| Day 1: Depart Hometown |
| Travel across the Pacific aboard one of our selected airlines. |
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| Day 2: Arrive Tokyo |
Upon arrival at Narita International Airport,
transfer to accommodation by airport coach.
HOTEL: OKURA (Premium)
HOTEL: NEW TAKANAWA PRINCE or
KEIO PLAZA (Deluxe) |
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| Day 3: Tokyo |
| Tokyo Morning Tour - Visit Meiji Shrine, drive by
National Diet Building, Imperial East Garden (on Mon. & Fri.
visit Imperial Palace Plaza instead), Asakusa Kannon Temple
& Nakamise Shopping Arcade and drive through Ginza. Tour disbands on arrival in Ginza area around 1pm.
The rest of the day is at leisure.
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| Day 4: Tokyo |
| A day to yourself to
explore the city or join an optional excursion to Nikko National
Park (World Heritage site).
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| Day 5: Tokyo / Mt. Fuji / Hakone (1 Meal included - L) (escorted) |
Travel
by luxury coach, on today’s outing to the mountains of
Fuji-Hakone, one of the Japan’s most beloved scenic regions.
Drive through the countryside and continue to the base of
snow-capped Mt. Fuji, whose graceful slopes fill your view with
their perfect beauty. Lunch at Hotel Highland Resort. Enjoy a
cruise on Hakone’s Lake Ashi, in the heart of a volcanic hot
springs resort and Mt. Komagatake Aerial Cableway. Overnight at
Hakone where you may wish to enjoy an onsen hot spring bath this
evening.
HOTEL: PRINCE (Premium)
HOTEL: KOWAKI-EN (Deluxe)
Note: inclusive of one piece of luggage transfer
to Kyoto
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| Day 6: Hakone / Kyoto |
This morning, experience the local
transportation to Hakone
Okadawa Station. Lightening bullet train ride to Kyoto. Check in
at your assigned hotel. Continue with an afternoon tour to Nara
where you will visit Todaiji Temple with an image of Buddha,
vermilion-hued Kasuga Shrine and Nara Park.
HOTEL: OKURA (Premium)
HOTEL: NEW MIYAKO
(Deluxe) |
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| Day 7: Kyoto |
| Your morning tour in
Kyoto: Visit Nijo Castle (when closed, visit Ryoanji Temple
instead), Golden Pavilion, Kyoto Imperial Palace (on Sat. Sun.
and national holidays and other days when it’s closed, visit
Higashi Honganji Temple instead), and Kyoto Handicraft Center. You may choose to be on your own for the afternoon or
take the coach to return to hotel at around 1:30pm. The rest of the day is at leisure.
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| Day 8: Kyoto/Osaka/ Hometown |
| Transfer to Kansai
International Airport for departure.
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| OPTIONAL KYOTO EXTENSIONS: |
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| EXTEND-A-DAY IN
KYOTO & EXPERIENCE JAPANESE-STYLE HOTEL (RYOKAN) |
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Ryokan Gion Yoshima: 3 in a room at $190 per person, 2 in a room at $195 per person, 1 in a room
at $235 per person
(rates are inclusive of breakfast and dinner) |
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| KYOTO EXTENSION A (K-100) |
| Kyoto/Himeji/Kyoto |
Add a night in Kyoto with a full-day trip to
Himeji. Take a Shinkansen (bullet train) to Himeji, visit the
beautiful Himeji Castle (World Heritage Site) & Sake Brewery
factory.
HOTEL: NEW MIYAKO
Note: Tour operates on Tue, Thu, & Sat (Jan 10 – Dec 21)
with minimum 2 persons
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| KYOTO EXTENSION B – (S-1) |
| Kyoto/Hiroshima/Miyajima/Kyoto |
Add
a night in Kyoto with a full-day trip to Hiroshima & Miyajima.
Take a Shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima. Visit Itsukushima
Shrine (World Heritage Site) in Miyajima Island and Peace Memorial
Park (World Heritage Site) in Hiroshima. Return to Kyoto in early
evening.
HOTEL: NEW MIYAKO
Note: Tour operates on Mon, Tue, Fri & Sat (Jan 6 – Dec 26) with
minimum 2 persons
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| KYOTO
EXTENSION C – (N-160) |
| Kyoto/Osaka/Kyoto (L) |
Add a night in Kyoto, with a full-day walking tour
of Osaka. You will visit the Floating Garden Observatory, Ohatsu
Tenjin, Osaka Castle, Shitennoji Temple and Tsutenkaku Tower.
Return to Kyoto via fast train.
HOTEL: NEW MIYAKO
Note: Tour operates on Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun (Jan 7 – Dec
26) with minimum 2 persons
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