Day 1 · Fukuoka
Arrive in Fukuoka
A private transfer takes you to your hotel in Kyushu's largest city.
- Overnight
- The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka
10 days · 9 nights
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Ask about datesThe same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Fukuoka
Day 1 · Fukuoka
A private transfer takes you to your hotel in Kyushu's largest city.
Day 2 · Fukuoka
You glide along willow-lined canals on a flatboat and walk the Tachibana-tei gardens. After a free afternoon you gather for a welcome dinner.
Fukuoka and Aso
Day 3 · Fukuoka and Aso
After a welcome ceremony at Hakata Station, the train heads inland. You can step off near Hita to see hand weaving and indigo dyeing, or stay on board for a talk on Kurume Kasuri textiles.
Aso, Shimabara and Unzen
Day 4 · Aso, Shimabara and Unzen
You walk up to the crater views of Mount Aso, then take a ferry across the Ariake Sea and drive to a ryokan in hot spring Unzen. At night you look at the stars from Nita Pass.
Isahaya and Kokura
Day 5 · Isahaya and Kokura
After a walk by Lake Shirakumo, you rejoin the train for a slow day past farms and wooded hills, with afternoon tea and music.
Kitsuki and Fukuoka
Day 6 · Kitsuki and Fukuoka
You can leave the train at Kitsuki to visit two forest temples with a local priest. Back in Fukuoka you have dinner at a yatai street stall.
Hiroshima and Kyoto
Day 7 · Hiroshima and Kyoto
A bullet train takes you to Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and Museum. After lunch you take the ferry to Miyajima and its floating torii, then ride on to Kyoto.
Kyoto
Day 8 · Kyoto
You see Kinkaku-ji, Tenryu-ji and the Arashiyama bamboo grove, then learn to make Kyoto sweets in a confectionery class.
Day 9 · Kyoto
You visit Kiyomizu-dera and join a tea master at a temple. After a free afternoon, a geiko and maiko join you for dinner.
Day 10 · Kyoto
A private vehicle takes you to the airport.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
You start in Fukuoka with the canals of Yanagawa, then board a luxury train for four days through Kyushu, stopping at Mount Aso and spending a night at a hot spring ryokan in Unzen. The bullet train takes you to Hiroshima and Miyajima, and you finish in Kyoto with temples, a tea ceremony and a geiko dinner.
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