Sightseeing trains, cruises, and guided tours across Japan, with fares and operating seasons worked out.
Each autumn in western Shimane, shrine stages host Iwami Kagura – sacred dances performed through the night, from ceremonial pieces to a battle with a serpent.
Shimane · ChugokuA tiny railway at the eastern edge of Chiba, kept running by the rice crackers it sells – twenty minutes from the town to the Pacific, past cabbage fields.
Choshi · ChibaAn unelectrified line from the Chiba coast into the hills, where the ride is the whole point – wooden halts, open-sided carriages and rape blossom in spring.
Ichihara · ChibaFor over a thousand years, the Kumano Kodo has led pilgrims through the mountains of Kii to the sacred Kumano Sanzan shrines – now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wakayama · KansaiThe Sagano Romantic Train is a scenic sightseeing train near Arashiyama, Kyoto, running through the Hozugawa valley with different views across all four seasons.
Kyoto · Kansai
