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Start Date(Day 1 of the Itinerary): March 21. 27, April 03, 2016
Nights: 6 days 5 nights
Price: USD 1,980 USD 1,898
Single room supplement: USD 400

PLEASE NOTE

All prices are per person, based on double or triple occupancy.
International flights are not included on our tours - this allows you the flexibility to choose your own departure and get the best value for your money!

TOUR COST INCLUDES

4nights Western style and 1night Japanese style accommodation.
Meet and greet upon arrival at Narita Airport.
Airport transfers on arrival and departure.
Private coach transfers between destinations in Japan.
Comprehensive escorted with Japan Dream Tour professional English speaking tour guide.
Meals described as in the itinerary
Admission fees and activities.
Entry fees to sites, gardens, and museums listed in the itinerary.

TOUR COST DOES NOT INCLUDE

International Airfares
Meals that are not included in the itinerary
Travel Insurance
Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks
Personal expenses such as telephone and laundry bills
Gratuities

ADDITION INFORMATION

Transport : Travel by air conditioned, private coach, baggage handling free
Arrival/Departure Airports : For arrivals at Narita Airport (NRT), this tour starts in Tokyo and ends in Osaka, with departures at Kansai International Airport (KIX).
Meal Requests : Vegetarian or special meals can be arranged
Meet and Greet : Please note that the meet and greet and airport transfer to the first hotel is ONLY available on the first day of the tour after 11 AM.
If you plan to stay extra nights before the start of the tour, please arrange your own hotel transfer

Tour schedule and prices subject to change without notice

MAP

※View from a coach

TOKYO

Edo Tokyo Museum
Asakusa
Sumida River Cruise

Meiji Shrine

Tokyo Tower

Shibuya Crossing

Tsukiji Fish Market ( Optional Tour )

HAKONE / MT.FUJI

Itchiku Kubota Art Museum
Hakone Open Air Museum
Mt.Fuji 5th station or Mt.Fuji visitor center( It will be changed due to weather )

KYOTO

Kiyomizu Temple
Golden Pavilion
Nishijin-ori Kaikan ( Nishijin Textile Center )

Gion district
Tea Ceremony
Fushimi Inari

NARA

Todaiji Temple
Deer Park

OSAKA

Dotonbori

NARITA-TOKYO
Welcome to Tokyo! You will be greeted by an English-speaking assistant at the airport. The assistant will get you in the bus to your hotel.
【About accomodation】
Narita Excel Hotel Tokyu or Similar ( WiFi=○ )
【Meals】
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TOKYO
Full-day sightseeing in the Big City – Tokyo- Capital of Japan.
We go to ※Edo Tokyo museum where take visitors a journey through the 400-year history of Edo-Tokyo since Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo.
Then we proceed to Asakusa Sensoji Temple, the Five Storied Pagoda and the traditional Nakamise shopping arcade.
After lunch, we will take a Sumida River cruise. It shows you the old bridges and the emotion of Edo. You can feel the changing of Tokyo.

Our journey will still continue. Next, we go to Meiji Shrine. It completed in 1920, Meiji-Jingu was built in memory of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken, under whose rule Japan ended its isolation from the outside world. Unfortunately, like much else in Tokyo, the shrine was destroyed in the bombing at the end of WW2. The rebuilding of the shrine was completed in 1958.

On the way to Tokyo Tower, we pass the Shibuya Crossing (view from the coach). Then we visit to Tokyo tower before we return to the hotel. At 332.9 metres (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening.

【About accomodation】
Hotel Grand Pacific Le Daiba (WiFi=○) or similar
DAIBA station on the Yurikamome line is facing the hotel entrance. It is 15 minutes from Shimbashi station linked with JR lines.There are DiverCity Tokyo Plaza(shopping mall) or Amusement park(Palette-Town) around the Hotel.
【Meals】
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※ The tour that start date is on April.4, we will visit Sumo Museum ,instead of Edo Tokyo Museum. Because it is closed on monday.

TOKYO-MT.FUJI-HAKONE-ATAMI
Free tour of Tuna auction - Limited number allowd ( 120 tourists per morning) and we should be there at 3:30 AM and wait almost 2 hours to see the auction. Not guarantee to see the auction.. but you should try !!
Starting with an free optional tour the auction live at the largest fish market in the world. After the tour, we will be taken to Hotel by Metro and meet the group.

