6 nights · Any season
A short first trip: Tokyo, a night in a Kaga ryokan, and Kyoto
Six nights for a first visit: Tokyo, then the Hokuriku Shinkansen to a ryokan in the hills of Kaga for one night of baths and kaiseki, and on to Kyoto. It goes between the two cities by the Sea of Japan side rather than the Tokaido, with only two changes of hotel.
- Nights
- 6
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- 3
- When
- Any season
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 nightsThe Tokyo Station HotelIn the restored red-brick building of Tokyo Station, for the palace gardens, Marunouchi and Ginza on foot; the Kagayaki leaves from the platforms below.
2 · Day trainMaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGranClassGranClass on the Kagayaki: two a day stop at Kaga-Onsen, about 2 hours 45 minutes from Tokyo; on the others, change at Kanazawa. Yamanaka Onsen is about 20 minutes by taxi.
3 · 1 nightThe KayoteiTen rooms on a wooded estate above the river at Yamanaka Onsen, for one night of baths and kaiseki in a private tatami room; the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Tsuruga and the Thunderbird reach Kyoto in about an hour and three-quarters.
4 · 3 nightsFour Seasons Hotel KyotoA hotel built round a Heian-period pond garden at the foot of the Higashiyama hills, about 15 minutes' walk from Kiyomizu-dera, for the temples of the east side; Kyoto station is 8 minutes by car, and the Haruka reaches Kansai airport in about 75 minutes.
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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