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Price $1,599.00
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Trip Guided Tours
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Duration 9 days
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Group size 40
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Transport Tour Bus
Only 10 seats for each date available for the promotion price — First come, First served! Price for each date will be adjusted according to the reserved seats: it will be increased by $100 once 10 more people booked.
Additional 2020 available dates: Mar 12th, Mar 24th, April 19th, April 22nd, please call us to reserve!
Tour Code: ETJD09
- Osaka 1 night-Kobe-Nadagiku Shuzo Sake Brewery Kurashiki- Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter.
- Hiroshima 1 night-UNESCO listed Miyajima Island-the most beautiful landscapes of Japan. Itsukushima Shrine and Atomic Bomb Dome.
- Himeji 1 night-Himeiji Castle-widely considered as the Japanese most spectacular castle for its imposing size and beauty.
- Kyoto 1 night-Fushimi-Inari Shine and Nara Deer Park
- Hamamatsu 1 night-Lake Yamanaka-largest of the Fuji Five Lakes and best spot to enjoy views of Mt.Fuji
- Tokyo 2 nights-with one leisure day.
🌸 Cherry blossom season starts from Mar 14th to Apr 10th, 2021&2022 (weather permitting)
🍁 Red Leaves season starts from Nov 15th to Dec 05th, 2020 (weather permitting)
Itinerary
Upon arrival, a tour representative will meet you at the airport and then guide you to check into your hotel via a shuttle bus or public transfer. Overnight in Osaka. Please note: 1. If you reserve your own flight, guide service is only available from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 2. Check-in time in japan is always after 3 pm.
Activity level: Low
Overnight Hotel: Hatago Inn Kansai Airport (or Similar)
After breakfast travel to Fukuyama with a stop in Kobe, a region famous for its sake production. Visit the famous Nadagiku Shuzo Sake Brewery and learn how traditional Japanese sake is made. Drive to Kurashiki and make a brief stop at the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter. With its scenic canals lined with weeping willows, Edo-period gardens and historic merchant houses, the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter offers an authentic feel of old Japan in the heart of one of the oldest merchant towns. Arrive in Hiroshima in the afternoon.
Activity level: Medium
Meal(s): Breakfast
Overnight Hotel: Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima (or Similar)
Head to Miyajimaguchi by coach then board a boat to the sacred Miyajima Island, hailed as one of Japan’s most beautiful landscapes. Discover the natural and cultural treasures of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed island for 45-minutes with your guide. See the Itsukushima Shrine, then revitalise with a delicious lunch in a local eatery (own expense). Re-board the boat and cruise back to Hiroshima to reflect on the heartbreaking history of the region. Take a moment of contemplation at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a historical site near to where the atomic bomb exploded. See exhibitions that articulate the destruction the bomb caused and the city’s regenerative recovery. Finally, board a bus to the Atomic Bomb Dome (Genbaku Dome), a skeletal structure that survived the 1945 attack. Depart Hiroshima for Himeji in the afternoon.
Activity level: High
Meal(s): Breakfast
Overnight Hotel: Hotel Monterey Himeji (or Similar)
This morning Visit the Himeji Castle.Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himejijō), also known as White Heron Castle (Shirasagijo) due to its elegant, white appearance, is widely considered as Japan's most spectacular castle for its imposing size and beauty and its well preserved, complex castle grounds. The castle is both a national treasure and a world heritage site. Visit the famous Nara Deer Park and maybe feed deers. Upon arrival in Kyoto make a stop at Fushimi-Inari Shrine, an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds.
Activity level: Medium
Meal(s): Breakfast
Overnight Hotel: Ariston Hotel Kyoto (or Similar)
Today before leave Kyoto for Hamamatsu you will have a half free day discovering this cultural city on your own Or you can also join an Kyoto Half Day Optional Tour with us.
