7 nights · Spring or autumn
The islands off Kyushu: Iki, Goto and Yakushima
From Fukuoka by jetfoil to Iki, then by air to Fukue in the Goto islands and south to the cedar forests of Yakushima. It is for the sea, the island food and walking, with an open-air bath at each of the three stays.
- Nights
- 7
- Stays
- 3
- When
- Spring or 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 · 2 nightsIki Retreat Kairi Murakami by Onko ChishinA twelve-room ryokan on Yunomoto bay, for the island's sea urchin and Iki beef and the sunset over the bay from a bath of its own spring, reached by Kyushu Yusen's jetfoil from Hakata port in about an hour and the inn's car. On to Goto, the jetfoil back to Hakata, about 30 minutes by taxi to Fukuoka airport and a 40-minute ORC or ANA flight reach Fukue in about half a day.
2 · 2 nightsGoto Retreat ray by Onko ChishinA retreat on the lava coast of Fukue, for the churches of the hidden Christians, the beaches and dinner from the island's catch; the ORC or ANA flight from Fukue to Fukuoka takes about 40 minutes, and JAL's one daily flight from Fukuoka to Yakushima about 65. If they do not connect, the Kyushu Shinkansen to Kagoshima-Chuo (about 80 minutes) and Cosmo Line's jetfoil to Anbo (about two hours) are the other way.
3 · 3 nightsSankara Hotel & Spa YakushimaSuites and villas above the sea at Mugio, for three nights to walk in the cedar forest at Yakusugi Land or Shiratani Unsuikyo; the hotel's car meets flights at Yakushima airport (about 40 minutes) and the jetfoil at Anbo. Leaving, the flight to Kagoshima takes about 35 minutes, with direct flights also to Fukuoka and Osaka.
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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