Best of Japan 2025

• Private airport transfer from either Haneda Airport (HND) or Narita Airport (NRT)

• Check in to Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

• Dinner at leisure

Accommodations: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Private sightseeing tour through Tokyo

• Learn about Japan’s most beloved sport, sumo wrestling

• Venture to Asakusa—one of the oldest underground shopping streets in Japan—for a visit to the most revered Buddhist temple in the city, the sacred Sensōji

• Continue on to Tsukiji Market for a hands-on sushi-making class and sushi lunch

• Visit the Meiji Jingu shrine in the forest

• Inspirato Only Welcome Cocktail Reception and Dinner

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Accommodations: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Choose between the following three activities: Exclusive Sado tea experience at a tea ceremony master’s residence, Kendo martial art experience, or the Art of Bonsai at the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum, includes hands-on experience

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• Afternoon and dinner at leisure

Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodations: Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

• Breakfast at hotel

• Take the Hakone Ropeway over lush hills of Hakone Mountains and over the deep Ōwakudani valley

• Boat cruise on Lake Ashi

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• Check in at Gōra Kadan Hakone

• Traditional Japanese kaiseki dinner

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Accommodations: Gōra Kadan Hakone

• Breakfast at hotel

• Sightseeing tour at Hakone Open-Air Museum

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• Transfer to Kyoto by train

• Check in to the Four Seasons Kyoto

• Private sightseeing tour through Kyoto

• Dinner at a local restaurant

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Accommodations: Four Seasons Kyoto

• Breakfast at hotel

• Visit Kinkakuji Temple

• Travel to Arashiyama to wander through the famous bamboo groves

• Private Zen meditation session and group lunch at Tenryuji Temple

• Private tour of the temple led by a monk with special access in the temple for an exclusive blessing ceremony

• Dinner at leisure

Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodations: Four Seasons Kyoto

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Visit Fushimi Inari shrine and Torii gates

• Private visit at a local sake brewery led by the sake maker with a sake tasting session

• Visit Kasuga Taisha shrine and Todaiji Temple

• Yukata fitting session for tonight’s dinner

• Dinner at Sodoh Higashiyama with geisha performance

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Accommodations: Four Seasons Kyoto

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Morning at leisure

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• Transfer to Osaka for an afternoon and evening at leisure

• Check in to the Conrad Osaka

• Dinner at leisure

Meals included: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodations: Conrad Osaka

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Tour of Osaka Castle and surrounding grounds

• Lunch and afternoon at leisure

• Farewell dinner at Osaka Gekkeikan with live music

Meals included: Breakfast and dinner

Accommodations: Conrad Osaka

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Airport transfer to Kansai International Airport (KIX)

• Departure

Meals included: Breakfast