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Asakusa Kannon Temple Castle Osaka

Through it all, you’ll return home prepared for whatever path lies ahead of you. Beyond photos and stories, new perspectives home prepared for whatever path lies ahead of you. Through it all, you’ll return your life. It could be inscription you read have something to carry with you for the rest of and glowing confidence, you’ll Japan. Visit the memorials of and the shrines and castles of . Cruise along Lake and see breathtaking Lake Hakone and see breathtaking of Kyoto. Cruise along and the shrines and castles memorials of Hiroshima Japan. Visit the history Experience 11 centuries of ’s unique culture. shrines and explore walk through sacred . Then, one trip. and culture in t the world. The fact is, there’s just something a joke you shared with another student from around famous , or perhaps traveled with us, you’ll know exactly what i Tour, and it’s different for every traveler. Once you’ve about an EF College Study Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun to discover to discover Sun Land of the Rising to the Journey DAY 9: DAY

ABOUT THIS TOUR 3: DAY FACULTY-LED FACULTY-LED JAPAN: LAND OF THE RISING SUN 11 days

INCLUDED ON TOUR: OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS: Round-trip airfare • Nikko Land transportation Optional excursions let you incorporate additional Nikko Hotel accommodations sites and attractions into your itinerary and make the Light breakfast daily and select meals most of your time abroad. Full-time Tour Director Tokyo (3) Kyoto (3) Sightseeing tours and visits to special attractions Hakone (1) Free time to study and explore Hiroshima (1) Osaka (1) Nara FOR MORE INFORMATION: efcollegestudytours.com/JPNA

DAY 5: Nijo Castle gate DAY 6: Inari Taisha Shrine DAY 8: Great Buddha DAY 10: Tokyo

DAY 1 FLY TO JAPAN Bullet train to Kyoto • Reach speeds of Castle • Continue on to Odawara home to the busiest train station in the world. Meet your group and travel on an overnight 180 miles per hour on your way to Kyoto, the and visit the Odawara Castle, originally Imperial Palace • See the palatial residence fl ight to Japan. former capital and one-time hub of Japanese constructed in 1447. Discover how the castle of the imperial family, with its gigantic stone civilization. changed hands time and again over the walls, a spacious plaza and a large garden DAY 2 OSAKA next fi ve centuries because of war, and was open to the public. Arrive in Osaka • Welcome to Osaka, the DAY 5 KYOTO demolished several times for political reasons Asakusa • Spend free time in entertainment- industrial and commercial center of western Sightseeing tour of Kyoto • Kyoto’s past and by earthquake. heavy Asakusa. The 7th-century Asakusa Japan. Depending on your arrival time, you becomes your present as you explore the Hakone National Park • A popular getaway Kannon Temple, dedicated to the Goddess of may have free time to settle in and explore with a local guide. Begin at Nijo Castle, a for Tokyo residents, Hakone offers hot springs, Mercy, is a fi ve-story surrounded by the city on your own. structure built almost entirely out of Japanese lakes, historic sites and close-up views of shops, restaurants, theaters and cinemas. dinner • Enjoy these cypress. The castle was built under the orders majestic Mount Fuji. Soak in the natural Tempura dinner • Tempura, one of the Japanese-style savory pancakes, which can of the powerful Tokugawa shogun, who would beauty of this remarkable spot on a boat better-known Japanese culinary delights, be fi lled with meat, vegetables or cheese for a live here during his visits to Kyoto. Your tour cruise across the sparkling Lake Hakone and consists of fresh seafood and vegetables customizable meal. concludes at the Kinkaku-ji Temple—also a cable car ride up Mount Komagatake. dipped in batter and cooked in vegetable and known as the Golden Pavilion. Spend the night at a ryokan • Enjoy a sesame oil. Enjoy this regional delicacy at an DAY 3 OSAKA • HIROSHIMA good night’s sleep this evening at a ryokan, a included tempura dinner. • Take in the grandeur of DAY 6 KYOTO traditional Japanese inn featuring - the gates, moats, turrets, main tower and Inari Taisha Shrine • Kyoto’s head shrine matted rooms. DAY 10 TOKYO sword-repelling stone walls of Osaka Castle, honoring Inari, the Shinto spirit of agriculture Optional: Nikko • Trade the bustle of commissioned in 1583 by , and industry, is full of donated by local DAY 8 • TOKYO Tokyo for the natural beauty of Nikko on one of Japan’s “great unifi ers.” Japanese businesses hoping to be blessed Kamakura • Stop in the small town of this half-day excursion. Begin your guided Travel to Hiroshima • Continue on to with worldly success. Follow the various Kamakura for a photo opportunity at the tour with a visit to the fi ve-story pagoda of Hiroshima, the largest city in the Chugoku lined footpaths for a beautiful view of Inari Great Buddha. The second largest of its Toshugo Shrine—be sure to “see no evil, region of , Japan’s biggest island. Mountain. kind—behind the Buddha image in Nara— hear no evil and speak no evil” beneath the Optional: Nara • Alternatively, opt to join a this one tops out at more than 37 feet. three monkeys whose poses represent the DAY 4 HIROSHIMA • KYOTO half-day excursion to Nara, one of Japan’s Travel to Tokyo • Continue on to the age-old proverb. Then witness the awesome Miyajima Park • “The Sacred Island,” as it’s ancient capitals. Visit the Todai-ji Temple and Japanese capital, a city as tied to the future power of Mother Nature at the 300-foot known, is most famous for its “fl oating” torii, see the , the world’s largest bronze as it is to the past. Tokyo’s Kegon Waterfall, and trace your way to the the gate guarding the entrance to the Buddha. Then walk through the wooded Nara is the world’s most populous, home to an falls’ origin—the deep blue waters of Lake . Park, also known as “Deer Park” thanks to astounding 35 million people. Chuzenji. Those who decide not to join the Sightseeing tour of Hiroshima • An expert its many four-legged inhabitants. Just outside excursion will have free time to choose their local guide introduces you to Hiroshima, the park, you will visit Kasuga Shrine, one DAY 9 TOKYO own path in Tokyo. where the world’s fi rst atomic bomb was of the most famous Shinto shrines in the Sightseeing tour of Tokyo • The sights, dropped on 6, 1945. First visit Peace country. Those who decide not to join the sounds and smells of Tokyo come at you DAY 11 DEPART FOR HOME Memorial Park, a UNESCO Heritage Site excursion will have free time in Kyoto. from all directions, but your licensed local Your Tour Director assists with your transfer that contains the Atomic Bomb Dome. The guide will put it all in perspective. Begin with to the airport, where you’ll check in for your Peace Memorial here focuses on DAY 7 HAKONE a visit to the and its return fl ight home. the devastation of the nuclear attack and its Bullet train to Hakone • Enjoy another ride elaborate wooded Inner Garden. Pass through toll on the community, both on that fateful day aboard the bullet train. Before you know it, Harajaku, the trendy district popular among and in the months and years to come. you will arrive in Hakone, one of Japan’s most the younger Tokyoites, and continue on to popular inland resort . fashion-forward and then ,

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