9 nights · Winter
Mount Fuji and Izu: a train down the coast, the hot springs of the peninsula and two views of the mountain
From Tokyo down the Izu coast by the Saphir Odoriko, over the Amagi Pass to two inns in the hot-spring valley of central Izu, then north to the foot of Mount Fuji. It ends with two nights in the pine grove at Numazu, where the mountain stands across Suruga Bay, and two facing the summit from the south-east at Subashiri.
- Nights
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- 5
- When
- Winter
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 nightsPalace Hotel TokyoA city hotel on the palace moat, eight to ten minutes' walk from Tokyo station, where the Saphir Odoriko leaves daily at 11:00.
2 · Day trainMaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsSaphir OdorikoTwo and a half hours along the east coast of Izu by Atami and Ito to Izukyu-Shimoda, arriving at 13:29; from Shimoda a car crosses the Amagi Pass to Yugashima in about an hour.
3 · 1 nightArcana IzuSixteen suites above the Kano River at Yugashima, each with its own open-air hot-spring bath, and a French dinner; Asaba is about 20 minutes down the valley by car.
4 · 2 nightsAsaba RyokanA ten-room ryokan at Shuzenji with a Noh stage over its own pond, kept by the same family since 1484, for kaiseki in the room and the baths; the Izuhakone Railway reaches Mishima in about 35 minutes, then a taxi takes about 20 minutes to Numazu.
5 · 2 nightsNumazu ClubEight rooms in the Senbon Matsubara pine grove, with dinner, a modern Chinese course of Suruga Bay fish, served in a tea house of 1913, and a walk through the pines to the shore for Fuji across the bay; Subashiri is about an hour by car.
6 · 2 nightsGora Kadan FujiGora Kadan's second house, opened in 2025 at Subashiri and facing the summit, for the baths and its kaiseki, sushi and teppanyaki counters; leaving, a taxi takes about 40 minutes to Mishima, and the Shinkansen reaches Tokyo in about an hour.
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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