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Best of Japan
Your first glimpse of Japanese culture comes in Tokyo where you can explore the ancient and modern wonders the city has to offer before moving onto the historic treasure known as Kyoto.
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Package Inclusions
- Hotel accommodation
- Coach transportation
- Comprehensive sightseeing and admissions with English speaking guide
- JR bullet train
- Breakfast daily, 6 lunches
- Enjoy a tea ceremony in a traditional Japanese garden
- Sumida River cruise in Tokyo
- Authentic Japanese-style lunch by Lake Chuzenji in Nikko
- Experience the Shinkansen, bullet train, to Kyoto and Hiroshima
- Visit the famous Koraku-en Garden, one of the best in Japan
- Visit Himeji Castle and a Sake brewery
Tour East
Tour East Holidays is one of Canada's most dynamic, respected and innovative travel companies. Founded in 1976, Tour East Holidays has grown from a niche Asia travel wholesaler to one of the nation's largest, most diverse and fully integrated full-service travel companies. Today, Tour East Holidays has offices across Canada as well as in New York, Beijing, and Shanghai and serves a growing and diverse annual customer base of approximately 200,000 around the world. Their Asian heritage, which puts an emphasis on hospitality and detail, has served them well over the past 30 years.
- Day 1: Fly to Tokyo
- Day 2: Tokyo: Arrive in Tokyo and check-in to your hotel. Spend the rest of the day touring Tokyo at your leisure.
- Day 3: Tokyo: This morning, visit the Tokyo Tower Observatory. Next, enjoy a Japanese Garden & Tea Ceremony at Happo-en. This is followed by a visit to the Imperial Palace Plaza. Take a Sumida River Cruise; visit Asakusa Kannon Temple and the Ginza district.
- Day 4: Tokyo/Nikko: Today, take a motor coach to Nikko and the ancient Toshogu Shrine. Then drive through Irohazaka Zigzag Way to the mountains. Next visit Lake Chuzenji, Kegon waterfall, and bustling Shinjuku.
- Day 5: Tokyo/Mt. Fuji/Hakone: This morning, leave Tokyo by coach for Mt. Fuji, the volcanic mountain that is Japan's national icon. After lunch, proceed to Hakone. En-route, enjoy a delightful Lake Ashi Cruise and visit Mt. Komagatake Aerial Cableway.
- Day 6: Hakone/Kyoto: After breakfast, head to Odawara train station and take JR bullet train to ancient Kyoto. Join the "Nara Afternoon Tour" and visit Todaiji Temple. See peaceful Deer Park and visit Kasuga Taisha Shrine.
- Day 7: Kyoto: Today, visit Kyoto's famous Nijo Castle. Next, tour Kinkakuju Temple and Kyoto Imperial Palace. In the afternoon tour Heian Shrine, Sanjusangendo Temple and Kiyomizu Temple.
- Day 8: Kyoto/Hiroshima: This morning, take a JR bullet train to Hiroshima. Next, take a ferry to Miyajima Island and visit Itsukushima Shrine. Return to Hiroshima and visit Peach Memorial Park Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
- Day 9: Hiroshima/Kurashiki/Okayama/Kyoto: Take a JR bullet train to Shin-Kurashiki. Visit the Kurashiki Folkcraft Museum, Ohara Museum of Art and stroll around the old town. After lunch, transfer to Okayama by local train to visit Koraku-en Garden. Return to Kyoto by train.
- Day 10: Kyoto/Himeji/Kokoen/Kyoto: This morning, take a JR bullet train to Himeji and visit beautiful Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The castle represents Japanese castle architecture at it's highest, with almost the entire castle structure still intact from its original construction in the early 1600's. Later, visit Akashi Kaikyo Ohashi Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge which boasts main towers around 300 meters high.
- Day 11: Kyoto/home: Head to the airport for your return flight home.
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