroshima, and Osaka to eat. Twelve days on the Tokaido line.
Day 1
Arrive in Tokyo
Met at Haneda or Narita, taken to Shinjuku, and given a pocket wifi and a charged IC card. Nothing else planned.
- Night
- Tokyo
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
Old Tokyo
Senso-ji at Asakusa early, the Sumida river by boat, Ueno's park and museums, and Yanaka's lanes, which survived the war and the bubble both.
- Night
- Tokyo
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
New Tokyo
Meiji shrine's forest, Harajuku and Omotesando, teamLab's digital rooms in the afternoon, and Shibuya crossing from above at dusk.
- Night
- Tokyo
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 4
Toyosu, and a day of your own
The tuna auction from the gallery at half past five, sushi for breakfast at Tsukiji, then Akihabara, Shimokitazawa or a long nap.
- Night
- Tokyo
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 5
Down to Hakone
The Romancecar to the hills, then the loop — funicular, ropeway over the sulphur vents, and the pirate ship across Lake Ashi to a ryokan.
- Night
- Hakone
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 6
Fuji, weather permitting
The open-air museum's Picassos and Henry Moores, the shrine gate standing in the lake, and Fuji itself if the cloud lifts. It often does at dawn.
- Night
- Hakone
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 7
Bullet train to Kyoto
Two hours west on the Hikari, with Fuji out of the right-hand windows for four minutes if you are watching, and a hotel near Gion.
- Night
- Kyoto
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 8
Eastern Kyoto
Fushimi Inari at six, Kiyomizu-dera by eight, then Sannenzaka's slopes, Yasaka shrine and Gion's lanes as the lanterns come on.
- Night
- Kyoto
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 9
Arashiyama and the north-west
The bamboo grove first thing, the Hozugawa river by boat, Tenryu-ji's garden, and Kinkaku-ji's gold pavilion late in the day.
- Night
- Kyoto
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 10
Hiroshima and Miyajima
Ninety minutes on the Nozomi to the Peace Park and museum, then the ferry to Miyajima for the floating torii and the deer.
- Night
- Kyoto
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 11
Nara, then Osaka
Todai-ji's great bronze Buddha and the deer park in the morning, then on to Osaka for Dotonbori and as much street food as you can manage.
- Night
- Osaka
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 12
Fly home
The limousine bus or the Haruka express to Kansai airport, forty minutes from the city.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 11 nights — 4 in Tokyo, 2 in a Hakone ryokan, 4 in Kyoto, 1 in Osaka
- Return economy airfare from Delhi or Mumbai
- 7-day Japan Rail Pass, covering the Hakone, Hiroshima and Nara legs
- Hakone free pass for the funicular, ropeway and lake boat
- Kaiseki dinner and breakfast at the ryokan, both nights
- Pocket wifi for the whole trip and a charged IC card each
- All temple and museum entries named in the itinerary
Not included
- Japanese e-Visa fees
- Lunches, and dinners not named in the itinerary
- Travel insurance
- teamLab tickets, which must be timed and booked in advance
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