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JAPAN
BESTOUR C - PREMIER PASSAGE
Japan’s popular cities with the
serenity of Mt. Fuji plus Takayama, World Heritage Shirakawago & Kanazawa
11 days / 9 nights for $3,800 (land only) |
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Tokyo, the bustling city (3 nights)
**4 nights if Day 10 return to Tokyo
Hakone & Mt. Fuji, (1 night)
Kyoto, the ancient capital (3 nights) **2 nights if Day 10
return to Tokyo
Takayama (1 night)
Kanazawa, visit the World Heritage Villages (1 night) |
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| Tour Features |
- Premium or Deluxe hotels throughout
- 1 lunch (L)
- Travel on the high-speed bullet train.
- Tokyo, an exhilarating city.
- Hakone, cruise on the Lake Ashi
- View the snow-capped Mt. Fuji
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (World Heritage Site)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (World Heritage Site)
- Takayama morning market & Kasakabe Folkcraft
Museum
- Scenic drive along Lake Mibora and Shogawa river
to Shirakawago, designated as World Heritage
- Visit Kenrokuen Garden, one of Japan’s three most beautiful gardens
- Stroll through the
Nagamachi samurai house district.
- 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 (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, or 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 per person 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 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
the hotel at around 1:30pm. The rest of the day is at leisure.
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| Day 8: Kyoto/Takayama |
Assemble at New Miyako Hotel at 10am (no pick-up service).
Board a Shinkansen for Nagoya. Transfer to limited express for Takayama, an ancient and quiet city called “Little Kyoto”.
Afternoon, stroll through Takayama visiting Yatai Kaikan Hall, where colorfully decorated traditional festival floats are displayed; Kasakabe Folkcraft Museum, formerly the residence of powerful merchants under government patronage; and the Kami Sannomachi street, which preserves traditional Japanese wooden houses.
HOTEL: HIDA HOTEL PLAZA
Note: From day 8, Takayama & Kanazawa, the Japan Operator reserves the
right to cancel the tour 20 days before the departure date from
Kyoto. If the booked tour is cancelled by the local
ground operator, alternate plans will be made or the departure
date can be changed. Pacific Bestours will not be responsible
for any
additional fees or other expenses incurred.
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| Day 9: Takayama/Shirakawago/Gokayama/Kanazawa |
Visit the famous morning market of Takayama. Scenic drive
along Lake Mibora and Shogawa river to Shirakawago, designated as World Heritage. Its highlights are unique structures called Gassho-Zukuri, or joined-hands farmhouses. Then visit Gokayama, another World Heritage village, where you can experience traditional Japanese paper making. Tour
continues to Kanazawa.
HOTEL: ANA KANAZAWA (Premier)
HOTEL: MIYAKO (Deluxe)
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| Day 10: Kanazawa / Kyoto or Tokyo |
Morning sightseeing in Kanazawa, visiting Kenrokuen Garden, one of Japan’s three most beautiful gardens; Kutaniyaki Pottery kiln; and a stroll through the Nagamachi samurai house district.
Afternoon, limited-express to Kyoto leaving around 2:20pm. Arrive at Kyoto around
4:40pm. Transfer to hotel in Kyoto.
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Afternoon, limited-express & Bullet train to Tokyo leaving around
2:20pm. Arrive at Station around 7:10pm. Keio Plaza Hotel is within walking distance or your own arrangement to the hotel. One piece of luggage transfer from Kyoto to Tokyo is included.
HOTEL: Tokyo or Kyoto hotels are the same as above
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| Day 11: Kyoto or Tokyo/ Hometown |
| Transfer to Kansai International Airport or Narita airport for departure.
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