From Tokyo: Nikko Private Tour, Toshogu, Onsen, Guide All Day

A fully private day from Tokyo to Nikko: your own fluent English-speaking guide, your own car, and nobody else on board. Your guide collects you at your hotel in the morning, walks every shrine and waterfall with you, and drives you back in the evening.

The day as we plan it: Nikko Toshogu, from the five-storey pagoda to the Sleeping Cat; the red Shinkyo Bridge; the riverside path of Kanmangafuchi; the hairpin bends of the Irohazaka road up to Lake Chuzenji, with lunch by the lake; Kegon Falls; then Ryuzu Falls and an optional hot spring. Back in Tokyo around 18:30 to 19:00.

The Tamozawa Imperial Villa can be added if the day allows.

The public baths we use do not accept tattoos; a private bath can be arranged instead. Lunch, entry tickets and the onsen are paid on the day. Pickup and drop-off at any hotel in Tokyo's 23 wards. The tour is private: only your party, your guide and the car.