Ryokan and onsen
Two or three nights in country inns with kaiseki dinners and private baths, booked the season before.
Japan.
Ryokan nights, mountain trails and cities read at street level — timed to blossom or maple.
Ideal length
10–14 nights
Gateway
Tokyo or Osaka gateways
Best months
Mar · Apr · Oct · Nov
From, per person
₹8L
Why Japan
What it feels like
when it's planned well.
Best for
Who it suits
SoloCoupleFamilyFriendsCorporateBalanced pace
Japan runs perfectly without you. The value we add is access and rhythm: the counters that seat eight, the ryokan that takes two foreign bookings a season, the walking days on the Nakasendo between them.
We plan around a single question — cities or country first? — and then build the rail passes, luggage forwarding and dinner reservations around your answer.
Highlights
Three things you'd remember.
Nakasendo walking
Two days on the old post road between Magome and Narai, bags forwarded ahead.
Counters, not restaurants
Eight-seat sushi, a soba master, and a Kyoto kappo room — reserved months out.
A shape to start from
The itinerary, before we change it for you.
Every trip we send is rewritten at least once. Treat this as a rhythm rather than a route — then tell your specialist what to cut, slow down or add.
- Days 1–3
Tokyo
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood: Yanaka mornings, a tsukiji breakfast, an evening in Golden Gai with a guide.
- Days 4–5
Hakone or Nikko
First ryokan, first onsen, and a mountain day between them.
- Days 6–7
Nakasendo
Two walking days on the old road, staying in post-town inns.
- Days 8–11
Kyoto
Temples before 7am, a tea ceremony in a private house, Nishiki with a chef, day trip to Nara or Koya-san.
- Days 12–14
Kanazawa or Naoshima, then home
Either crafts and gardens, or the art islands of the Seto Inland Sea before flying from Osaka.
Where you'd stay
Houses we hold, not listings.
Private TownhouseKyoto
Kyoto Machiya
Restored wooden townhouse with garden and housekeeper.
From₹88,000 / night
RyokanHakone
Hakone Ryokan Suite
Private open-air bath, kaiseki dinner served in-room.
From₹1,24,000 / night
Luxury ApartmentTokyo
Tokyo Skyline Residence
Two-bedroom serviced residence with a 24-hour desk.
From₹1,02,000 / night
Access & experiences
What we can open for you.
Blossom and maple timing
We track forecasts and adjust the route two weeks out so you're in the right prefecture.
Craft workshops
Indigo dyeing in Tokushima, knife-making in Sakai, urushi lacquer in Kanazawa.
Ski add-on
Niseko or Hakuba in January and February, with an English-speaking mountain host.
When to go
The months that work.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Prime Shoulder — quieter, better value
Good to know
- Visa
- Required for Indian passports — full support from our documentation desk
- Getting around
- Rail passes, seat reservations and luggage forwarding all pre-arranged
- Connectivity
- Pocket wifi or eSIM waiting at your first hotel
- Currency
- Japanese Yen; quotes issued in Indian Rupee (INR)
“Every reservation, every train, every bag — handled. We just walked around being amazed.”
A. & P. Rao, Hyderabad
Japan, in frames
Japan questions
Asked often.
Ten to twelve months ahead for the good ryokan. We hold rooms early and refine the route as forecasts firm up.
It's one of the easiest countries we plan. Trains, food and safety all work in your favour.
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Ready when you are
Let's plan
something real.
Once-in-a-lifetime, or a long quiet weekend. Tell us what you're picturing — the first conversation is on us.