ONE JOURNEY, DESIGNED END TO END

THE FULL JOURNEYS

One journey, designed end to end.

A Full Journey is a private, bespoke Japan itinerary built around you, from arrival to departure.
The journeys below are model routes shaped over many trips with past guests.
Each can be travelled as it is, or adjusted to suit your interests, pace, and timing.
Whatever you want to see, do, or take time over, we shape the journey around you.

7 Days

Beyond Kyoto: Three Ways of Living

A short journey near Kyoto, through a thatched village, the tea hills, and the sea.

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14 Days

Sea, Craft, and Iron: A Journey Through Western Japan

Two weeks across western Japan, following work done by hand: diving, fishing, roofing, and ironmaking.

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30 Days

A Month in Deep Japan

A month of artisan workshops, village life, and time in temple towns rarely seen by visitors.

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Remarkable experiences crafted for the curious traveller.

HAKUSAN, ISHIKAWA

SILK WOVEN FROM A TWIN COCOON

Weave a rare mountain silk by hand with its makers, then wear the kimono they make.

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TOKUSHIMA

Deep Blue and Timeless Wood

Indigo, wood, and joinery, shaped by hand alongside the masters who keeps them alive.

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YAMAGUCHI

Cypress Bark Roofing: A Thousand-Year Craft Behind Japan’s National Treasures

Drive bamboo nails into cypress bark, the craft that roofs Japan's National Treasures.

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MINOBU, YAMANASHI

The Monk’s Path: Quiet Days in a Mountain Temple Town

Rise with the monks for morning prayers, share a meal of Shojin ryori, in the spiritual home of Nichiren Buddhism.

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IZUMO, SHIMANE

Where the Gods Gather, and Steel Is Born

Follow the path of the gods, walk Japan's only tatara village, and hold a master's sword.

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SHIMANAMI, EHIME

The Catch of the Shimanami Tides

Out to sea with a fisherman, then his fresh catch on your plate, steps from the water.

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MIYAMA, KYOTO

Thatch and Hearth: Village Life in Miyama

Stay in a thatched mountain village, cook with local farmers around the hearth, and ride down the Hozugawa River.

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SENNAN, OSAKA

A MORNING AT SEA WITH SENNAN'S FISHING CREW

Out on Osaka Bay for a morning of seabed trawling, then a night in a hillside farmhouse.

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WAZUKA, KYOTO

From Leaf to Bowl: Where Kyoto’s Tea Is Grown

Take part in a tea ceremony at Kyoto's oldest Zen temple, then pick fresh leaves in the tea hills of Wazuka.

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ISE-SHIMA, MIE

Pearls and Divers: The Women of the Sea

Dive with the ama and open a shell where the cultured pearl was born.

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