Ten days built around one thing: catching Japan at peak colour. Tokyo opens with the golden ginkgo avenue of Jingu Gaien and Rikugien's lit maples, then the route climbs to Lake Kawaguchi for the Momiji Corridor and an onsen ryokan beneath Mt Fuji, and crosses Hakone by lake cruise and ropeway. Four Kyoto days take in Tofuku-ji's maple valley, Kiyomizu-dera above a sea of red, Eikando's night illumination, the Golden Pavilion and Arashiyama's burning hillsides. After Nara's deer and ginkgo, the trip closes at Minoh's waterfall gorge before your flight from Kansai. Dates flex each year with the foliage front; private guide and transfers throughout.
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🎫 Options
🚘 Private Alphard with driver · whole trip
🚘 The price is for the WHOLE private Toyota Alphard (7-seater, up to 6 guests) with driver for all 10 days, 8 hours a day — not per person; 2 or 6 travellers pay the same. Hotels, admission tickets, meals and tolls/parking are charged at cost (we book them on request). A licensed guide can be added on request.
- Refund & cancellation policy →
- Pay online when you book
From¥728,200/car · up to 6 guests
- Capacity
- 1+
- Itinerary
- 10 days · 10 stops
- 15:00
Arrival in Tokyo · 480 min
Welcome to Japan in its most photogenic season. Your driver meets you at Narita or Haneda and takes you straight to the hotel. If you land early, an evening walk under the first turning trees of your neighbourhood is a gentle start.
- 09:00
Tokyo in Autumn — Jingu Gaien Ginkgo, Rikugien & Asakusa · 480 min
Start beneath the golden ginkgo avenue of Meiji Jingu Gaien, then slow down in Rikugien — the Edo strolling garden at its best when the maples catch fire (and lit up at night in peak weeks). Afternoon in Asakusa: Kaminarimon gate, Nakamise snacks and Senso-ji in the late light.
- 09:00
To Kawaguchiko — the Momiji Corridor & an Onsen Ryokan · 480 min
Drive out to the Fuji Five Lakes. Walk the Momiji Corridor, the canal-side tunnel of maples on the lake's north shore, and catch Mt Fuji over the water from Oishi Park. Check in at an onsen ryokan: tatami, yukata, kaiseki dinner and a hot-spring bath under the mountain.
- 09:00
Hakone — Lake Ashi Cruise, Owakudani & Hakone Shrine · 480 min
A Hakone day at foliage time: cruise Lake Ashi between hillsides of red and gold, ride the ropeway over the steaming Owakudani valley, and finish at Hakone Shrine's lakeside torii framed by maples. A second onsen night follows.
- 09:00
Shinkansen to Kyoto — Tofuku-ji & Gion at Dusk · 480 min
Ride the shinkansen to the old capital and go straight to autumn's headline act: Tofuku-ji, whose Tsutenkyo bridge floats over a valley of maples. As the light drops, walk lantern-lit Hanamikoji street in Gion.
- 09:00
Higashiyama — Kiyomizu-dera, the Preserved Lanes & Eikando by Night · 480 min
Kyoto's eastern hills in full colour. Stand on Kiyomizu-dera's wooden stage above a sea of maples, wind down Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka, then return after dark for Eikando's famous illuminated garden (in season).
- 09:00
Zen Kyoto — the Golden Pavilion, Ryoan-ji & a Strolling Garden · 480 min
The Golden Pavilion doubled in its mirror pond, then the fifteen stones of Ryoan-ji's rock garden. In the afternoon, a classic strolling garden where bridges and maples were composed for exactly this month — unhurried, with tea on the way.
- 09:00
Arashiyama & Sagano — Togetsukyo, Tenryu-ji and the Bamboo Grove · 480 min
West to Arashiyama while the hillsides burn over the Togetsukyo bridge. The Zen garden of Tenryu-ji borrows the mountain as its backdrop; behind it the bamboo grove and the quiet Sagano lanes, where thatched gates sit under red maples.
- 09:00
Nara — the Great Buddha and Deer Among the Leaves, then Osaka · 480 min
Day trip to Nara: the sacred deer bow for crackers under ginkgo trees, the Great Buddha waits in Todai-ji's vast wooden hall, and the stone-lantern path to Kasuga Taisha runs through turning forest. By evening, check in under Osaka's neon.
- 09:00
Minoh Falls in Autumn — Departure from Osaka · 480 min
A last morning on the wooded gorge trail of Minoh Park, where the waterfall drops through a wall of red maples — try the maple-leaf tempura on the way. Then a private transfer to Kansai International Airport. Safe travels home.
※ Actual timings vary with road conditions on the day.
🗺️ Route map
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Day 1 — Tokyo
Welcome to Japan in its most photogenic season. Your driver meets you at Narita or Haneda and takes you straight to the hotel. If you land early, an evening walk under the first turning trees of your neighbourhood is a gentle start.
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📍 Meeting / pick-up point
Welcome to Japan in its most photogenic season. Your driver meets you at Narita or Haneda and takes you straight to the hotel. If you land early, an evening walk under the first turning trees of your neighbourhood is a gentle start.
🗺 View map →⏰ Please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before departure — the bus will not wait past the scheduled time.
💰 Price for your group
Per-person split
Same vehicle price whatever the group size — the more of you, the less per person. Groups above 6 add a second vehicle.
✓ Included
- Private Toyota Alphard (up to 6 guests) with professional driver, 10 days × 8 hours
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off every day
- Fuel and the driver's time within the daily 8 hours
- Route planning and WhatsApp/LINE support from OlaChill
✗ Not included (charged at cost)
- Hotels and ryokan (we book them for you on request, charged at cost)
- Admission tickets, meals, Shinkansen/train tickets (at cost)
- Expressway tolls and parking (at cost)
- Driver's lodging on nights away from the base city (quoted before booking)
- Licensed guide — available as an add-on on request
- Extra hours beyond 8/day (charged at the Alphard hourly rate)
How long does this tour last?+
The tour runs 10 days with 10 scheduled stops laid out hour by hour.
Where is the pickup?+
Pickup at Arrival in Tokyo. Once your booking is confirmed we'll email the GPS map plus detailed directions.
What's the minimum group size?+
Min 1 guest. If the minimum isn't reached we'll contact you before departure to suggest an alternate date or issue a full refund.
Which languages is the guide available in?+
Guided packages are currently available in: English. If you need a guide in another language, leave a note when booking and we will check availability (surcharge applies).
Can I cancel or reschedule?+
Cancellation and date-change terms are in the tour's notice section
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⚠️ Must-read4 items · tap to read▾
- •Tours are guided mainly in English.
- •In severe weather (typhoon, heavy snow…), a cancellation decision is made by 15:00 the day before departure and sent to your registered email/contact; weather cancellations are fully refunded.
- •Please be on time at the meeting point and every gathering point — the bus does not wait for latecomers; missed portions due to personal reasons are non-refundable.
- •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.
📌 Other notes5 items · tap to read▾
- •One carry-on bag per guest on the bus; please store large luggage at your hotel or a locker near the meeting point.
- •Infants aged 0–2 without a seat join free; max one infant per adult; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- •Pregnant guests and those with medical conditions should consider carefully: long bus rides, and immediate medical care may not be available on some legs.
- •Lunch is not included unless the tour states otherwise — bring your own or eat at the stops.
- •Change/cancellation terms vary by tour — see the cancellation policy on each tour page before booking. If the tour itself is cancelled for weather/force majeure, you receive a full refund.