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Away to Japan

Kyoto Quiet, Tokyo Neon

10 days · 9 nightsJapanFrom ₹3,95,000

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The Journey

Begin in old Kyoto with private tea ceremonies and the bamboo light of Arashiyama, then cross to Tokyo for ramen alleyways, contemporary art, and a final ryokan night by the Oi River.

  • Private tea ceremony in a Higashiyama machiya
  • Dawn at Fushimi Inari
  • Sushi-counter dinner in Tsukiji
  • Bullet train to Hakone and Mount Fuji

Day by Day

The shape of the 10 days.

Arrive Kyoto

Settle into a riverside ryokan. Kaiseki dinner.

Higashiyama

Tea ceremony in a machiya, then Kiyomizu-dera at golden hour.

Arashiyama & Fushimi

Bamboo grove at dawn, then the vermilion gates of Fushimi Inari.

Nara day trip

Todai-ji, the deer park, and a long lunch in the old town.

Shinkansen to Tokyo

Check into a design hotel in Otemachi. Evening in Ginza.

Tsukiji & contemporary art

Sushi-counter breakfast, then teamLab Borderless in the afternoon.

Hakone & Fuji

Day trip to a hot-spring ryokan with Mount Fuji on the horizon.

Tokyo neighbourhoods

Yanaka in the morning, Shimokitazawa in the afternoon.

Free day

Optional Mount Takao hike, or a final shopping crawl through Aoyama.

Onward

Transfer to Haneda or Narita.

What's in the price

Included

  • 9 nights mix of ryokan and design hotels
  • JR Pass for 7 days
  • All transfers and a Japan-rail-savvy guide for 3 days
  • Daily breakfast and three signature dinners

Not included

  • International flights
  • Most lunches
  • Personal expenses

In Pictures

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Things you might ask

And the honest answers.

Late March for cherry blossom, early November for koyo (autumn colour).

For this itinerary yes, the Kyoto–Tokyo–Hakone legs alone justify it.

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