Trip conditions and terms

Our Travel Service Manager is reviewing the trip conditions and terms. They will be shown here once reviewed.

Our Travel Service Manager is reviewing the trip conditions and terms. They will be shown here once reviewed.

What is already decided

• KAIDO WALK · SHOGUN · Satta Pass · 4 days, 3 nights
• Three nights, four days on the old Tokaido. Receive the Shogun's letter at a house in Okitsu, carry it over Satta Pass, and deliver it to a house in Kanbara. Houses, meals, workshops, guiding and luggage are in the price.
• You walk one pass: from Okitsu over Satta Pass to Yui, then one stop by train to Kanbara.
• Travellers under twenty receive a different item instead of sake. We tell the brewery in advance, from the ages given at booking.
• Two to five people in one group. We do not take bookings for one person.
• Departures are on Wednesdays: arrive on Wednesday, cross the pass on Friday, leave on Saturday.
• Applications close 20 days before departure.
• Payment is made in advance by card.
• 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.
• Year one covers nine post towns from Yoshiwara to Fujieda, plus Fujinomiya.
• Price per person by group size: JPY 238,000 for a group of 2; JPY 198,000 for a group of 3 to 5 (to be revised in spring). The price is per person, includes tax, and depends on the size of your group.
• Contact during the trip: To be confirmed
• Cancellation charges: Cancellation charges follow the Standard Travel Agency Terms and Conditions. (To be confirmed)

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.

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