region of japan
Honshu
Honshu is Japan's main island, home to Tokyo, Kyoto and Mount Fuji, and to most of the places a first journey to Japan is made of. The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan, the Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan and three journeys of The Private Collection spend their nights here.
Higashi Chaya, Kanazawa
34 places, eight of them where our tours stay.
the places
Every place in Honshu
Our tours stayA day on tourA Custom Tour of Japan
- HiroshimaOur tours stay, at Hotel Granvia Hiroshima34.39° N, 132.46° E
- KanazawaOur tours stay, at Hakuchoro Sanraku36.56° N, 136.66° E
- Kinosaki OnsenOur tours stay, at Nishimuraya Honkan35.63° N, 134.81° E
- KyotoOur tours stay, at Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion35.00° N, 135.78° E
- Lake KawaguchikoOur tours stay, at FUFU Kawaguchiko35.53° N, 138.76° E
- OsakaOur tours stay, at Imperial Hotel Osaka34.69° N, 135.52° E
- TokyoOur tours stay, at Palace Hotel Tokyo35.68° N, 139.76° E
- MiyajimaA day on our tours34.30° N, 132.32° E
- NaraA day on our tours34.69° N, 135.84° E
- HakoneA Custom Tour of Japan35.23° N, 139.11° E
- HimejiA Custom Tour of Japan34.84° N, 134.69° E
- Ise-ShimaA Custom Tour of Japan34.46° N, 136.73° E
- KamakuraA Custom Tour of Japan35.32° N, 139.55° E
- KoyasanA Custom Tour of Japan34.21° N, 135.59° E
- NikkoA Custom Tour of Japan36.72° N, 139.70° E
- Shirakawa-goA Custom Tour of Japan36.26° N, 136.91° E
- TakayamaA Custom Tour of Japan36.15° N, 137.25° E
- Kaga, Yamashiro OnsenOur tours stay, at Araya Totoan36.30° N, 136.33° E
- AmanohashidateA Custom Tour of Japan35.57° N, 135.19° E
- Arima OnsenA Custom Tour of Japan34.80° N, 135.25° E
- HakubaA Custom Tour of Japan36.70° N, 137.86° E
- Izu PeninsulaA Custom Tour of Japan34.90° N, 138.95° E
- IzumoA Custom Tour of Japan35.40° N, 132.69° E
- KamikochiA Custom Tour of Japan36.25° N, 137.64° E
- KaruizawaA Custom Tour of Japan36.35° N, 138.60° E
- Kiso ValleyA Custom Tour of Japan35.58° N, 137.60° E
- KobeA Custom Tour of Japan34.69° N, 135.20° E
- Kumano KodoA Custom Tour of Japan33.84° N, 135.77° E
- KurashikiA Custom Tour of Japan34.59° N, 133.77° E
- MatsumotoA Custom Tour of Japan36.24° N, 137.97° E
- MyokoA Custom Tour of Japan36.88° N, 138.17° E
- Naoshima and the Seto Inland SeaA Custom Tour of Japan34.46° N, 134.00° E
- UjiA Custom Tour of Japan34.89° N, 135.81° E
- YokohamaA Custom Tour of Japan35.44° N, 139.64° E
our journeys here
The journeys that stay in Honshu
- SpringThe Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of JapanUSD $19,500 per personSee the journey
- AutumnThe Autumn Leaves Tour of JapanUSD $19,500 per personSee the journey
- The Private CollectionEssential JapanUSD $18,000 per person, two sharingSee the journey
- The Private CollectionClassic JapanUSD $22,000 per person, two sharingSee the journey
- The Private CollectionDefinitive JapanUSD $26,000 per person, two sharingSee the journey
the japan edition
Reading on Honshu
- Is Gion Closed to Tourists? Kyoto's Geisha District RulesGion is not closed to tourists. A short run of private lanes is, from 2024, to protect the geiko and maiko who live there. A report on the rules of Kyoto's geisha district, the manners a guest needs, and how an evening with geiko and maiko is properly arranged.
- What Is a Geisha? Kyoto's Five Geisha DistrictsA geisha, called geiko in Kyoto, is a professional entertainer trained for years in dance, music and conversation. Five hanamachi keep that training alive in the city, and the oldest of them is not the one most visitors have heard of.
- Where to Base in TokyoTokyo has no single old centre the way Kyoto does. Choosing where to base decides which version of the city arrives each morning, and which one is there at night.
the other regions
The rest of Japan
questions
Questions about Honshu
Which of your tours stay in Honshu?
The Classic Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan, The Autumn Leaves Tour of Japan, Essential Japan, Classic Japan and Definitive Japan spend their nights in Honshu, at Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kanazawa, Kaga, Yamashiro Onsen, Kinosaki Onsen, Lake Kawaguchiko and Hiroshima.
Can Honshu be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Honshu can sit anywhere in it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Honshu, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Honshu can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.