A private day trip in your own Toyota Alphard with driver: hotel pickup in Tokyo, then Ushiku Great Buddha and Hitachi Seaside Park. About 11 hours on this route, priced per car for up to 6 guests. You enter your hotel (or a station) and the pickup time in the booking form.
The car price does not include a guide, entry tickets, rides, experiences, meals, tolls or parking.
For about three weeks each October, the kochia bushes on Miharashi Hill turn from green to a deep burning red — tens of thousands of them, packed shoulder to shoulder over a hill that looks out to the Pacific. It is one of the few autumn sights in Japan that is genuinely unlike anywhere else. The day pairs it with the Ushiku Great Buddha, at 120 m one of the tallest statues on earth, where a lift takes you up inside the chest for a view over the Kanto plain.
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🎫 Options
⏸ Join-a-group seats are paused for now. This day tour is currently available as a private Alphard (7 seats) only.
🚌 Shared group tour
- Meeting / pick-up point: Pickup at Tokyo Station
- Departs 08:00
- Guide language: English
- Refund & cancellation policy →
- Reserve now, pay on the day or online
From¥8,600/person
🚘 Private Alphard Tour
- Private Toyota Alphard + driver
- Up to 6 guests
- Hotel pickup in Tokyo
- About 11 hours · book 7+ days ahead
- Reserve now, pay on pickup or online
- Free cancellation up to 24h before pickup
¥99,880/car
Up to 6 guests · from ¥16,647/person with 6
Guide, entry tickets, tolls and parking not included.
- Capacity
- 1+
- Itinerary
- 1 day · 5 stops
🚘 Your private Alphard and driver follow this route. The car price does not include a guide, entry tickets, rides, experiences, meals, tolls or parking.
- 08:00
Hotel pickup in Tokyo
You enter your hotel (or a station) and the pickup time in the booking form.
- 09:30
Ushiku Daibutsu — the 120 m bronze Buddha · 90 min
90 minutes at one of Ibaraki's landmarks: the bronze figure and the quiet garden around it.
- 12:00
Hitachi Seaside Park — Miharashi Hill kochia · 210 min
Three and a half hours — the heart of the day. Red kochia on Miharashi Hill, the cosmos fields beside it, and the sea beyond.
- 16:00
Depart for Tokyo
- 18:30
End of the tour
※ Actual timings vary with road conditions on the day.
🗺️ Route map
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Day 1 — Hitachi Seaside Park
Miharashi Hill kochia field, Ibaraki
- Your private Alphard and driver follow this route. The car price does not include a guide, entry tickets, rides, experiences, meals, tolls or parking.
- Hotel pickup in Tokyo. You enter your hotel (or a station) and the pickup time in the booking form.
- Two ways to pay: the driver on the day (cash or card, nothing upfront), or online at checkout right after you send the booking. Either way we confirm the car and pickup time by email.
- Free cancellation up to 24h before pickup
📍 Hotel pickup
🏨 Hotel pickup in Tokyo
You enter your hotel (or a station) and the pickup time in the booking form.
- Private Toyota Alphard + driver
- Hotel pickup in Tokyo
- About 11 hours on this tour's route
- Guide
- Entry tickets, rides and experiences at the stops
- Meals
- Expressway tolls and parking
How long does this tour last?+
The tour runs 1 day with 2 scheduled stops laid out hour by hour.
Where is the pickup?+
Hotel pickup in Tokyo. You enter your hotel (or a station) and the pickup time in the booking form.
What's the minimum group size?+
The price is per car, so the private Alphard runs from 1 guest. Up to 6 guests per car — for more, we add a second car.
Does the car come with a guide?+
The private Alphard comes with a driver; a guide is not included in the car price.
Can I cancel or reschedule?+
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup (full refund). Within 24 hours or no-show: charged in full. To cancel or change the date, email us with your booking ID; date changes depend on car availability.
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- •The itinerary and time at each stop may be adjusted for traffic, weather or facility maintenance; in force-majeure cases a stop may be replaced with a comparable alternative.