DAY #1 - Tokyo, Japan Aman Tokyo
EXCLUSIVE JAPAN: AMANS, ART & ONSEN: Tokyo, Naoshima, Kyoto, Ise-Shima region
An exclusive private tour of Japan for the most discerning luxury traveler.
Private arrival transfer to hotel.
Accommodation in Tokyo at ultra-luxury hotel: Aman Tokyo, Park Hyatt Tokyo, The Peninsula Tokyo, or The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
DAY #2 - Tokyo, Japan Aman Tokyo
Private full-day tour with expert guide and driver
Historic districts, architecture, food halls, interesting neighborhoods (pop culture, electronics)
Additional options can be arranged, upon request: behind-the-scenes sumo wrestling, martial arts lesson, sake tasting with an expert, Kabuki theater, baseball games
DAY #3 - Tokyo, Japan Aman Tokyo
Private half-day city tour
Half-day private tour with expert guide and driver
Culture, museums and galleries, flexible shopping and specialty shops, insider access
Additional options can be arranged, upon request: private sushi lesson with master chef, attending festivals, insider shopping, excursions outside of Tokyo, appointment to visit Ghibli Museum
DAY #4 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Private transfer to station for first-class shinkansen (bullet train), private car and ferry to Naoshima
Private touring en route to hotel
Accommodation in Naoshima at luxury boutique art museum hotel
DAY #5 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Full-day private tour of the Benesse Art Site and installations
Yayoi Kusama, James Turrell, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Rei Naito, Claude Monet and other top artists
Option to see additional installations on the nearby islands of Teshima and Inujima (also part of Benesse Art Site)
DAY #6 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Full-day private tour
Naoshima and Seto Inland Sea
DAY #7 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Transfer by private car, ferry and first-class shinkansen to Kyoto
Private arrival transfer to hotel
Accommodation in Kyoto at ultra-luxury hotel: The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto or Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
Afternoon private tour with expert guide and driver
DAY #8 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Full-day private tour with expert guide and driver
Temples, shrines, gardens, Gion (geisha district), bamboo forest, history, traditional architecture, crafts
Vegetarian Buddhist temple lunch
Private tea ceremony
DAY #9 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Full-day private excursion
Options include: the Miho Museum, Nara, Hiroshima and Miyajima, Osaka, tea plantations, temples, Himeji Castle
DAY #10 - Naoshima, Japan Benesse House
Half-day private city tour, including option for cultural activity
Options could include: exclusive private dinner with geisha entertainment, private Zen meditation in a local Buddhist temple, meetings with local craftspeople, private ikebana (flower arranging) lessons, visiting a master swordsmith, meetings with ceramics experts, tea tastings, visits to sake breweries and tofu factories, manga drawing lessons, a visit to a private machiya (traditional merchant house), hiking to temples in the hills, attending local festivals, specialty shopping, martial arts lessons, private meditation at temples
DAY #11 - Ise, Japan Amanemu
Private transfer to Ise
Private touring on arrival and transfer to resort
Accommodation at ultra-luxury onsen (hot spring) resort
Shrines, sacred forest, Mikimoto Pearl Island
Helicopter transfers to and from Amanemu upon request
DAY #12 - Ise, Japan Amanemu
Full-day private tour
DAY #13 - Tokyo, Japan Aman Tokyo
Private transfer to Nagoya station for first-class shinkansen to Tokyo
Private arrival transfer to hotel
Accommodation in Tokyo at ultra-luxury hotel: Aman Tokyo, Park Hyatt Tokyo, The Peninsula Tokyo, or The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
DAY #14 - Tokyo, Japan Aman Tokyo
Half-day private city tour
DAY #15 - Tokyo, Japan
Private airport transfer
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