Japan 2026

Family Trip — May 6 to June 11 · 6 adults + 1 toddler · 36 nights

Route

Bangkok 3 nights · 6 May — 9 May
Osaka 7 nights · 9 May — 16 May
Takayama 4 nights · 16 May — 20 May
Matsumoto 3 nights · 20 May — 23 May
Fuji 4 nights · 23 May — 27 May
Hakone 4 nights · 27 May — 31 May
Tokyo 8 nights · 31 May — 8 Jun
Bangkok 3 nights · 8 Jun — 11 Jun

Segments

3N

Bangkok

  • Stopover before Japan
Getting there: Flight from Tel Aviv (~11 hours)

Arrive May 6

7N

Osaka

  • Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan
  • Tempozan Giant Ferris Wheel
  • Osaka Castle Park
  • Dotonbori (early evenings)
  • Day trip to Nara (Todai-ji, deer park)
  • Kyoto day trip (teamLab Biovortex)
  • Toyota factory tour day trip
  • Kuromon Market
  • Shinsekai area
Getting there: Flight (~6 hours)

Arrive May 9

Day Trip

Kyoto

  • teamLab Biovortex Kyoto
  • Fushimi Inari (lower gates)
Getting there: JR Special Rapid (~30 min each way)
4N

Takayama

  • Sanmachi Suji (old town)
  • Morning markets (Miyagawa & Jinya)
  • Hida no Sato Folk Village Museum
  • Hida beef dinners
  • Day trip to Toyama
Getting there: Private van via Yoro Park & Mino (~full day)

Stops: Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro Park, Mino (clean water, sake, paper mill). Arrive Takayama evening.

3N

Matsumoto

  • Matsumoto Castle
  • Matsumoto City Museum
  • Nawate Street (frog street)
  • Day trip to Kamikochi
  • Kiso Valley day trip
Getting there: Via Kamikochi (~half day)

Split day: Takayama → Kamikochi → Matsumoto

4N

Fuji

  • Fuji-Q Highland (2 days)
  • Mt. Fuji 5th Station
  • Lake Kawaguchi with Mt. Fuji views
  • Kachi Kachi Ropeway
Getting there: Ltd Express Azusa to Otsuki + Fujikyu Railway (~3 hours total)

Travel day May 23

4N

Hakone

  • Hakone Open Air Museum
  • Glass Museum (Venetian Glass)
  • Hakone Kowakien Yunessun (water park)
  • Hakone Shrine (lakeside torii)
Getting there: Drive to Hakone, return car in Odawara (~1.5 hours)

Return rental car in Odawara on arrival day

8N

Tokyo

  • Ueno Zoo
  • Senso-ji (Asakusa)
  • Yoyogi Park
  • Shinjuku Gyoen
  • Shinkansen viewing at Tokyo Station
  • Day trips: Kamakura, Nikko
Getting there: Romancecar to Shinjuku or Shinkansen via Odawara (~1-1.5 hours)

Romancecar: Hakone-Yumoto → Shinjuku ~85min. Shinkansen: Odawara → Tokyo ~35min.

3N

Bangkok

  • Stopover on the way home
Getting there: Flight (~7 hours)

June 11 flight BKK → TLV

Key Info

Group

6 adults + 1 toddler (almost 2)

Transport

Trains in cities, private van for alpine segments

Pacing

Relaxed — toddler-friendly mornings, rest afternoons

Season

Late spring — 15-25°C, green Alps, clear Fuji mornings