Recommended flight:

Departure from Paris Charles de Gaulle on 7 December 2025 at 21:55 (Air France flight AF274)

Arrival at the Tokyo airport Haneda on 8 December 2025 at 19:25 local time

Duration: 13 hours 30 minutes (direct flight)

For those arriving on the recommended flight, your La Fugue tour guide and your guide will welcome you at the airport, for a private transfer in the center of Tokyo.

Packing off at the Palace Hotel Tokyo in a King Deluxe room.

Dinner at leisure. You will be provided with our recommendation list and have us at your disposal for bookings.

Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel before meeting with your guide for a first discovery tour of Tokyo in private transfers.

You will begin with the oldest and the biggest museum in Japan, the National Museum of Tokyo, located in the Ueno Park. It accommodates a vast collection of art and of Japanese and Asian historical items, including samurais, kimonos, Buddhist sculptures and ceramics.

Your morning will continue with a walk in the district of Asakusa, the “old Tokyo”, known for its temples, such as the famous Sensô-ji, and its traditional soul and artisanal boutiques along the famous Nakamise street. This is also the place to be to visit the kitchenware shops, patronized by both restauration professionals and amateurs seeking a typical souvenir of Japan.

Lunch in a sushi restaurant of our selection.

Then, discover Tokyo in a new light with a private cruise from the Asakusa banks to Tennozu. Navigate along the Sumida River, cross the bay going under the Rainbow Bridge and admire the spectacular views of the futurist district of Odaiba.

To conclude, visit the WHAT Museum, a unique place dedicated to contemporary art and architecture. Located in the old warehouse of Tennozu, this museum brings out the best of private collection rarely exposed, in a modern and refined scene. An immersive cultural experience at the junction of art, design and innovation.

Back to the hotel for a break, then dinner in a high-end restaurant of our selection.

Night at your hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel before meeting up with your guide for a second discovery tour of Tokyo in private transfers.

After a short visit of the Eastern Garden of the Imperial Palace, peaceful gardens housing the ruins of the ancient castle of Edo, surrounded by moats, stone walls and carefully maintained landscapes, you will meet our contemporary art expert for a tour of some of the finest galleries of Tokyo.

In the district of Roppongi, artistic heart of Tokyo, three major galleries embody the Japanese and international contemporary stage. KOTARO NUKAGA proposes compelling expositions combining art and social challenges in a refined place. Ota Fine Arts, pioneer of Asian contemporary art, brings to light artists like Yayoi Kusama, while exploring the continent’s creative diversity at the same time. To finish with, the Perrotin Tokyo Gallerie, international Network antenna founded by Emmanuel Perrotin, owns a selection of well-known artists in an elegant space of a minimalist design. A trio not to be missed by art amateurs.

Late lunch in a restaurant of our selection.

The afternoon will be dedicated to the discovery of the Omotesando District,
« The Champs-Élysées of Tokyo », real showcase of the contemporary architecture, where luxury shops and buildings signed by famous architects follow one another. This lush and refined scene is perfect for an elegant promenade. Then, continue towards Shibuya, a district in a constant evolution, famous for its lively crossroads, its cultural trends and its overflowing energy. A fascinating contrast between sophistication and urban effervescence.

Dinner at leisure. You will be provided with our recommendation list and have us at your disposal for bookings.

Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.

At 8p.m., meet with your guide for a private bus transfer towards the peninsula of Izu (around 2 hours journey).

The morning will be dedicated to the tour of the exceptional Enoura Observatory, an artistic centre founded by the photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. This unique site combines contemporary art, minimalist architecture and spectacular outlooks of the Pacific Ocean. Each space was thought for dialoguing with light, seasons and the natural environment.

After an artistic immersion, you will head towards Hakone (around 1 hour journey) to continue your cultural journey amid mountains.

On your arrival, you will visit the Pola Museum of Art nested in the middle of a beech forest. This museum impresses with its collection of impressionists, Japanese and contemporary paintings.

Lunch will be served at the Museum restaurant which proposes a refined cuisine, bringing to light local products.

The afternoon will be extended with the visit of the open-air Museum of Hakone, famous for its monumental sculptures garden, its interactive facilities and its Picasso pavilion. A perfect place to ally culture, nature and relaxation.

