Your Kansai ground partner for the Japan few ever see.
Yohaku arranges and operates private journeys for luxury travel companies abroad. They open in Kyoto and Osaka, then continue to the Seto Inland Sea and Japan’s outer islands.
Where we work
余白 (yohaku) is the space left open on a page. On most itineraries to Japan, that space is everything past Kyoto. It is where we take your clients.
- 京都Kyoto
- 大阪Osaka
- 瀬戸内Seto Inland Sea
- 壱岐Iki
- 五島Goto
- Kansai
- Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Osaka and Koyasan
- Setouchi
- The Seto Inland Sea and its islands
- Outer islands
- Goto and Iki, off the coast of Kyushu
Why travel companies work with us
Yohaku was founded in Osaka by people from luxury hotel sales and inbound ground handling. We plan the Japan portion of your clients’ trip, contract every supplier and run it on the day.
- Access that is not on sale
- Temple visits after hours, workshops closed to the public and unhurried time with the craftspeople themselves, arranged through long-standing local relationships.
- Hotels we know from the inside
- Close ties with boutique luxury properties, including Michelin Key hotels in Setouchi and on the islands of Goto and Iki.
- An answer within 24 hours
- Send a brief and receive a tailored itinerary and quotation, typically within a day.
- Operations your clients never see
- Private chauffeurs, licensed English-speaking guides and on-trip support, handled behind the scenes so the trip stays yours.
Signature journeys
Three starting points. Each is quoted at Standard, Premium and Custom levels and fitted to your client’s dates and party.
Kyoto Artisan Day
A private day with Nishijin weavers, a Zen temple, kaiseki lunch and a tea ceremony, with a car and guide from the hotel door.
- Where
- Kyoto
- Length
- One day, 09:00 to 17:30
- Party
- 2 to 4 guests, private
- 09:00Pick-up at the hotel by private car, with an English-speaking guide
- 09:30Nishijin weaving workshop: a demonstration, then time at the loom
- 11:30Special temple visit, a talk with the head priest and zazen
- 13:00Kaiseki lunch in a private room at a ryotei
- 14:30Kyo-yaki ceramics or gold leaf workshop; the piece is shipped home afterwards
- 16:30Private tea ceremony
- 17:30Return to the hotel
Kansai to Setouchi
Kyoto’s culture first, then west to the art and calm of the Seto Inland Sea, with nights at a boutique hotel on the water.
Islands at the edge of Japan
An extension to Goto or Iki for ocean-view onsen suites and island life that mass tourism has not reached.
What we arrange
- FIT and small-group private journeys
- Hotel and ryokan arrangements
- Private transfers and chauffeurs
- Licensed English-speaking guides
- Exclusive experiences with artisans, temples and ryotei
- Small incentive programmes
How we work
- 1
Send a brief
Dates, party size, the hotels or level you have in mind, and what your clients care about.
- 2
Receive an itinerary and quote
Day by day, at net rates, typically within 24 hours. Adjust it with us until it fits.
- 3
Confirm
We contract every hotel, car, guide and host, and send final documents before arrival.
- 4
We run it on the ground
Someone in Japan follows the trip each day and handles changes as they happen.