5 nights · Autumn
Tokyo and Nikko in autumn: the shrines, and a lake under Mount Nantai
A short trip for a first visit: two nights in Tokyo, then the Spacia X to Nikko for a night a walk from the shrines of Toshogu and two on the shore of Lake Chuzenji, high in the national park.
- Nights
- 5
- 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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Have it reviewed for USD 85The trip, leg by leg
1 · 2 nightsImperial Hotel, TokyoThe city's old grand hotel, facing Hibiya Park between Ginza and the palace; Asakusa, where the Spacia X leaves, is about 20 minutes by taxi.
2 · Day trainSpacia XTobu's limited express from Asakusa reaches Tobu-Nikko in about 1 hour 50 minutes, four times a day; the inn is about 10 minutes by taxi from the station.
3 · 1 nightFufu NikkoTwenty-four suites on the site of the imperial villa's annexe of 1914, each with an open-air bath, about 15 minutes' walk from Toshogu and Rinno-ji; Lake Chuzenji is up the hairpins of the Iroha-zaka, about 45 minutes by the Tobu bus from the station.
4 · 2 nightsThe Ritz-Carlton, NikkoOn the shore of Lake Chuzenji looking across to Mount Nantai, with hot-spring water piped from Yumoto, for the Kegon falls and the walks round the lake; the bus down to Tobu-Nikko takes about 45 minutes, and the Spacia X reaches Asakusa in about 1 hour 50 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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Each one a starting point: we build the trip around your dates, your pace and who is travelling.
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