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| Tours >> Japan |
JAPAN BESTOUR B
Japan’s popular cities with the serenity of Mt. Fuji
plus Hiroshima & Inland Sea
10 days / 8 nights for $3,130 (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 |
- Premier or Deluxe hotels 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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- Special US domestic add-on fare available from your home city (from $100 to $220)
- Weekend (Fri,Sat,Sun) surcharge $50 each way (applicable to Trans-Pacific flight only)
- Above SAMPLE AIRFARES are for your reference only and are based on all major Transpacific carriers. It is inclusive of Transpacific airfare. The exact airfare will be quoted at the time of booking. US departure taxes, foreign airport taxes, security charges and fuel surcharges are not included.
- Competitive Executive Class airfares available upon request
- 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: IMPERIAL or OKURA (Premier)
HOTEL: NEW TAKANAWA GRAND PRINCE or 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 (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
in Hakone where you may wish to enjoy an onsen hot spring bath this evening.
HOTEL: KOWAKI-EN (Premier - Japanese style room)
HOTEL: KOWAKI-EN (Deluxe)
Note: inclusive of one piece of luggage transfer per person 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 or WESTIN MIYAKO (Premier)
HOTEL: RIHGA ROYAL or 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: GRANVIA HIROSHIMA HOTEL
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| Day 9: Hiroshima / Kurashiki / Kyoto (1 Meal
included - L) (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: OKURA or WESTIN MIYAKO (Premier)
HOTEL: RIHGA ROYAL or NEW MIYAKO
(Deluxe) |
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| Day 10: Kyoto/ Hometown |
| Transfer to Kansai International Airport for departure.
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