Japan

Trains and cruises

Japan’s cruise trains and its cruises, and the best seat on the trains between your stays.

The best of them are among the hardest things in the country to book from abroad: places go by ballot, each season opens on a set date months ahead, and much of it is in Japanese. Our team in Japan applies for you, and arranges the nights before and after.

Japan

We apply for you

Tell us the journey and the season. Our team in Japan watches the ballots and application dates, applies with the route and suite you want, settles your requests with the operator, and arranges the nights before and after at places we know. At the operator’s own fare.

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Cruise trains

Overnight trains of a few suites, on routes of two to four nights, with the meals on board.

Hakata

Cruise train

Seven Stars in Kyushu

ななつ星in九州

One to four nights · 10 suites

From ¥700,000 per person

Yokohama

Cruise train

The Royal Express

One to three nights · About 100 seats in eight cars

From ¥240,000 per person

Ueno (Tokyo)

Cruise train

Train Suite Shiki-shima

One to three nights · 17 suites

From ¥470,000 per person

Kyoto to Shimonoseki

Cruise train

Twilight Express Mizukaze

One to two nights · 16 rooms

From ¥385,000 per person

Cruises

Guntû, seventeen suites run like a ryokan on the Inland Sea; and, for a longer voyage, Mitsui Ocean’s larger all-suite ships.

Bella Vista Marina

Cruise

Guntû

ガンツウ

Two to four nights · 17 suites

From ¥625,000 per person

Hakata

Cruise

Mitsui Ocean Cruises

三井オーシャンクルーズ

A larger all-suite ship: 229 suites, up to 458 guests

From ¥278,000 per person

The best seat on the way

Not journeys in themselves, but the way to travel between two stays: the dining trains first, then the finer cars on the Shinkansen and the limited expresses, then two local trains with a meal from a local kitchen. We reserve them with the stays either side.