Japan
When
March to May | Oct to Nov
Price
From 7 500€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
8 nights
Ideal length
A journey in two movements: the old Japan of Kyoto, its wooden temples and moss gardens, then the electric vertigo of Tokyo. In between, a night at a mountain ryokan, feet in the onsen, head in the clouds.
The trip begins at a traditional ryokan in the Gion district, where the wooden lanes still hold a little of their evening mystery. The first days follow a slow, early-morning rhythm: the thousand torii gates of Fushimi Inari before the crowds arrive, a private tea ceremony, then the Arashiyama bamboo grove and a riverside tofu kaiseki lunch. A stop along the way, at a mountain ryokan in Hakone with Mount Fuji views and a private onsen soak, closes this first chapter before Tokyo.
Arriving in Tokyo changes the register entirely: Shibuya Crossing at dusk, an izakaya tucked into a Shinjuku alley, neon lights until late. The next day opens with a sushi breakfast at the Tsukiji outer market, before an afternoon at teamLab Planets, the digital art museum where you walk barefoot through water. The trip closes with a free morning — Meiji Shrine or Harajuku's vintage backstreets, depending on the day's mood.
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Ryokan Gion-an
A traditional ryokan with just a handful of rooms, steps from the lanes of Gion. Tatami floors, futons made up each evening, and kaiseki served in-room — Japanese hospitality at its most attentive.
The Shibuya Loft
A design hotel perched above Shibuya, minimalist rooms with floor-to-ceiling views over the city that never sleeps. A late-opening rooftop bar, for lingering over the neon a little longer.
