A return winter journey
through Japan

Eleven nights from the neon quiet of Shinjuku to a New Year's Eve in Hiroshima — by way of a ryokan tucked in the hills of Hakone and four cozy nights in Osaka.

地図 · THE ROUTE

Our path across Honshu

The route threads west along Japan's main island: a Romancecar ride from Shinjuku into the mountains of Hakone, then the Shinkansen carries us onward through Osaka to Hiroshima on the Seto Inland Sea.

Tokyo

Hakone

Osaka

Hiroshima

🚄 Tokyo → Hakone by Odakyu Romancecar, then Shinkansen onward to Osaka and Hiroshima.