You will regain the hotel Espacio Hakone Geihinkan at around 17p.m. for your check-in. The rest of the day is free for you to relax, enjoy the spa or an onsen bath, and impregnate yourself from the soothing calm of the region.

Dinner at leisure at the hotel.

Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.

In order to insure better traveling experience towards Naoshima, you are free to leave your belongings in Hakone. They will be directly delivered at your hotel in Kyoto.

At 8:30a.m., private transfer to the station, then embark in first class on board of the Shinkansen towards Okayama where a private bus will be waiting for you to drive you to Naoshima by ferry (3 hours by train, then 1 hour by bus and 20 minutes by ferry). Along this train journey, you will be able to admire the Mount Fuji on the skyline.

Light lunch on board of the train, the occasion to taste the famous « ekiben », a mix of the words eki which means station, and ben referring to bento.

In the afternoon, you will begin your discovery of Naoshima with a short tour of the Art House project, one of the oldest artistic projects of the island, consisting of renovating abandoned traditional Japanese houses and buildings. Amid those, the Minamidera house shake senses with the facility Backside of the Moon, by James Turrell. The seven houses converted into mini museums are located in the Eastern part of the island, in the small village of Honmura, where we can also come across the Ando Museum, dedicated to the famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who directed the project of rehabilitating Naoshima with the help of the biggest Japanese company of education, Benesse.

On completion of the tour, packing off at the museum hotel Benesse House in a Park Twin room (28m²).

Dinner at the restaurant Issen, the gastronomic address in the centre of the museum hotel, where you will discover the traditional kaiseki cuisine.

On completion of the dinner, accompanied by an English-speaking conservator, private tour of the Benesse House Museum in which we encounter among other things artworks of David Hockney, Cy Twombly, Alberto Giacometti, Jackson Pollock, Jean Michel Basquiat or even Richard Long.

Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel, then private transfer by bus and boat towards Teshima Island.

You will begin with a tour of the Teshima Art Museum conceived by the architect Ryue Nishizawa. The splendid and thin concrete-made building in a shape of a drop, hosts a unique artwork of the Japanese artist Rei Naito, named Matrix. The building does not accommodate the artwork, it embodies it.

You will continue with a tour of the Heart Archives, a monumental artwork of Christian Boltanski located on the end of the Karato‑hama beach. Since 2010, this small and low-key pavilion houses the records of tens of thousands of people’s heartbeat all around the world, offering a touching meditation on existence and collective memory.

Lunch at a restaurant of our selection.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Teshima Yokoo House, the outcome of the collaboration between the plastic surgeon Yokoo Tadanori and the architect Nagayama Yûko. It was born out of modifying and renovating an ancient private house and accommodates a magnificent coloured-stoned garden, a basin, a cylindric tower and eleven artworks in two dimensions.

Back in Naoshima by private boat and bus for a tour of the Naoshima New Museum of Art by Tadao Ando, which opened its doors at the end of May 2025. Split on three floors, the museum will welcome a remarkable collection of major artworks as well as original creations of Asian artists of international renown.

Dinner at the restaurant Terrace located by the beach in the Park building of the Benesse House, and two steps away from the very famous Yellow Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama, the symbol of the island.

Night at your hotel.

After a breakfast at your hotel and the check-out, you will leave at 8:30a.m. with your tour guide and your English-speaking expert for a private visit of the Chichu Museum, one of the most renown museums in the world, exclusively opened for you outside opening hours to public. It is a museum unlike any other: almost invisible and only exposing three artists. Yet, it is by itself a fabulous experience of modern and contemporary art. The building is again the work of Tadao Ando. Literally buried in the landscape as a bunker – in Japanese « chichu » means « buried » –, we entry there almost like in a holy place. In one of the rooms, the American Walter De Maria unfolded Time/Timeless/No Time; in another room, five paintings of the series Water Lilies by Claude Monet subtly lighten by natural light; and ending with three artworks of the light and space genius, James Turrell.

Transfer in private bus and ferry to Okayama, then lunch at a Mediterranean restaurant of our selection before your Shinkansen train-journey to Kyoto.