First stop today, we visit to Lake Kawaguchi. Weather permitting you can look not only the lake but olso the magnificent view Mt.Fuji, the highest peak in Japan, which has just become No.17 World Heritage Site in Japan. It is has been appreciated by many Japanese for ages because of its perfect conical shape.
We also visit to Itchiku Kubota Art Museum nearby Lake Kawaguchi, one of the five great lakes of Mt. Fuji. Itchiku Kubota was a Japanese textile artist who devoted his life in recreating Tsujigahana, a fabric dyeing technique from 15th century. Since that technique was forgotten, he revived the lost art and modernized it at the age of 60. Most of his beautiful crafted kimonos are exhibited in the museum.

Our journey will continue to Hakone, Hakone Open-Air Museum is Japan's first open-air museum in Japan. It has collections of artworks made by Picasso, Henry Moore, Churyo Sato and many others, featuring over a thousand sculptures and works of art.
Then we proceed to Atami.We have Japanese style dinner at the hotel.Enjoy hot spring and Kaiseki dinner... Sleeping on Futon too...

【About accomodation】
Atami Hotel New Akao Resort ( Japanese style ) or similar (WiFi=○)
It has large onsen (hot spring). Please enjoy Japanese style RYOKAN.

【Meals】
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ATAMI-KYOTO
We start the day Bullet train experience to Kyoto, the heart of Japanese tradition. After the bus ride, you will feel that you have time slipped into the world one thousand year ago, when visiting Kiyomizu temple. Kiyomizu temple is known as there is not a single nail used in the entire structure.We will then walk to Sannenzaka.Many souvenir shops and Japanese-style restaurants are located along the road.
Then we proceed to Tea Ceremony. Japanese tea ceremony, called Sado or Cha-no-yu, has more than 400 years of history, the most elevated way to fully enjoy a bowl of tea. Spiritually and physically, we would like you to feel the air as well. It will be unforgettable experience.
In the evening you will be taken to Gion “Geisha district” Those who have seen “Memoirs of Geisha” will be fascinated by its shooting spots. We stay in Kyoto for the night.

【About accomodation】
Kyoto Tokyu Hotel (WiFi=○) or similar
It is located right next to Nishi Honganji (temple, World Heritage).
It is good idea to take walk to Nishi Honganji to see peace morning atmosphere (no entrance fee). Also, they have shuttle bus service to Kyoto station. Please enjoy having dinner aroud there.
【Meals】
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KYOTO-NARA-OSAKA
Before leaving Kyoto, we can’t miss one place to visit…“Golden Pavillion”. Golden Pavilion, beautifully constructed shrine is well balance with nature maintaining a Japanese and Zen Garden with a Bamboo Forest.
Then we visit at Nishijin Textile Center, ladies wearing kimonos show you beautiful seasonal design and patterns of kimonos and sashes.
The last stop in Kyoto, it is Fushimi inari shrine, famous for its thousands of red torii gates. It is known best place of the Japanese sightseeing spot that the foreigner chooses.

If you are a drinker, you would love to visit our next stop…the sake brewery ! The guide gives you a little tour inside the brewery followed by tasting at Gekkeikan Sake Museum.

Visiting the ancient capital of Japan is a must in your tour. You will be greeted with cute deer vowing to you around Todaiji temple at Nara. You will feel sacred when looking up the huge Buddha statue made in 8th century. We stay at a hotel in Osaka tonight.Just outside the temple is the Nara Deer Park, where you will be greeted by numerous deer that roam around freely.
After Nara we move to our final destination Osaka. Osaka is said, "City of food". Let's take short walk through Dotonbori street to see local food and people's night life.

【About accomodation】
Sheraton Miyako Hotel Osaka (WiFi=○)
It is located in central Osaka and there are various kinds of restaurants due to the city is called "City of Food".
【Meals】
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OSAKA-KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Time to get back home with unforgettable memory and lots of souvenir.Leaveing for Kansai International Airport by Hotel shattle.Return by air.