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The koyo season above the lake — Hakone's maple colours seen from the water, the Moto-Hakone shoreline at the hour the torii gate reflects in still water, and the ryokan with the view of Fuji above the valley fog. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Hakone, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$6,800 per traveler.
The mountain resort as an outdoor museum — the Hakone Open-Air Museum's Henry Moore and Brâncuși bronzes walked in mountain air, the Pola Museum of Art's Impressionist gallery toured with a Tokyo-based curator, and the Owakudani valley's volcanic steam seen from the path that runs above the tourist gondola. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Hakone, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$6,800 per traveler.
The mountain onsen towns navigated with a private guide — the Gora hot spring for the morning, the Ichinotani cold waterfall plunge for the afternoon, and the ryokan's private hinoki-wood bath drawn at the hour the mist descends on the Hakone range. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Hakone, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$5,800 per traveler.
A private ryokan suite above Ashigara Valley — the rotemburo drawn from the Owakudani spring, Mount Fuji at its clearest in the first hour of the morning, dinner of kaiseki prepared by a chef who sources from the valley, and the lake at dusk without another vessel. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Hakone, 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 the city's lesser-known parks — Expo '70 Commemorative Park's ginkgo avenue, Minoh Park at the hour the maple and the waterfall are framed together, and the Osaka Museum of History at dusk when it closes for the evening. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Osaka, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,200 per traveler.
Osaka Castle's Nishinomaru Garden opened before the first visitor with a Tokugawa historian, the National Museum of Art's modern Japanese collection walked with a curator, and a private morning at the Abeno Harukas sky garden before the fog lifts. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Osaka, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.
Japan's kitchen city — Kuromon market at 6am with a local chef, a private fugu counter where the licence has been held since 1932, and the sake brewery in Nada-Gogo that opens its oldest warehouse only for guests introduced by the toji. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Osaka, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.
Japan's most entertaining city explained through food — the morning ramen market with a chef, an okonomiyaki lesson at a school where the youngest in the family makes their own pancake, the Osaka Aquarium, and the castle explained as a battle story. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Osaka, 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 kaede maple season at its peak — Rurikō-in opened privately for the week it is most beautiful, Eikan-dō's garden at the hour the colour is deepest, and the Philosopher's Path walked before the photographers arrive. 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.
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