Intensive
Japan's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits, no padding, mostly trains.
- First visit
- Base cities: Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka
- culture
- food
- urban
- history
Itinerary
Art and Architecture
- 10 nights
- Medium pace
- Interest-led
Medium pace
Ten nights of world-class art without a single flight. teamLab in Tokyo, the temples-as-galleries of Kyoto, Tadao Ando's concrete museums on Naoshima, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, and Fukuoka to finish. Modern Japan takes its design seriously.
TeamLab, Naoshima's Chichu Museum, Hiroshima Memorial. World-class art without a single flight.
Trip facts
- Length10 nights
- PaceMedium
- Designed forInterest-led
- GatewaysIn via Tokyo, out via Fukuoka
The route, city by city
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- Day 1Arrive
- Day 2Day trip: Yokohama
The world's largest city and Japan's beating heart - an overwhelming, endlessly layered metropolis where every kind of Japan coexists.
Japan's second-largest city and first major port, with a colourful Chinatown, historic waterfront, and excellent ramen museum.
- Day 3Travel in
- Day 4Explore
Japan's ancient capital - 1,200 years of temples, gardens, geisha districts, and craft traditions in a city that still feels imperial.
- Day 5Travel in
- Day 6Explore
Japan's premier art island - Benesse's extraordinary project placing world-class contemporary art within an island fishing village community.
- Day 7Travel in
- Day 8Explore
A city of extraordinary resilience - the atomic bomb memorial, its own okonomiyaki style, and the finest oysters in Japan.
- Day 9Travel in
- Day 10Depart
Japan's fastest-growing city and food capital of the west - Hakata ramen, yatai street stalls, and a young international energy.
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