8 nights · Autumn
Kyushu in autumn: a dining train to Yufuin, and the spa villages of the hills
A trip through the hot-spring country of Kyushu, flying into Fukuoka and out of Kagoshima, with a castle town on the sea, two spa villages in the hills and a villa in Kirishima. Between Hakata and Yufuin, lunch is served on the Aru Ressha, JR Kyushu's dining train.
- Nights
- 8
- Stays
- 3
- When
- Autumn
Japan
We build it around you
Tell us your dates, your pace and who is travelling. We draw the route around them, choose the inns and rooms, arrange the trains and cars between each stay, and stay one point of contact from the first plan to the last night. Every stay at its own rate.
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1 · Day trainHana1213, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAru ResshaLunch by Yoshihiro Narisawa on the three-hour run from Hakata to Yufuin, on one of the train's set dates, arriving in the early afternoon.
2 · 2 nightsSanso MurataTwelve houses in the Yufuin woods, each with its own hot-spring bath; Kurokawa is about an hour and a quarter by car over the Yamanami Highway.
3 · 2 nightsTakefueVillas in bamboo and maple near Kurokawa Onsen, for the village's bathhouses and the leaves; Kirishima is about three hours by car on the Kyushu Expressway.
4 · 2 nightsTenku no MoriVillas far apart on a hilltop in Kirishima, each with its own open-air bath, for the end of the trip; Kagoshima airport is 15 minutes away for the flight home.
Make it yours
This is one way to do it. We change the stays, their order and the nights in each to suit you, move it to the season you want, and plan the days between: the trains and cars, the restaurants worth the detour, a quieter night where the route needs one. Tell us your dates and who is travelling, and our team in Japan will draw up your own.
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