Family
Family travel in Japan
A trip that works for the whole family, children and grandparents included.
What we do for you
Easy days, room to rest
Japan is easy with children once the moving parts are handled. We plan fewer hotel changes, private transfers where luggage and tired legs make trains hard, and days with one main thing in them and time to rest after.
Rooms are often the hard part. Many Japanese hotel rooms are small, so we look for connecting rooms, suites, or ryokan rooms where futons are laid out for the whole family. We check bed setups and age rules with each property before we propose them.
We plan meals with children in mind, and tell each restaurant about allergies in Japanese well before the day. If someone needs a slower morning, we move the plan around them.
How we plan it
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Rooms with space
Connecting rooms, suites or family-size ryokan rooms, with bed setups confirmed before we propose them.
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Transfers that are easy
Private cars with room for luggage and car seats, and trains where they are simpler.
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One main thing a day
Mornings for the big sights, afternoons for rest, parks or the pool.
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Meals that work
Restaurants that welcome children, with allergies passed on in Japanese ahead of time.
Ideas for your journey
Shapes to start from. Every route is rebuilt around your dates, your pace and the rooms that are open.
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10 days
Tokyo and Kyoto, two bases
- Tokyo5 nights
- Kyoto4 nights
Only one hotel change, with the bullet train between the two cities.
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12 days
Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto
- Tokyo4 nights
- Hakone2 nights
- Kyoto5 nights
A ryokan stay in the middle, where the whole family sleeps on futons in one room.
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14 days
Tokyo, Kanazawa and Kyoto
- Tokyo5 nights
- Kanazawa3 nights
- Kyoto5 nights
Gardens, crafts and a quieter city between the two big ones.
We check availability before we propose anything, and nothing is promised until it is confirmed.
Or start from another kind of trip
Other journeys
Tell us about your journey
Send us your dates, who is travelling and what matters most. We will come back with a first shape for the trip before any work begins.
You pay hotels, ryokan, restaurants and guides directly, at their own rates. We add no markups and take no commissions. The Signature planning fee is USD 3,500 for your group, for a journey of 7–14 days. Longer or more complex journeys are planned as Bespoke.
During the trip, you reach us through the STAYGO app and WhatsApp. We agree our response hours with you before you leave.