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The city's most contemplative quarter — a private shiatsu session in a Higashiyama machiya, a morning zazen at a Rinzai monastery temple, and the ryokan with a hinoki bath drawn from the mountain spring that runs beneath the property. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Kyoto, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,900 per traveler.
Nijo Castle opened privately before the public, the Kyoto National Museum's Heian collection walked with its director, and Kinkaku-ji at the hour the gold reflects on the water without another visitor in the frame. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Kyoto, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
A machiya townhouse inn on Ninen-zaka, a private tea ceremony with a Urasenke school master, the Fushimi Inari gates walked at five in the morning, and cherry blossom from the ryokan's garden in the hour before dawn. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Kyoto, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
The koyo season in November — Rikugien's illuminated maple garden reserved for a private morning visit, Shinjuku Gyoen at first light, and the kaiseki counter in Akasaka where the menu changes with each maple variety that turns. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Tokyo, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
Tokyo's unrivalled food culture navigated privately — Tsukiji at 4am with a tuna broker, a Jiro-level omakase held entirely for your party, a sake brewery tour in the northern suburbs, and the izakaya in Shinjuku where the reservation list has a three-year wait. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Tokyo, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
The Tokyo National Museum's samurai armour and Edo period art walked with a curator, a private visit to a contemporary gallery in Roppongi that shows the work before the Tokyo Art Week crowds, and the Imperial Palace East Garden at the hour it opens. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Tokyo, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
A ryokan suite in the city's most tucked-away alley, a private tea ceremony in Yanaka, a held counter at a Ginza sushi master, and the teamLab installation walked before the first public visitor. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Tokyo, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.
The Highlands in August for those who know why August is the month — the grouse season open on the Glorious Twelfth, the Highland Games at Braemar with a private hospitality position, the Speyside distilleries for the Spirit of Speyside festival, and the light at ten in the evening on a summer glen. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in The Highlands, The United Kingdom, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,500 per traveler.
Whisky, salmon rivers and country estates around The Highlands. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in The Highlands, The United Kingdom, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$14,500 per traveler.
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