Festivals · Deep snow country
Samurai towns, crater lakes and hot-spring hamlets lost in snow. Tōhoku is the Japan most visitors never reach. Summer brings some of the country's greatest festivals; winter buries its villages in metres of silence.
Sendai · Aomori · Hiraizumi · Ginzan Onsen · Lake Towada
Sendai gyūtan · Wanko soba · Yamagata sake
Ginzan Onsen · Matsushima Bay · Chūson-ji · Kakunodate · Oirase Gorge
August for festivals · January for snow country
Illustrative, never off-the-shelf. Every route runs on five-star properties, private vehicles and drivers, with Shinkansen and all ticketing arranged by our team. Pricing on request.
Temple towns, island bays and a hot-spring village lost in time.
Crater lakes, preserved streets and secluded mountain baths.
Shinkansen north with a private escort, then charcoal-grilled gyūtan for dinner.
A private cruise among the pine islands and the painted halls of Zuigan-ji.
The golden hall of Chūson-ji and gardens built to mirror paradise, guided quietly.
A slow morning, then a countryside drive: sake at a family brewery, farmhouse lunch.
Into the mountains to a gaslit hot-spring street straight out of a Ghibli film. Ryokan night.
Morning baths, a walk to the waterfall at the village's end, and a final kaiseki.
Private transfer to Yamagata or back to Sendai for the shinkansen south.
Illustrative, never off-the-shelf — every route is rebuilt around your client. Pricing on request.
Ready to move forward? Contact usThe Nebuta museum's glowing festival floats, and the freshest scallops in Japan.
A chauffeured day along the Oirase Gorge, mossy waterfalls, and the crater lake at dusk.
The samurai district's dark timber mansions and weeping cherries, with a local historian.
Lake Tazawa's blue water, a lazy lunch, and early check-in at a secret mountain inn.
Milky outdoor baths in beech forest, an irori-hearth dinner, and absolute quiet.
Akita shinkansen south, tickets in hand, luggage already forwarded.
Illustrative, never off-the-shelf — every route is rebuilt around your client. Pricing on request.
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