Trips / Abroad / 06

Kyoto & Naoshima, Art & Kissaten

Moss gardens, concrete museums, and a bicycle between them.

Length
7 days · 6 nights
Season
Mar–Nov
Guests
1–2, never a group
From
$1,030 / person

Northern Kyoto · Naoshima · Teshima

Instead of queueing at Kiyomizu, you stay in the quiet north of Kyoto, then take the art islands of the Seto Inland Sea by e-bike, with every museum on a timed ticket.

  • Timed museum entries, never a queue
  • Luggage forwarded between every stay
  • Northern Kyoto at opening time
  • No group
  • No icebreakers
  • Your own room
  • Every activity optional

Day by day

A sample plan. Your version is adjusted to your rhythm before you pay the balance.

  1. Day 1

    Arrive

    • —Reserved Haruka seat from Kansai airport
    • 17:00Small inn, northern Kyoto
  2. Day 2

    Opening time

    • 08:30Ohara and Kurama, first in
    • 14:00Kissaten afternoon, window counter
  3. Day 3

    To the sea

    • 09:00Luggage forwarded; shinkansen to Okayama
    • 13:00Ferry to Naoshima
  4. Day 4

    Chichu

    • 10:00E-bike, then Chichu Art Museum on a timed ticket
    • —Afternoon on the beach by the pumpkin, before the ferries
  5. Day 5

    Teshima

    • 11:00Teshima Art Museum: one room, one drop of water
    • 17:00Back to Naoshima
  6. Day 6

    Kyoto again

    • —A free day with the kissaten map
  7. Day 7

    Home

    • 10:00Haruka to Kansai airport

Where you sleep

27dB

A small inn in northern Kyoto, then Naoshima

Rain on moss is the loudest thing here.

Night-time Quiet Score, sample measurement

What the price covers

  • Included
  • Every night's stay
  • Silent Ride transfers and the boats, trains or bikes listed
  • Every experience in the plan, booked
  • Departure Kit: coin, route book, map, audio stories
  • Text concierge, 08:00–22:00
  • Not included
  • International flights (we book at cost if you want)
  • Meals not listed in the plan
  • Travel insurance

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