Choose your dates.

Included

• Three nights: Seisei-an in Okitsu (two nights) and Soku-an in Kanbara (one night).
• Eight meals: three dinners (Wed, Thu, Fri), two lunches (Thu, Fri), three breakfasts (Thu, Fri, Sat).
• Workshops and visits: calligraphy at Seiken-ji temple, where you write one character of your name and take it home; making onigiri rice balls for Thursday lunch; printing one woodblock sheet in Yui; one bottle of sake from a Yui brewery (age 20 and over; under 20 receive a different item); a sweet from an Okitsu confectioner, handed over for your koban.
• Transport: a taxi to dinner and back on Thursday; the JR train from Yui to Kanbara on Friday.
• Guide: an English-speaking guide on Thursday and Friday.
• Luggage: moved once, from Seisei-an to Soku-an, on Friday.
• Props: the Shogun's letter with your name on it, a numbered koban token, a travel pass in the app, and a shogun portrait made with AI after we confirm the details with you by email.

Not included

• Travel to Okitsu and from Kanbara; drinks with meals (the bottle from the Yui brewery is included); personal shopping; travel insurance (please arrange your own).
• Travel between Tokyo and Shizuoka is outside our registered area and cannot be included.

Guiding and arrangements

• An English-speaking guide is with you on two of the four days: Thursday in Okitsu and Friday over the pass. On Wednesday and Saturday you go on your own, with the map and notes in the app.
• Tour conductor (itinerary management) with the group: none. The English-speaking guide only guides and does not manage the itinerary.
• Licensed guide-interpreter (national or regional) with the group: none.
• We do not carry out procedures on site during the trip, or arrange substitutes if a planned service cannot be provided.

Travellers under twenty receive a different item instead of sake. We tell the brewery in advance, from the ages given at booking.

On the morning you move, hand your bag to the carrier inside the house before you set out. After cleaning, the carrier places it inside the entrance of your next house, using a door code valid for that day only. Our cleaning staff do not handle bags.

Outline · 3 nights, 4 days

1. DAY 1 · Arrival in Okitsu
   • Arrival: Arrive in Okitsu on Wednesday. Seisei-an is two minutes on foot from JR Okitsu Station. Self check-in with the key box from 15:00.
   • On the way: A sealed letter addressed to you waits in the letter box at the entrance of Seisei-an.
   • On the way: To be confirmed
   • Meal: Dinner in Okitsu, at a table we reserve. (To be confirmed)
   • Night at: Seisei-an momen
2. DAY 2 · A day in Okitsu
   • Meal: Breakfast at the house, brought in by a local caterer. (To be confirmed)
   • Guide: An English-speaking guide is with you today, for guiding only; the guide does not manage the itinerary.
   • Thursday is spent in Okitsu: the town, Seiken-ji, and an evening meal.
   • On the way: Calligraphy at Seiken-ji: write one character of your name and take it home. The character appears on your road pass.
   • Meal: Midday: rice-ball making in the Seisei-an kitchen with a local caterer. What you make is your lunch, included in the price. (To be confirmed)
   • Meal: To be confirmed
   • Night at: Seisei-an momen
3. DAY 3 · Okitsu, Satta Pass, Yui and Kanbara
   • Meal: Breakfast at the house, brought in by a local caterer. (To be confirmed)
   • Guide: An English-speaking guide is with you today, for guiding only; the guide does not manage the itinerary.
   • Your bag moves to: Soku-an
   • Okitsu (17th post town) → Satta Pass → Yui (16th) → Kanbara (15th)
   • On the way: At the Satta Pass viewpoint, take a group photo in the direction of Hiroshige's print and send it from the app. You receive the photo set beside the print. (To be confirmed)
   • Meal: Lunch in Yui, at a table we reserve. (To be confirmed)
   • On the way: To be confirmed
   • On the way: To be confirmed
   • Transport: From Yui Station, one stop on the JR line to Kanbara Station. You may walk instead.
   • On the way: At Soku-an your bag is waiting inside the entrance, with its number. Stamp your letter with the seal in the letter box.
   • Meal: To be confirmed
   • Night at: Soku-an
4. DAY 4 · Departure from Kanbara
   • Meal: Breakfast at the house, brought in by a local caterer. (To be confirmed)
   • Departure: Saturday: check out of Soku-an by 11:00. JR Kanbara Station is five minutes on foot.