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 Day 1 Narita Arrive at Tokyo Narita International Airport.After customs and immigration clearances, you will be met by our English speaking guide to assist you with JR Pass validation and reservation, and then escorted to your hotel by Narita Airport Limousine Bus. Day 2 Mt. Fuji B / L Full day tour to Hakone National Park. Mt. Fuji, at 3776m, is not only Japan's tallest mountain but it's the best known symbol as well, is most attractive when its majestic presence is snowcapped. On the tour, enjoy a mountain view of the surrounding, a Lake Ashi cruise and an aerial cableway up Mt.Komagadate. Day 3 Tokyo B / L Explore Imperial Palace,Tokyo Tower and tea ceremony at Happonen Garden, after a BBQ lunch, you will take ferry through Tokyo's mother river of Sumidagawa to Asakusa Kannon Temple with its bustling Nakamise Shopping arcade for a glimpse of Tokyo's past. Day 4 Tokyo - Kanazawa B / L Our guide will escort you to Tokyo Edo Museum by subway and a visit to Akihabara Electronic Town for shopping, Transportation Museum, and Ameyokocho Flea Market for discount shopping.Afternoon bullet train to Kanazawa with a transfer at Echigo Yuzawa via scenic countryside. Day 5 Kanazawa B / L Morning Japanese cultural & historical tour to Oyama Shrine built in 1599 in dedication to the first Lord Maeda of Kaga (Old Kanazawa). It is noted for its Shimon Gate of Dutch Design. And Kenrokuen Garden, is considered one of three most beautiful landscape gardens in Japan.After a Kanazawa style lunch, tour continues to Nagamachi Samurai Residence Site, Yasue Gold Leaf Craft Museum, and the Kaga clan's Honda Museum which houses 1000 items of Samurai weapons. Day 6 Kanazawa - Takayama B / D Morning Express Train to Takayama scenic Japanese Alps. Arrive Takayama in mid-afternoon. The whole town is museum like, dotted with attraction after attraction.After check-in at hotel, start your walking tour with our guide book and direction to the famous ancient old street of San Machi Suji with its historic building and quaint atmosphere. Enjoy sake testing in the small local brewery, window shopping in many interesting and unique boutiques and stores.Overnight is at Green Hotspring Hotel to enjoy its renowned Hida hotspring and Japanese Kaiseki dinner. Day 7 Takayama B / D From Canada  Morning Japanese Shirakawago tour to Shirakawago Pioneer Village, a secluded snowy mountain village retain the historic landscape with some 140 traditional vernacular farm house-style homes called gassho zukuri. Serval gassho style houses have been designated as Important Cultural Property and UNESO.Tour will return around midafternoon, then continue your own walking tour to Takayama Jinya Historical Government House.Day 8 Takayama - Kyoto B You will finish the walking tour to morning market at Miyagawa River where many handicrafts and small gift items are displayed.Takayama Jinya Museum and Yatai Kaikan where the festival floats and puppets used for matsuri, the farmer's thanksgiving festival after harvest.These colourful floats are decorated with complicated artistic carving gilded work with wood and metal. Take an early afternoon train to Kyoto. Day 9 Kyoto B / L Kyoto was Japan's capital for over 1000 years, and during that time became the repository of much of the best of Japanese art, culture, religion and thought. Full day tour to Kiyomizu Temple, is famous for its wide wooden veranda jutting out over an exquisite valley that extend to a panoramic view of the city, and Sanjusangendo, noted for its 1001 gilded wooden statues of the Goddess of Mercy.Nijo Castle and lunch.Then, Golden Pavillion and Heian Shrine's inner garden where you will enjoy cherry blossom or tree and flower of four seasons. All these are the world class cultural and heritage site. Day 10 Nara B Morning free, afternoon tour to Nara. Nara was an ancient capital built in 6th Century.Visiting Kofukuji. Incense smoke wafts into the cool morning air at the main gate. Five Story Pagoda,Wooden Temple of Todaiji which house a colossal image of Buddha castled in 734, is like an unseen planet pulling you into the orbit. The peaceful Deer Park and Kasuga Grand Shrine built in 768, is famous for the 3000 stone and bronze lanterns that stand in rank and hang in battalions around the brilliant vermillion shrine. Day 11 Kyoto B After breakfast at hotel, your 11-day Japan Country Tale will conclude with transfer by JR Haruku Airport Express to Kansai International Airport. |
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