Niigata/Saitama Experience 2 nights/3 days
$3250 per person
2 - 3 people (Request quote for 1 extra person)
Requires 2 - 3 months advance booking
unless marked, all expenses included
Day 1
11:04 bullet train from Tokyo arriving Honjo-Waseda 11:50 (not included)
Top flight soba course lunch
13:51 train to Niigata area, arriving 15:42
Visit 200-year-old artisanal hand-hammered metal (copper, tin, bronze) workshop
Check into Hotel Okura
Dinner at excellent local yakitori shop - Niigata is famous for chicken
Walk back to hotel stopping by the No Name thrift shop (an unmanned shop open 24 hours)
Day 2
Visit 200-year-old sake brewery, sake tasting
Top quality sushi course lunch
Bullet train to Echigo-Yuzawa in Niigata, taxi further into the countryside to Minami-Uonuma
Stay at cool renovated Japanese inn with excellent local food prepared in a modern Japanese style
Day 3
Breakfast at inn
10:33 train back to Honjo-Waseda, arriving 11:12
Visit local potter and organic shoyu, miso, tofu maker
Local modern, yet traditional, ramen or yuba burger for lunch
15:25 train back to Tokyo, arriving 16:12