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Soft light and thinner crowds — Naoshima before the rush. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Naoshima, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,900 per traveler.
The Seto Inland Sea island as a contemplative retreat — a morning walk through the Benesse Art Site before any visitor, the Ando bath-house I Love Yu for an afternoon soak, and the Chichu garden walked at the hour the light through the glass panels creates the effect the architect intended. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Naoshima, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$7,200 per traveler.
The island as a single coherent artwork — Tadao Ando's three buildings walked in the order the Benesse Foundation intended, the Art House Project's seven installations in the village of Honmura seen with a local guide who grew up watching the transformations, and the ferry deck as a gallery of Seto Inland Sea light. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Naoshima, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,900 per traveler.
The art island as a private retreat — a Benesse House suite above the Seto Inland Sea, the Chichu Museum at the hour it opens before the day-trippers arrive by ferry, and a dinner at the Terrace restaurant as the island's lights reflect in the water below. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Naoshima, Japan, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.
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.
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