Full days out from your base city, with the exact trains and buses there and back.
From Tokyo · 7 stops
The postcard shot of Mt Fuji behind a five-story pagoda, hoto noodles for lunch, a ropeway up for lake and mountain views, and Fuji across the water from a lakeside park.
₱3,850
¥9,520
From Tokyo · 7 stops
The old samurai capital, an hour from Shinjuku: a giant bronze Buddha, a hillside temple with sea views, street food on Komachi-dori, and the seaside railroad crossing from Slam Dunk.
₱2,400
¥5,920
From Tokyo · 9 stops
Two hours from Asakusa to a UNESCO forest of lavish shrines: the Sleeping Cat, the three wise monkeys, a vermilion bridge, and a gorge lined with stone Jizo statues.
₱6,050
¥14,890
From Osaka · 8 stops
Tunnels of vermilion torii gates in the morning light, Kyoto's temple on a wooden stage, the stone lanes of Higashiyama, and the geisha district of Gion.
₱4,000
¥9,840
From Osaka · 8 stops
Feed the bowing deer, stand under a 15-meter bronze Buddha, walk a path of stone lanterns to Kasuga Taisha, catch a high-speed mochi-pounding show, then okonomiyaki back in Osaka.
₱2,400
¥5,910
From Osaka · 7 stops
Early morning in the towering bamboo, a Zen garden at Tenryu-ji, the river at Togetsukyo, then Kinkaku-ji's gold-leafed pavilion reflected in its pond.
₱3,200
¥7,960