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| Tours >> Japan |
JAPAN AFFORDABLE CHOICES TOUR B
Japan’s popular cities with the serenity of Mt. Fuji
plus Hiroshima & Inland Sea
10 days / 8 nights for $2,380 (land only) |
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Tokyo, the bustling city (3 nights)
Hakone, Mt. Fuji & Onsen experience, Japan’s scenic regions (1 night)
Kyoto, the ancient capital (3 nights)
Hiroshima & Miyajima, (1 night) |
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| Tour Features |
- Sup. 1st class accommodations throughout
- 2 lunches (L)
- Travel on the high-speed bullet train
- Tokyo, an exhilarating city
- Hakone, cruise on Lake Ashi
- View the snow-capped Mt. Fuji
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (World Heritage Site)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (World Heritage Site)
- Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial (World Heritage Site)
- Miyajima’s Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (World Heritage Site)
- Kurashiki, Japan’s Landscape Preservation area
- Okayama’s famous Korakuen Garden
- Comprehensive sightseeing of each city's highlights
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| Pricing |
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- Optional extensions:
Kyoto extension Plan A - $290 sharing twin or $370 single room
Kyoto extension Plan C - $260 sharing twin or $335 single room
- Add $75 to the Land Price if tour package does not include Transpacific airfare.
- Above SAMPLE AIRFARES are for your reference only and are based on United Airlines or Northwest Airlines.
Other lower airfares are available. Please refer to Best Available Airfares
- Executive Class airfares available upon request.
- US departure taxes, foreign airport taxes, security charges and fuel surcharges are not included.
- It is important that you read
"Things You Should Know" and
"Terms & Conditions" that will include, among other important items, information on: LAND ONLY PASSENGERS, TAXES, PORT CHARGES AND VISAS.
- Guaranteed departures are based on minimum of 2 passengers.
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| Detailed Itinerary |
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| 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 (please refer to Tokyo arrival transfer procedure attached)
HOTEL: KEIO PLAZA
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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 (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
in Hakone where you may wish to enjoy an onsen hot spring bath this evening.
HOTEL: KOWAKI-EN
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: NEW MIYAKO
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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/Hiroshima (escorted) |
Transfer to Kyoto Station to take a Shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima. Visit Itsukushima Shrine with its red torli gate in Miyajima and Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
HOTEL: RIHGA ROYAL HOTEL
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| Day 9: Hiroshima / Kurashiki / Kyoto (Lunch included) (escorted) |
This morning take a Shinkansen to Kurashiki. Visit Ohara Museum of Art and Kurashiki Folkcraft Museum. After lunch at Kurashiki International Hotel, take local train to Okayama and visit Korakuen Garden, one of the three most famous gardens in Japan. Back to Kyoto by Shinkansen. Return to hotel around 7pm.
HOTEL: NEW MIYAKO
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| Day 10: Kyoto/ Hometown |
| Transfer to Kansai International Airport for departure.
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| OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS: |
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| KYOTO EXTENSION A (K-100) |
| Kyoto/Himeji/Kyoto (L) |
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 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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