Food destinations within easy reach of Tokyo, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Tokyo. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous forJapan's largest Chinatown, with Cantonese, Sichuan, Taiwanese and Shanghainese restaurants plus street stalls
Yokohama Chinatown near Tokyo is Japan's largest Chinatown, with 600 shops and restaurants over a 500-metre district. Cantonese, Sichuan, Taiwanese kitchens.
Famous forEdo-period townscape, Kashiya Yokocho candy alley, sweet-potato sweets
Kawagoe in Saitama is the Edo-period 'Little Edo' town with 30 preserved warehouses, the Kashiya Yokocho candy alley, and sweet-potato ice cream and dango.
Famous forZen-temple shojin Buddhist vegetarian lunches, Komachi-dori snack street
Kamakura is the medieval temple town one hour south of Tokyo, with shojin Buddhist vegetarian lunches at Kencho-ji and the Komachi-dori snack street.
Famous forRyokan kaiseki dinners and hot-spring towns under Mount Fuji
Hakone in Kanagawa is the onsen ryokan town under Mount Fuji where the kaiseki dinner is the main event. Eat the multi-course meal in yukata before the bath.
Famous forMountain-trail tororo (yam-paste) soba and the cable car
Mount Takao west of Tokyo is the day-hike mountain where soba shops near the summit serve mountain-trail tororo soba. Cable car or chair lift up, walk down.
Famous forNikko yuba (tofu skin) and shojin Buddhist temple lunches
Nikko in Tochigi is the world-heritage temple town two hours north of Tokyo. Nikko yuba tofu skin is the lunch order; shojin lunches near the Rinno-ji.
Famous forHoutou flat-noodle miso stew, Fuji-area sake
Lake Kawaguchiko at the foot of Mount Fuji is the day-trip for Yamanashi houtou stew. Flat udon-style noodles in pumpkin-miso broth at Houtou Fudo.
Famous forChichibu single-malt distillery, hand-cut soba and Yakushido sake
Chichibu in Saitama is the mountain town with the cult Chichibu Distillery, hand-cut Saitama soba and the Yakushido sake brewery. The single malt sells out.
Day trip · 12 hours
Fuji across the bay from a hilltop of tea fields, the shogun's first tomb reached by ropeway, and the pine beach on the UNESCO list. Shizuoka by private van, no train ...
Day trip · 11 hours
Green tea rows running straight at Mount Fuji, and an hour with a farming family learning to brew it properly. Farm visit and tasting included. One fixed price per group.
Day trip · 12 hours
The Tunnel of Light - a mirror pool at the end of a tunnel in one of Japan's three great gorges - then sake tasting from 100 Niigata breweries and a station foot bath....