From Tokyo: Private Nikko Day, Toshogu, Onsen, Guide All Day

1. Nikko Tosho-gu
   1h 30m · Admission ticket not included
   The shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the shogunate that ruled Japan for 250 years, set in the cedars above Nikko. Your guide walks you from the five-storey pagoda through the Yomeimon gate, past the Three Wise Monkeys, to the Sleeping Cat and the tomb above.
2. Shinkyo Bridge
   15m · Admission ticket not included
   The red sacred bridge over the Daiya River, the entrance to Nikko's sacred mountains, once reserved for imperial envoys. Best in the morning light, and in autumn when the leaves turn.
3. Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park
   10m · Admission ticket not included
   Optional. The Tamozawa Imperial Villa, summer residence of the Imperial Family from 1899: 106 rooms in Edo and Meiji styles, and a quiet garden. Tell us when you book if you would like to add it.
4. 20m
   A quiet riverside path beside a gorge cut through old lava from Mount Nantai, lined with some seventy stone Jizo statues in red caps, the 'Bake Jizo'.
5. Irohazaka Route
   20m
   The mountain road from Nikko up to Lake Chuzenji, 1,269 m: twenty hairpin bends on the way up and twenty-eight on the way down, one for each letter of the old Japanese alphabet. Spectacular in autumn colour. In snow or ice your guide takes another route.
6. Lake Chuzenji
   1h 30m · Admission ticket not included
   Lunch by the lake, 1,269 m up, below Mount Nantai. Your guide suggests a place; yuba, the local tofu skin, is the dish to try. Paid on the day.
7. Kegon Falls
   30m · Admission ticket not included
   The 97-metre fall where Lake Chuzenji pours into the gorge. A lift takes you down to the viewing platform at its foot, close to the spray. The lift ticket is paid on the day.
8. Ryuzu Waterfall
   30m
   A long cascade, some 210 metres, that splits in two around a rock before it reaches the river, like the head of a dragon. A small tea house sits beside the lower fall.
9. Nikko Yumoto Onsen
   10m · Admission ticket not included
   Optional. A hot spring before the drive back to Tokyo. The public baths we use do not accept tattoos; a private bath can be arranged instead, tell us when you book. Bathing is without swimwear, separated by gender in the public baths. Onsen entry is paid on the day.

Pickup details

We will pick you up at any hotel, Airbnb or train station within Tokyo's 23 wards. Upon booking, please include your pick-up location in the "Special Requirements" section. There may be an additional surcharge for pick-up at other sites.

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels