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Tokyo, full volume
Shibuya Crossing, teamLab's digital worlds, a full Disney day if the kids get a vote. The city that turns staying busy into an art form.
Bullet trains and bamboo groves, neon crossings and tea ceremonies — a country that slows you down and speeds you up at the same time.
Tokyo one night, thousand-year-old temples the next. Japan gives you the world's best public transport, so eleven days here feel like two countries: the neon one and the serene one. Ride the shinkansen between them, eat everything at both ends, and come home with a suitcase full of stationery and sake you can't pronounce.
The golden route, sequenced properly: Tokyo's rush, Kyoto's calm, Osaka's appetite, Fuji's silence.
Shibuya Crossing, teamLab's digital worlds, a full Disney day if the kids get a vote. The city that turns staying busy into an art form.
Golden pavilions, vermilion torii gates, and Gion's lantern-lit streets after dark. Rent a kimono, slow down, let the city do the rest.
Dotonbori's neon canal, takoyaki straight off the griddle, and a day at Universal Studios. Japan's kitchen deserves at least one belt loosened.
Walk the corridor of green that every Kyoto postcard is made of, then ride the little train up the river. Early morning is worth setting an alarm for.
Onsen hot springs, a pirate-ship cruise on the lake, and — if the mountain is feeling generous — the view that ends every Japanese road trip.
“The country that treats ordinary moments like occasions.”
Eleven nights, three cities, one bullet-train rail pass and a whole lot of food. Tell us who's going and we'll do the rest.
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