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Day 1 Arrive at Narita or Haneda Airport
An English-speaking tour conductor will meet customers at the airport, and assist them in boarding the taxi to their hotel in Tokyo

Free time after arrival

Day 2 Tokyo full day sightseeing (B/L)
08:50~09:00 Meet on the 3rd Floor of Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo’s Main Tower in Shinjuku for Tokyo sightseeing.

Drive-by National Diet Building visit Imperial Palace – Nijubashi Bridge
Formerly known as Edo Castle, this palace is the residence of the Emperor of Japan. The grounds are lush with green foliage and provide a relaxing spot for Tokyoites and visitors alike.

Drive-by Kabukiza and visit Tsukiji Outer Fish Market
Japan’s No.1 place for seafood with over 400 shops including fresh fish retailers, grocers, and restaurants. Enjoy shopping and try some local food while exploring this one-of-a-kind location.

Continue to Senso-ji Temple & Nakamise Shopping Street
Senso-ji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, offers plenty to see including the bright red Kaminarimon Gate, a statue of the god of thunder, and a five-story pagoda. The bustling street known as “Nakamise” stretches for about 250 m from Kaminarimon Gate to Senso-ji Temple and is filled with a plethora of shops

Enjoy a Japanese-style lunch at Asakusa

This afternoon, enjoy a Sumida River Cruise
Listen to the onboard announcements that introduce Azumabashi Bridge, Kiyosubashi Bridge, and other bridges with distinct structures and coloring, all while enjoying the “”now”” of a changing Tokyo.

Afterwards Drive-by Odaiba & Rainbow and visit Toyosu Market
Toyosu Market is Tokyo’s newest kitchen that opened in October 2018. Enjoy the observation deck where you can see the fisheries and produce wholesale area, the market’s exhibition gallery, and the lawned rooftop greening plaza that looks out on the “”now”” of the bay area.

19:00 Tour Ends Near Shinjuku Station West Exit, a short distance from your hotel.

Day 3 Tokyo (B)
Full day is free to explore Tokyo on your own.

Day 4 Tokyo (B)
Explore Tokyo on your own, suggest to take a walk in Yanaka area and Uno park.

You will start with a pleasant stroll in Yanaka near Ueno, a hilly area lucky for much of it survived the bombing of WWII and considered as the core of Shitamachi Tokyo (the old “downtown”). You will find here the essential coziness of the old style of Japanese urban living, with a lively street life, public baths that serve as neighborhood social clubs and shopkeepers who make a habit of setting aside something for their best customers. Visit Asakura Choso Museum which really isn’t a museum in the ordinary sense, but the studio and house of Fumio Asakura, one of Japan’s best known sculptors of the early 20th Century. One of the highlights of your visit is the garden, designed by the sculptor, around which the whole house was built. This exquisite Japanese landscape garden incorporates spring water and huge rocks set to represent Confucianist precepts, the kind of place poets would have brushed bold black kanji depicting the delicacies of nature and the fragility of life. Trees and plants are sparingly placed among the rocks which gently overflow with water while huge carp swim laconically about in the still waters. You will also be amazed at Asakura’s private collection including ancient ceramics, his extensive art library, old silk kimono etc.

Continue to Ueno Park, home to Tokyo Cultural Hall, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo National Museum and numerous shrines, cultural and historical points of interest. Besides spending some quality time at Tokyo National Museum, the largest museum in Japan with over 88,500 collections associated with the fine arts and history of Japan and neighboring countries, you’ll want to be sure to visit a few key attractions inside the Tokyo’s largest park.

If it is the cherry blossom season, Ueno park is the best place to see the cherry flowers in Tokyo.

Day 5 Tokyo – Kawaguchiko Station (Mt. Fuji) (B/D)
This morning, walk 7 minutes from your hotel to the Shinjuku station and take train to Kawaguchiko
Depart 08:30 SHINJUKU via LTD. EXP. FUJI EXCURSION 1
Arrive 10:22 at KAWAGUCHIKO

On arrival, there is a pick-up service by Ryokan from the station or you can walk to the Ryokan in 7 minutes (650 meters) from Kawaguchiko station.

The rest of the day is free at leisure.

You will be staying in Ryokan in a Japanese-style Room (tatami bed with breakfast and dinner).

Day 6 Mt. Fuji Kawaguchiko & Fujiyoshida (B/D)
Enjoy your tranquil, intimate, long-established hot spring hotel on the shores of Lake Kawaguchi. Overflowing with Japanese charm and elegance.

