Japan 2nd to 24th February 2027 - 21 nights

3 x Sapporo, 6 x Kyoto, 3 x Osaka, 1 x Hiroshima, 1 x Fukuoka, 1 x Nagasaki, 1 x Simabara & 5 x Tokyo

Prefectures

• Hokkaido - Sapporo & Otaru (-9 to 0 degrees - snow)

• Tokyo (2 to 12 degrees)

• Kanagawa - Hakone, Matsuda, Enoshima & Kamakura (2 to 10 degrees)

• Kyoto - Amanohashidate, Arashiyama, Uji & Fushimi (0 to 10 degrees)

• Nara (0 to 10 degrees)

• Osaka (3 to 10 degrees)

• Hyogo - Kobe & Himeji (2 to 10 degrees)

• Hiroshima - & Miyajima (2 to 10 degrees)

• Fukuoka (4 to 11 degrees)

• Nagasaki - & Simabara (4 to 13 degrees)

Itinerary

02/02/27 - fly to Sapporo via change at Tokyo Haneda airport (direct with ANA or JAL - economy seats are closest to premium in size)

03/02/27 - Sapporo (Setsuban Festival) 3 NIGHTS

04/02/27 - Sapporo opening day for Snow Festival

05/02/27 - Otaru (Snow & Light Path Festival)

06/02/27 - Fly to Osaka & transfer to Kyoto. 6 NIGHTS

07/02/27 - Morning in Nara (Sunday, so families visiting), include TeamLab back in Kyoto

08/02/27 - Amanohashidate, one of Japan's "Three Scenic Views" tour. Amanohashidate, cable car to the top for a panoramic view of this natural wonder, Chion-ji Temple & Ine Fishing Village "Venice of Japan".

09/02/27 - Uji, original site of tea cultivation in Japan

10/02/27 - Arashiyama, the bamboo forest & Arashiyama Monkey Park

11/02/27 - Fushimi Inari Shrine & Jikkoku-bune Boat Cruise (50mins)

12/02/27 - Train (30mins) to Osaka. Head to the aquarium to see whale sharks up close 3 NIGHTS

13/02/27 - Kobe, for beef, sake and the herb garden and rope gondola

14/02/27 - Himeji, for one of Japan’r most beautiful Feudal castles

15/02/27 - Early Shinkansen, down to Hiroshima. Head to the Miyajima ferry first. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park & Atomic Bomb Dome and food! 1 NIGHT

16/02/27 - Early Shinkansen, down to Fukuoka. 10m Buddha, Yanagawa “Venice of Kyushu” and the Yanagawa Doll Festival: Sagemon Tour 2027 1 NIGHT

17/02/27 - Early train, down to Nagasaki. Chinese Lantern Festival, Peace Garden (made me cry) & the ropeway to Mount Inasa 1 NIGHT

18/02/27 - Early train, down to Simabara, city of swimming carp. Plum blossom at the castle. 1 NIGHT

19/02/27 - Flight to Tokyo, over Mount Fuji. 5 NIGHTS

20/02/27 - Matsuda Cherry Blossom Festival

21/02/27 - Shonan Jewel Festival of Lights and Colour Festival at Enoshima (early evening), Kōtoku-in (The Great Buddha), asedera Temple (9.1-meter wooden statue of Kannon (the goddess of mercy), Enoshima Electric Railway and a morning in Kamakura.

22/02/27 - day in Tokyo, including Setagaya Plum Blossom Festival and shopping

23/02/27 - Hakone tour. Mount Fuji, Hakone Sightseeing Cruise & Oshino Hakkai Village

24/02/27 - Flight home from Haneda airport

Travel Times

• Direct flight London Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda - 13hrs 50mins

• Direct flight Tokyo Haneda to Sapporo New Chitose Airport - 1hr 35mins

• Sapporo New Chitose Airport to Sapporo - (£5.75 single)

• Direct flight Sapporo to Osaka Itami - 2hrs (£60.89)

• Osaka Itami chauffeur limousine bus to Kyoto - 50mins (£13.08)

• Kyoto to Nara by train - (£3.55 single)

• Kyoto to Amanohashidate by coach - (approx £46.79)

• Kyoto to Arashiyama by train - (£2.25 single)

• Kyoto to Uji by train - (£1.87 single)

• Kyoto to Fushimi Inari Shrine by train - (£1.40 single)

• Kyoto to Osaka by train - 30mins (£1.87 single)

• Osaka to Kobe by Shinkansen - (£1.54 single)

• Oaska to Himeji by Shinkansen - (£18.09 single)

• Osaka to Hiroshima by Shinkansen - (£36.96 tourist)

• Hiroshima to Miyajima train via Miyajimaguchi Station - 30mins

• Miyajimaguchi Station ferry to Miyajima - 10mins

• Hiroshima to Fukuoka train -

• Fukuoka to Nagasaki train -

• Nagasaki to Simabara train -

• Direct flight Nagasaki to Tokyo Haneda

• Tokyo Haneda to Tokyo -

• Tokyo to Hakone by coach -

• Tokyo to Matsuda train -

• Tokyo to Kamakura train -

• Kamakura to Enoshima train -

• Tokyo Haneda to London -