08:30am Depart from hotel 09:00am-10:30am Kiyomizu Dera and Ninenzaka 11:00am-1:00pm Arashiyama Bamboo garden and free lunch time 01:30pm-2:40pm Kinkakuji temple 03:00pm Back to hotel and depart for Hamamatsu area
Optional tours: $80-Kyoto Half Day Optional Tours
Activity level: Medium
Meal(s): Breakfast
Overnight Hotel: Hotel Concorde Hamamatsu (or Similar)
Drive to Shizuoka City, the capital of Japanese tea production and visit a local tea house. Shizuoka Prefecture contains 40% of the total area of tea plantations in Japan. Black tea, Taiwan tea, and Chinese tea are all fantastic, but after trying some of the best Japanese tea in Shizuoka City, you will find yourself loving Japanese green tea the most. Then drive through the countryside and mountains to reach Lake Yamanaka, the largest of all the Fuji Five Lakes, and enjoy views of Mt. Fuji. The lake is located in the village of Yamanakako, home to a large population of swans. Thus, it has been unofficially called “Swan Lake.” Some of these swans are real, others are man-made such as swan-like paddled boats. Take a scenic boat ride to tour around the lake. Drive all the way to Mt Fuji 5th Station (weather permitting) At 2300 meters above sea level, the Fuji 5th Station offers a commanding view of the Fuji Five Lakes area below, making it a popular spot for those who are not intent on climbing the mountain. An observation point with unobstructed views of Fujiyoshida City and Lake Yamanaka can be found at Komitake Shrine behind the shops.
Meal(s): Breakfast
Activity level: Medium
Overnight Hotel: Tmark City Hotel Tokyo (or Similar)
Enjoy a free day at leisure in Tokyo.
Or alternatively attend our Tokyo One Day Optional Tour.09:00am-10:00am Imperial Palace 10:30am-12:00pm Asakusa temple and Nakamise Shopping area 12:30pm-01:30pm Take the famous metro from Asakusa to shibuya 02:00pm-03:30pm A secret Japanese traditional rock garden . 04:00pm-05:00pm Tokyo tower (include the admission tickets) 05:30pm-07:00pm Free at Shinjuku Kabukicho area (enjoy the colorful night life of japan )
Optional tours: $99-Tokyo One Day Optional Tours
Activity level: High
Meal(s): Breakfast
Overnight Hotel: Tmark City Hotel Tokyo (or Similar)
Today after breakfast the tour guide will give you information for how to get to your hometown airport.
Meal(s): Breakfast
Departure City
Airport/Meeting Location:
Kansai International airportEnd City
Airport/Meeting Location:
Narita International Airport or Haneda AirportIncluded: 7 nights hotels with breakfast
Sightseeing in air-conditioned motor coach
City-to-city transportation
Professional English-speaking tour guide
Excluded: International Air; Airport transfers
Service fee $150/person(tips for guides&drivers)
Meals unless specified
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FAQs
If you prefer more comforable accommodations, you could choose single supplement for the 3rd person.
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If canceled 60 or more days before departure: $300 plus air ticket penalties(If tickets are issued); If canceled 30-60 days before departure: $600 plus air ticket penalties(If tickets are issued); If canceled within 30 days before departure: no refund will be issued.
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Traveler’s Responsibility
All baggage and personal belongings are at all times at the traveler's own risk. The tour guides, airline carriers, hotel staff and other suppliers who provide services on tour are independent contractors; as such, you will be held the responsibility for all the resulting costs, such as shipping fee, credit card surcharge fee and etc. Stunning Tours will not be liable for any damages or injuries claimed.
Travelers are responsible to observe the laws, regulations, orders and/or requirements of countries visited. Stunning Tours assumes no responsibility for any traveler rejected to enter the countries visited. In such circumstances, there shall be no refund for the unused portion of the tour.
All travelers have to stay with the group at all times, except for leisure days, if for any reason, a traveler does not attend the scheduled daily activities during the tour, an additional supplement fee of $100 per day per person is required.
Travelers are required to have time-conscious to return on time after leisure time during the tour, and usually a time limit of 15-20 minutes leeway may be extended. For the sake of other travelers of the group, the group has the authority not to wait for any travelers who don’t respect the rules at all times.
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Best tour I took in years!
This was my first time doing a guided tour, and I didn’t really know what to expect. I chose this package because it seemed like a very complete package with so many cities to visit. I was skeptical about long bus ride, but my travel agent helped me realize this distance between places weren’t bad at all. And I am glad I chose this tour. The tour went very well. There were 20 people on our tour and they are between 30 and 60 years old, very lovely crowd! I made friends with another couple on the tour. The hotels they provided wasn’t luxury, but very clean and comfortable, just like I was told. The tour guide had to give us introductions on the bus prior to arrival at a temple or shrine, and it was quite thoughtful. We then had time on our own to tour the attraction. I still can’t believe we managed to visit so many places in just 8 days! The itinerary was designed in a way allowing us to tour so many places while enjoying the tour, highly recommend!
great value from this company. I spent more than a months looking for the best Japan tour for me and this one surprised me with the great price. and I am happy to say it’s truly not a “budget tour” you would expect. all hotels were comfortable. tour guide surpassed my expectations entirely!