Intensive
Japan's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits, no padding, mostly trains.
- First visit
- Base cities: Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka
- culture
- food
- urban
- history
Itinerary
A First Taste of Japan
- 5 nights
- Medium pace
- First visit
Medium pace
One week off work means about five nights on the ground, and that is plenty for Tokyo and Kyoto if you do not try to bolt on a third city. Three nights in the capital, one Shinkansen west, two nights among Kyoto's temples and lanes. One move, no rushing.
One week off work is enough for the two cities that matter, if you do not rush them.
Trip facts
- Length5 nights
- PaceMedium
- Designed forFirst visit
- GatewaysIn via Tokyo, out via Kyoto
The route, city by city
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- Day 1Arrive
- Day 2Explore
- Day 3Explore
The world's largest city and Japan's beating heart - an overwhelming, endlessly layered metropolis where every kind of Japan coexists.
- Day 4Travel in
- Day 5Depart
Japan's ancient capital - 1,200 years of temples, gardens, geisha districts, and craft traditions in a city that still feels imperial.
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