Kyoto · City break
Kyoto Cherry Blossom Trail
A week timed to the blossom forecast — the Philosopher's Path at dawn, Arashiyama, and a night in a temple.
7 days · 10 Sep
₦4,080,000
per person
Luxury
★ 5.0 · 1 reviews
Japan Classic: Tokyo, Hakone & Kyoto
Twelve days on the Golden Route with a rail pass, a ryokan with private onsen, and Fuji from the water.
- Duration
- 12 days
- Group size
- max 12
- Departures
- 3 dates
- Destination
- Japan
Photographs
About this trip
Tokyo for four nights, Hakone for two in a ryokan with an in-room onsen, then Kyoto and Nara. Shinkansen throughout on a Japan Rail Pass, with luggage forwarded ahead so you never carry a case onto a train.
Day by day
Transfer and an early night.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Dinner
Meiji Jingū, Harajuku and Shibuya.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Tsukiji outer market, Asakusa and the Sumida river.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Optional day trip to Nikkō or Kamakura.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
The Romancecar, then the ropeway over the sulphur vents.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Lake Ashi, the open-air museum, and Fuji if it shows itself.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Shinkansen west, afternoon in Gion.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Kiyomizu-dera and the eastern hills.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Arashiyama and the bamboo grove.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Tōdai-ji, the deer park and Kasuga Taisha.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Markets, or the Fushimi gates again at dawn.
- Night
- Selected 4★ hotel or similar
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Transfer to Kansai.
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
What’s included
Included
- Accommodation as described
- Daily breakfast
- All transfers and transport in destination
- English-speaking local guide
- All entrance fees listed in the itinerary
- 24/7 emergency contact while travelling
- 7-day Japan Rail Pass
- Two nights ryokan with private onsen
- Luggage forwarding between cities
Not included
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Visa fees where applicable
- Lunches and drinks unless stated
- Tips and personal expenses
Departure dates
What travellers said
Luggage forwarding changes everything
Twelve days and I never once carried a suitcase up a station staircase. Fuji showed itself on the second morning in Hakone. Faultless organisation.
Ibrahim Salleh
Japan Classic: Tokyo, Hakone & Kyoto
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