JAPAN – CHERRY BLOSSOM

You will be met by your tour director at the airport 3:30 hrs prior to departure. we will check in as a group and he will assist you with all check-in and immigration formalities.
Meals included: meals on board flight

• On arrival at tokyo’s narita international airport and after the immigration, we would be met by our
• Local representative and transferred to our hotel in tokyo. after check in rest of the day is free to get
• Over the jet lag or you are free to take a walk and absorb the fast paced life of tokyo.
• Evening: we will have dinner at an indian restaurant. overnight in tokyo
• Meals included: meals on board flight, dinner.

• After a sumptuous breakfast, we will leave to have our first glimpse of the beautiful city of tokyo. We
• Will first stop at asakusa senso ji temple (photo stop) to pay our respects. Ueno park (1200 trees) to witness the cherry blossom trees in full bloom, nakamise 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
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• Later we will have lunch at a local restaurant.
• After lunch we will visit tokyo tower to go upto the main deak at 150 meter. It is the world’s tallest, self-supported steel tower and 13 meter taller than its model,
• The eiffel tower. It offers a panoramic view of tokyo city and beyond.
• Odaiba island was originally built from reclaimed land in defense of tokyo in 1853. Odaiba is a popular shopping and
• Entertainment district on a manmade island in tokyo bay. It originated as a set of small manmade fort islands (daiba literally means “fort”), which were built towards the end of the edo period (1603-1868). You will visit toyota mega web,
• Palette town, venus fort.
• On the way back to hotel, we will stop for dinner at an indian restaurant. Overnight in tokyo
• Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

• After an early breakfast, we leave for a full day excursion to Mt. Fuji and Hakone.
• We will enjoy a cruise in 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. Admire the superb view of Mt. Fuji from aboard cruise.
• **The tour may be guided to another ropeway or an alternative destination if the Lake Ashi cruise
• operation is suspended, or depending on road conditions, etc.)
• Take a 7-minute ropeway ride to the peak of Mt. Komagatake. Take a cableway ride up to the spiritual
• Hakone Shrine Mototsumiya (original shrine) that nestles at the mountaintop.
• After lunch at a local restaurant, we will proceed to visit:
• Mt Fuji 5th station (if weather permits)
• The bus will head up to the 5th Station along the
• Subaru Line. The 5th Station is situated at 2,300
• meters (7,546 ft) above sea level. At this height,
• participants will be amazed at spectacular,
• breathtaking views from above the clouds.
• Late in the afternoon, drive back to Tokyo and
• proceed to have dinner at a local restaurant.
• Overnight in Tokyo
• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• After breakfast, we will check out and will be transferred to train station to experience our bullet train ride to hiroshima. On arrival at hiroshima station, we will be picked up by our local representative and proceed to visit miyajima, en-route, we will stop for lunch at local restaurant. Miyajima island by ferry.
•  visit torii gate and itsukushima shrine (photo stop)
• A world heritage site, this shrine built in the 6th century is one of japan’s finest, and is famous for its beautiful shinden-zukuri style structure
• (architecture representative of a nobles’ residence in the heian period). The contrast of the green of mount misen behind the lacquered shrine pavilion and the blue of the seto sea is beautiful and
• Evocative of the underwater palace of ryugujo. Later transfer to our hotel and check in. Rest of the evening is free.
• Overnight in hiroshima
• Meals included: breakfast, dinner.

• After breakfast, we check out of hotel and proceed on Hiroshima city tour.
• Visit- Atomic Bomb Dome (Photo Stop), Sadako Monument, Cenotaph
• The Atomic Bomb Dome is a symbol of the
• Disastrous atomic bombing during WWII; the first
• Atomic bomb used in human history, and has been
• Preserved as it was to promote peace and
• Elimination of atomic weapons around the world.
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• This large-scale park was established in 1949 after
• The Pacific War ended, and is visited by countless
• Visitors as a symbol of peace. The museum within
• The park is an Important Cultural Property of
• Japan, and was built to remind future generations
• Of the terror wrought by atomic bombs. Later we drive to Osaka (6 hrs) and en-route we stop for lunch
• And also stop at Kurashiki Canal for photo shoot.
• On arrival in Osaka, check in at hotel and dinner at a local restaurant.
• Overnight in Osaka
• Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner.

• After a sumptuous breakfast, we embark on a full day excursion of Kyoto and Nara.
• First we visit Todaiji Temple & Nara Deer Park.
• Todaiji Temple is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of
• Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the
• head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of
• Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was
• moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order to
• lower the temple’s influence on government
• affairs.
• Nara Park is a large park in central Nara.
• Established in 1880, it is the location of many of
• Nara’s main attractions. It is also home to
• hundreds of freely roaming deer.
• After lunch at a local restaurant, we visit Kyoto- Nijo Castle, Kinkakuji Temple (Golden pavilion), Kyoto
• Botanical Garden

• After a relaxed breakfast, we will proceed for a city tour of osaka including: osaka castle – was founded in the 16th century by hideyoshitoyotomi, a remarkable shogun in the sengoku period, and is known as the symbol of his power.

  After lunch we will enjoy a bit of at dotonbori & shinshaibashi shopping arcade. Hospitable osaka established its reputation for

  Commerce and entertainment back in the edo period. In shinsaibashi, and among the bright lights of the dotonbori district, you’ll find some of the best shopping and eating in osaka. Come and experience

  The liveliest and most colorful area of osaka. Evening transfer back to hotel and dinner at a local  restaurant.

   

• Early morning: assistance and transfer to airport to connect flight home with some wonderful and fond
• Memories of the land of rising sun.
• Meals included: breakfast, meals on board flight.