Tokyo Itineraries: Day Charters and Multi-Day Routes

Yokohama to Enoshima and Kamakura

Board at Yokohama Bayside Marina by mid-morning. Cruise south along the Kanagawa coast to Enoshima, roughly 20 nautical miles. Anchor in the island’s lee and spend the morning exploring the shrine walk, the sea caves and the Sea Candle lighthouse. Cross to Yuigahama Beach for a swim and a tender ride ashore to Kamakura’s Great Buddha. Your chef serves lunch on the aft deck – fresh sashimi, edamame, cold soba noodles and chilled Japanese beer. Spend the afternoon cruising the Shonan coast, with the forested hills of Kamakura to port and the open Pacific to starboard. Anchor off Enoshima or Kamakura for the night. Dinner on deck: grilled yellowtail collar, miso soup, seasonal pickles and a carafe of junmai sake, as the lights of the Shonan coast twinkle on the shore.

Hayama, Morito Shrine and Jogashima

Rise early and cruise south to Hayama, where Mount Fuji greets you across Sagami Bay on a clear morning. Anchor off Isshiki Beach and swim in the calm, clean water that has attracted the Imperial family for over a century. Take the tender to Morito Shrine – a vermilion torii gate marks the entrance to this tiny island shrine, a serene pocket of old Japan just metres from the shore. Lunch ashore at one of Hayama’s refined waterfront restaurants, or your chef prepares a kaiseki-inspired spread on the aft deck. In the afternoon, cruise past the Aburatsubo Peninsula to Jogashima – a small island at the tip of the Miura Peninsula with a historic lighthouse (built 1869) and coastal hiking trails through wildflower meadows. Anchor in the sheltered waters off Jogashima for sunset and dinner.

Sarushima and Return to Yokohama

Cross to the eastern side of the bay mouth and anchor off Sarushima, Tokyo Bay’s only natural island. Spend the morning exploring the atmospheric Meiji-era fortification ruins – red-brick tunnels, overgrown gun emplacements and crumbling stone walls draped in subtropical vegetation. Snorkel the surprisingly clear waters on the island’s southern side, where rocky reef attracts wrasse and sea bream. Your chef prepares a farewell lunch on the aft deck as the yacht cruises north to Yokohama, arriving by mid-afternoon. Disembark at Yokohama Bayside Marina with time for a sunset stroll along the Yamashita Park waterfront or a final bowl of ramen in Chinatown.

Yokohama to Manazuru and Atami

Board at Yokohama Bayside Marina and cruise south-west out of Tokyo Bay into Sagami Bay. Pass the Miura Peninsula and head for Manazuru, roughly 35 nautical miles from Yokohama – a small fishing town where a 350-year-old camphor tree forest meets the waterline. Anchor in the eastern bay for a brief swim, then continue 10 nautical miles south to Atami. This famous onsen town cascades down steep hillsides to a harbour that has welcomed visitors since the Tokugawa shoguns bathed here in the 1600s. Your crew arranges a private clifftop rotenburo (outdoor hot spring) as the sun sets over Sagami Bay. Dinner ashore at a local kaiseki restaurant, or your chef sources the harbour’s catch for a Japanese-Mediterranean fusion dinner aboard.

Ito and the Jogasaki Coast

A 10-nautical-mile morning cruise brings you to Ito, where the Englishman William Adams built Japan’s first Western-style ships in 1604. South of Ito, the Jogasaki Coast unfolds – 35-metre volcanic sea cliffs, natural rock arches and a dramatic suspension bridge over a gorge. Take the tender close to the cliff base for photographs, then cruise further south to Shimoda, where Commodore Perry landed in 1854 to open Japan to the West. Wander the gas-lit streets and the Ryosenji temple, then return to the yacht for dinner in a sheltered bay as the coastal hills turn amber in the fading light.

Shimoda Beaches, Cape Irozaki and Dogashima

Shirahama Beach – a 700-metre crescent of white sand – is your morning playground. Swim, paddleboard and snorkel in turquoise shallows, then cruise west to Cape Irozaki (the peninsula’s southern tip, with a lighthouse on volcanic cliffs) and on to Dogashima. The Tensodo Cave here has a circular skylight in its ceiling that throws a shaft of light onto the turquoise water below – your tender enters in calm conditions for a moment that feels genuinely otherworldly. Lunch on the aft deck off Dogashima, then cruise north along the quieter western Izu coast. Overnight at anchor, with grilled kinmedai – the Izu’s signature golden-eye snapper – as the centrepiece of dinner.

Western Izu and Return to Yokohama

A final morning swim or onsen excursion, then the yacht turns north for the return to Yokohama (50–60 nautical miles). Mount Fuji dominates the north-western horizon on clear days. Your chef prepares a farewell bento-style lunch – sushi, tempura, pickled vegetables, wagyu sliders – as the Yokohama skyline appears in the late afternoon. Arrive at the marina by early evening, carrying memories of volcanic coastline, hidden caves and hot springs that most visitors never reach.

Guests looking for a longer voyage can combine the 3-day Shonan Coast route with the 4-day Izu Peninsula route for a comprehensive 7-day Tokyo charter, or add an extra day for an 8-day grand itinerary that covers every highlight from Sarushima to Dogashima without repeating a single anchorage.