Discover Ine Village, voted one of Japan's 18 most beautiful villages

A private day trip in your own Toyota Alphard with driver: hotel pickup in Osaka or Kyoto, then Amanohashidate Beach and Ine Funaya. 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. Amanohashidate Viewpoint ranks among Japan's three most celebrated scenic destinations, sharing this distinction with Matsushima and Miyajima. Located in Miyazu Bay along the Sea of Japan, this 3.6-kilometer sandbar was built up through natural coastal sedimentation and supports roughly 8,000 pine trees interspersed along white sand beaches on both sides. The formation's resemblance to a celestial bridge inspired its name, meaning "heavenly bridge." Chion-ji Temple and Monjudo Hall Chion-ji enshrines Kirito Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, and serves as a focal point for those seeking academic advancement. Its main gate stands as the region's largest. The temple's distinctive fan-shaped divination method carries symbolic weight—when inverted, the fan's widening blade represents gradually improving fortune. Ine Funaya Ine Village earned recognition as one of Japan's 18 most picturesque villages, primarily due to its remarkable boathouses, or funaya, which hover directly over the water rather than sitting on land. More than 230 of these structures line a 5-kilometer stretch of Ine Bay's southern shore, allowing residents to maintain their traditional maritime lifestyle. The setting combines crystalline waters, densely forested hillsides, ever-shifting skies, and the distinctive aesthetics of the brightly painted boathouses—an authentic encounter with coastal Japan that exists nowhere else.