Hiroshima Experience 2 nights/3 days
$3500 per person
2 - 3 people (Request quote for 1 extra person)
Requires 2 - 3 months advance booking
unless marked, all expenses included
Days
1 & 2
AM JAL flight to Hiroshima from Haneda, rental car
Experiences include:
Visit to artisanal vinegar maker (40 min drive)
Ancient moshio salt making (1 hr plus drive)
Private shojin ryori (temple food) cooking class with young, global-thinking priest
Visit the Peace Museum
Meals include:
Very special ryotei (Japanese top level kaiseki-style traditional restaurant) - serious young chef who uses drop-dead gorgeous tableware from Meiji and Edo periods and the most pristine local ingredients - the chef’s skill and technique is just as impressive as his humble approach
Excellent, highly delicious yakitori
Coffee, breakfast, or lunch TBD
Stay both nights at hip hotel featuring modern Japanese rooms
Day 3
AM bullet train to Kyoto
Visit highest level ceramics shop run by a long-term foreigner expert
Japanese or Franco-Japanese course lunch, depending on the day and reservation availability - both places are hyper-focused on best local ingredients, including vegetables from Ohara
Stay in Kyoto (not included) or bullet train back to Tokyo (included)