Intensive
Japan's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits, no padding, mostly trains.
- First visit
- Base cities: Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka
- culture
- food
- urban
- history
Itinerary
The Central Highlands
- 10 nights
- Medium pace
- Returning visitor
Medium pace
The middle of the country is its highest and quietest. Ten nights from Tokyo to Nagano's mountain temple and the snow monkeys, the alpine village of Hakuba, Takayama's morning markets and old town, ending in Nagoya for the flight out.
Snow monkeys, the Japan Alps, thatched post towns, and Takayama's morning markets.
Trip facts
- Length10 nights
- PaceMedium
- Designed forReturning visitor
- GatewaysIn via Tokyo, out via Nagoya
The route, city by city
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- Day 1Arrive
- Day 2Explore
The world's largest city and Japan's beating heart - an overwhelming, endlessly layered metropolis where every kind of Japan coexists.
- Day 3Travel in
- Day 4Explore
The 1998 Winter Olympics host city, home to Zenko-ji - one of Japan's most visited pilgrimage sites - and gateway to mountain resorts.
- Day 5Travel in
- Day 6Explore
Japan's most internationally popular ski resort valley, with 10 interconnected resorts beneath dramatic Northern Alps peaks.
- Day 7Travel in
- Day 8Explore
A mountain town frozen in the Edo period, with preserved merchant streets and world-famous spring and autumn festivals.
- Day 9Travel in
- Day 10Depart
Japan's fourth-largest city, a manufacturing powerhouse with a magnificent castle, unique food culture, and the Toyota Museum.
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