Day 7 Kawaguchiko – Hakone – Kyoto (B)
This morning, after check out, ask your Ryokan to arrange a taxi and transfer you to the Highland Resort Hotel & Spa which is about 10 minutes drive. (own expenses) Please make sure that you get to the meeting point by 13:20 In front of Highland Resort Hotel & Spa main entrance.
Address: 5-6-1 Shin-Nishihara, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture

Drive toward to Hakone area and you will enjoy a cruise on the Lake Ashi. This crater lake along the southwest wall of the caldera of Mt. Hakone was formed by a powerful volcanic eruption nearly 3,000 years ago, and provides postcard views of Mt. Fuji towering 30 km northwest. The superb view of Mt. Fuji can also be seen from aboard a ship.

Then enjoy Komagatake Ropeway ride. Take a 7-minute ropeway ride to the peak of Mt. Komagatake. A total of 50 minutes will be spent here, including time to walk around at the peak. Take a cableway ride up to the spiritual Hakone Shrine Mototsumiya (original shrine) that nestles at the mountaintop.

Around 17:00~19:30, you are dropped at the Odawara Station. You may grab a bento box dinner at the train station.
Depart 20:05 ODAWARA via SHINKANSEN KODAMA 683

Arrive 23:11 KYOTO, On arrival, You will be met by an English speaking driver at station platform, who will be holding a paper-board with your name on it. Transfer to your hotel by hired car with the driver.

Day 8 Kyoto Cherry Blossom Full day tour
(If it’s in season, otherwise Full day Kyoto Tour )
This morning, walk 400 meters to the Karasuma Kyoto Hotel and make sure to arrive by 9 am.
Visit Ninna-ji Temple, A World Heritage site. The Omuro Cherry Trees which blossom at Ninna-ji Temple are a late-blooming variety, and their arrival marks the end of cherry blossom season in Kyoto. These cherry trees are shorter and feature double-petaled blossoms.

Continue to Tenryu-ji Temple, another World Heritage site. Tenryu-ji Temple is a zen temple and one of Kyoto’s leading sightseeing spots. The mountain Arashiyama provides a natural backdrop in the garden where visitors can admire various types of cherry blossoms.

Come to the Arashiyama mountain and enjoy free time to walk around. See the sights such as Togetsukyo Bridge, Bamboo Forest Path, as well as Arashiyama Park where cherry blossoms can be admired.

See the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine and Hirano Shrine”. You will be guided through Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, famous for the patron god of scholars, and Hirano Shrine. Hirano Shrine is bustling during this season, with many types of cherry blossoms to be seen throughout its grounds and a teahouse.

Next to the Heian Shrine, a shrine built to commemorate the 1,200 year anniversary of the transfer of the Japanese capital to Kyoto. This is now one of the representative shrines of Kyoto, featuring vibrant pink cherry blossoms which contrast brilliantly against the tranquil pond and verdant garden.

Drive-by Okazaki Canal & Kawabata-dori Street, cherry blossoms can be admired from on board the bus as there are many cherry trees along the Okazaki Canal and Kamo River.

16:30~17:00 Tour ends at Karasuma Kyoto Hotel or near Kyoto Station

Day 9 Kyoto (B)
Full day free to explore Kyoto on your own.

Or join a full day tour visit Nijo Castle, Kinkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Sanjusangen-do Temple, and Kiyomizu-dera Temple. The tour will cover the most famous temples, a shrine, a castle, and other majestic places of interest in Kyoto.

Day 10 Full day Excursion to Uji & Nara with Tea Ceremony (B/L)
This morning, take a subway ride from your hotel to the Tokyo Station. Meet the group at the Miyako Hotel Kyoto Hachijo.
With a National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter, you will visit the picturesque area around Uji Bridge and World Heritage Site Byodo-in Temple.

See the magnificent Byodo-in Temple, the vibrant colors of which have been restored just as they were when the temple was built.

Experience an authentic tea ceremony in one of Japan’s tea plantation areas.

A western style lunch is included.

In the afternoon, visit Nara’s World Heritage Sites of Todai-ji Temple and Kasuga Taisha Shrine. Get to see wild deer up close, a rarity in Japan and elsewhere in the world, while walking through Nara Park.

After the tour, you will be dropped off at Karasuma Kyoto Hotel from where is 5 minutes walk to the hotel.

Day 11 Kyoto – Osaka Kansai or Itami Airport(B)
This morning, an English-speaking rep will meet you at hotel lobby and guide you on to the Airport shuttle to take you to Kansai or Itami airport for your onward flight.

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