Western Tokyo

A lovely day in Western Tokyo Countryside

Respite

For a change from all you may have seen, visited and tasted in the previous days or during your last visit to Japan, or a day off during your business stay in the capital, indulge in the Western Tokyo Tour, a customized, totally private day to reset, discover or rekindle with a laid back Japan devoid of crowds and standardized formulas, at a surprisingly short distance from the urban center.

Food

Western Tokyo is a terroir of slow food, opulent with vegetables, selective with river fish and meat. The district is plentiful with water, which explains the many saké makers around. Countryside traditional cuisine is devoid of ostentation but genuine in hospitality and exquisite tastes. And maybe for a change, Western cooking or Japanese with a modern twist.

Surroundings

Centennial buildings, gorgeous saké factories, fields and rivers to walk around or just sit by, mountains in the distance that mark the end of Tokyo, a silk boutique hidden behind a bamboo grove, an odorous indigo dyeing atelier deep in blue, flowers on hillsides. Tranquility and nature are the keywords that best describe selected locations and privileged spots under each season.

Seasonality

Each tour is woven around the current season, weather conditions, mood and the unexpected. Multiple variety of greens in Spring, deep brown foliage of Autumn, the dampness of the rainy season, the searing heat of Summer, the crisp air and blue sky, or the odd snowfall of Winter, the sense of place is profoundly resounding a natural environment that is still named Tokyo.

Encounters

People are destinations, and all tours are made by and thanks to a strong network of local residents, regional actors, cooks, farmers, priests, artisans and artists who sustain a casual yet unique cocoon of slow life an hour away from the mediatic urban Tokyo.

The Western Tokyo Tour offers the sensible traveler that rare opportunity to experience real human connexions, and that special feeling for a day to simply be a part of it.