Around 16p.m., packing off at your hotel, the Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto in a King Serenity room (48 m²).

Afternoon at leisure to relax or explore the pedestrian zone’s alleys of Higashiyama, where is located your hotel, or in Gion, famous for its geishas and its antique shops.  

In the beginning of the evening, private tour of the temple Kiyomizudera, one of the most famous one in Japan, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 778 by the monk Enchin, it is associated to the Buddhist Japanese cult Hosso. However, the current buildings date from 1633, after being re-constructed by the Tokugawa Iemitsu shogun. Its terrace, sustained by hundreds of wooden pillars, yet without studs, comes forward on the hill, offering a spectacular outlook of Kyoto. Kiyomizudera is also famous for its magnificent three-floor pagoda and its pure water springs.

Dinner at leisure. You will be provided with our recommendation list and have us at your disposal for bookings.

Night at your hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel.

At 9a.m., meet with your guide in your hotel hallway for a tour day in Nara, first permanent capital of Japan from 710 to 794. Located at around 1 hour from Kyoto by bus, the city is famous for its Buddhist temples, its Shintoism sanctuaries, its cultural treasures and its park full of free fallow deer.

In the morning, accompanied by a monk of the temple and your guide, you will visit the Todai-ji temple, a major Buddhist temple founded in the 8th century and the biggest wooden building in the world, known for housing the biggest bronze statue of Buddha in the entire world, named Daibutsu and measuring around 15 meters high.

Its annex temple, the Nigatsu-dō, located on the Mount Wakakusa and built on stilts, offers a magnificent outlook of the city from its woody terrace, a place for a peaceful and spiritual contemplation.

Lunch at a restaurant of our selection.

Walk in the Nara Park after lunch and returning transfer to Kyoto.

On the way back, you will break on your journey to visit Fushimi Inari Taisha, famous Shinto sanctuary, worldly known for its hundreds of vermilion torii, lined up in a path on the hillside. This emblematic site dedicated to the Divinity of rice and trade, offers a mystic atmosphere, especially at the end of the day, once the evening light percolates through the gantries.

Dinner at leisure. You will be provided with our recommendation list and have us at your disposal for bookings.

Night at the hotel.

After a breakfast at the hotel, you will begin this day in the pottery district of Gojozaka in Kyoto, with the tour of the Kawai Kanjiro House, which offers an intimate immersion in the universe of the great master of Japanese ceramic and the figure of the mingei movement. The old home-workshop of the artist preserves its warm atmosphere, with its wooden pieces, its artisanal objects and its traditional rising-flame oven. A peaceful and inspiring place, perfect to discover the artisanal Japanese spirit.

You will continue the visit in the Nijō Castle. Built in the beginning of the 12th century, it is one of the most important examples of castles’ architecture in the Edo era. This UNESCO World Heritage 27.5 hectares Site, enclosed by moats in the very centre of Kyoto, is famous for its magnificent Japanese gardens, its refined architecture and its historical importance.

Lunch at a teppanyaki restaurant, a famous Japanese cooking method where ingredients are grilled on a heated iron plate. In this restaurant nested in a traditional wooden house called machiya, you will have the occasion to taste Wagyu beef, a Japanese meat of unique marbling.

In the afternoon, you will visit the Ryōan-ji temple, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Famous for its dry garden, it is believed to be one of the best Japanese zen works of art. Dating from the 15^th century, this minimalist garden accommodates fifteen rocks set on a bed of carefully raked white gravel, inviting to meditation.

Your tour day will end with the visit of the Kinkaku-ji Temple, also known as the Golden Pavilion, and one of the most emblematic temples in Japan. Also registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this Buddhist zen temple is famous for its gold leaves-covered pavilion, magnificently reflecting on the surrounding lake.

Dinner-show of geisha in a refined scene. A rare moment and imprint of elegance, poesy and tradition.

Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel and check-out.

At 9:30a.m., private transfer to Osaka airport.

Recommended flight:

Departure from Osaka airport on 17 December 2025 at 12:45 (Air France flight AF291).

Arrival in Paris CDG at 19 :40 local time

Duration: 14 hours 55 minutes (direct flight)