7 nights · Autumn and winter
Nara, Higashiyama and Ise-Shima: the Shimakaze to Amanemu
A trip from the old capitals to the coast of the Kii peninsula: an inn in the forest behind Kasuga Taisha, a hotel on the Higashiyama hillside, then Kintetsu's Shimakaze to Amanemu above Ago Bay. It is for the shrines of Nara and Ise, and for the Ise lobster, abalone and Matsusaka beef of the coast.
- Nights
- 7
- Stays
- 3
- When
- Autumn and 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 nightsNara Kasugaokuyama TsukihiteiFive houses in the Kasugayama Primeval Forest, about ten minutes' walk from Kasuga Taisha, for the temples and park of Nara early and late in the day, with kaiseki included (arrive by 18:00); the Kintetsu limited express reaches Kyoto in about 35 minutes, and Higashiyama is about 20 minutes by taxi.
2 · 2 nightsBanyan Tree Higashiyama KyotoFifty-two rooms on the hillside beside Kiyomizu-dera, with its own hot spring and a Noh stage by Kengo Kuma, for Higashiyama on foot before the crowds; Kyoto station, for the Shimakaze at 10:00, is about 20 minutes by car, and the hotel's car there is free on direct bookings.
3 · Day trainOka21000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsShimakazeKintetsu's premium train from Kyoto, daily except Wednesdays as a rule, runs by Ise to Kashikojima in about 2 hours 45 minutes, arriving at 12:46 (12:44 at weekends); Amanemu's car meets it for the 20-minute drive.
4 · 3 nightsAmanemuSuites and villas in the manner of farmhouses above Ago Bay, each with its own hot-spring bath, with dinner from Ise lobster, abalone and Matsusaka beef included and a visit to Ise Jingu among its experiences; the Kintetsu limited express from Kashikojima reaches Nagoya in about two hours, for the Shinkansen or Chubu airport.
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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