The same instinct that shapes our Bali days — local knowledge, the right timing, nothing rushed — carried abroad. Our first journey beyond Bali runs the classic spine of Japan, but with the in-between moments most itineraries skip.
You'll move by shinkansen, stay in a mix of modern and traditional, and travel with a guide who knows where the queue is worth it and where it isn't. Tokyo to start, Hakone to breathe, Kyoto to finish — with an onsen night and a kaiseki dinner along the way.
Small group by design. If you'd prefer it fully private, or extended to Osaka and the south, we build that too — just ask.
Airport transfer, settle in, an easy first-night walk through a neighbourhood that isn't on the postcards.
Asakusa and a back-street izakaya crawl, balanced against the towers of Shibuya.
Rail into the mountains, an onsen ryokan, and Fuji views if she shows herself.
Shinkansen west. Evening in Gion, where the lanterns come on.
Fushimi Inari at first light, a bamboo grove, and a tea ceremony in the afternoon.
A free day with suggestions: Arashiyama, Nara's deer, or simply the markets.
Transfer to the airport, or extend onward with us.
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