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Japan Unmasked SMALL GROUP TOURS Japan Unmasked ESSENTIAL 13 Nights Tokyo > Nagano > Matsumoto > Takayama > Kanazawa > Hiroshima > Kurashiki > Kyoto > Tokyo Ride the famous shinkansen Tour Overview bullet train The tour begins in Tokyo: the beating, neon heart of Japan. The first of many rides on the Stay in a Buddhist temple shinkansen bullet train then whisks you into lodging at Nagano’s Zenko-ji mountainous Nagano, where you’ll spend Temple the night at a shukubo temple lodging, try vegetarian Buddhist cuisine and search for Observe the famous snow the key to paradise in the pitch-dark tunnels monkeys up close in Yudanaka underneath Zenko-ji - one of Japan’s most important temples. A chance for you to see the mischievous Explore the traditional craft town snow monkeys soaking in the natural hot of Takayama in the Japanese Alps spring pools of Yudanaka will be followed by a visit to the “Black Crow Castle”, Matsumoto’s Nagano magnificent original samurai fortress. After Visit the traditional samurai crossing the Northern Japanese Alps, you’ll Kanazawa and geisha districts of Kanazawa experience warm Japanese hospitality at a Tokyo Takayama Mount traditional ryokan inn in Takayama, where the Fuji old-town streets hide sake breweries, craft Matsumoto Explore the old canal district shops and morning markets loaded with of Kurashiki fresh produce. Kyoto Kyoto and Kanazawa offer a glimpse of Kurashiki traditional Japan - one a magnificent former capital with an astounding 17 World Heritage Hiroshima IJT ESSENTIAL TOURS Sites, the other a small but beautifully preserved city with lamp-lit streets and one of Flexible, fast-paced tours. Just the basics the best gardens in Japan. Walking around the included, keeping the cost down so you Gion district in Kyoto you might be lucky can choose how much you spend enough to spot a geisha in full regalia. Further west you’ll visit Hiroshima, where the Peace Memorial Park offers a sobering reminder of Style Facts Japan’s darkest hour. Hiroshima today is a • Two - three-star accommodation vibrant, cosmopolitan city teeming with life and optimism. Be sure to try the region’s favourite • En suite rooms in Western-style hotels, savoury pancake: okonomiyaki. shared single-sex bathroom facilities in Japanese-style inns Finally, you’ll visit Kurashiki - a real gem of Day by day • No airport transfers (but a city transport a town that often goes unseen by foreign visitors but whose beautiful merchant canal pass and detailed airport transfer instructions Many of our customers choose to arrive a district, wealth of excellent museums and day or two early to get over jet-lag and get are provided) cosmopolitan atmosphere make it well the most out of the tour. Whatever the case, • Breakfast every day plus one or two worth the trip. we will be happy to make arrangements to evening meals suit your needs. • Entrance fees not included Day 1 Tokyo • Carry your own luggage The tour begins in Tokyo. Your airport transfer is swift and easy and can be made with your • Solo travellers: a single room is available for included travel card. Don’t worry, before you leave, no extra charge at Western-style hotels, but we will provide you with your Info-Pack, which you will need to share with a member of the contains detailed instructions on how to arrive at same sex in the Japanese-style inns the starting hotel safely (along with plenty of other information)! Our hotel is centrally located near Tokyo’s famous Tokyo Tower. Close by, you will also find the atmospheric Zozo-ji Temple and street after street of restaurants, bars, cafés, and shops, all within walking distance of the hotel. There is certainly plenty to keep you occupied if you arrive early. PAGE 1 www.InsideJapanTours.com • [email protected] UK: 0117 244 3380 US: 303 952 0379 AUS: 07 3186 8800 ABTA No.Y6295 We will have a group meeting in the evening, Day 6 Takayama (B) **Please note that the torii gate at Itsukushima giving you the chance to meet your fellow group With another day to explore Takayama we Shrine (on Miyajima) is currently undergoing members and tour leader. After the meeting, recommend making the local morning market your renovation since June 2019 and will continue if you feel like it you can head out with your first port of call. Your leader can also arrange a to for at least a year, to repair salt water tour leader and group to one of the excellent guided tour around the Jinya – the only Edo Period damage. The torii gate may be partially nearby restaurants for an introduction to Japan’s government house left in Japan. Later, you can join covered with vinyl sheets during this time. outstanding cuisine and dining etiquette. your tour leader on a visit to the Hida no Sato folk village, an open-air museum filled with traditional Day 10 Kurashiki (B) Day 2 Tokyo (B) thatched-roof farmhouses, before heading back An early morning bullet train ride will take us onto Today your tour leader will take you on a walking to the old town where you could try a spot of Kurashiki. This wonderful town is a great place to tour which will include Meiji Jingu Shrine, sake-tasting at the local breweries to round off admire a preserved Edo period commercial centre Hamarikyu Gardens, a ride on Tokyo’s water bus the day. Dinner is not included this evening, so – in the city’s canal-lined Bikan district. Just out of and a visit to the traditional Asakusa area. Of we highly recommend going out for a taste of town you have the option (weather permitting) to course, there are so many fantastic things to do the local delicacy, Hida beef, which is every bit as cycle through rice paddies and villages across the and see in this amazing city: museums, gardens, delicious as its Kobe cousin! Kibi plain. and shrines. You should feel free, if you want, to head out and do your own thing – your leader will Day 7 Kanazawa (B) Kurashiki is rarely included on first-time itineraries be happy to assist with any plans. This morning you will have a little time for last- to Japan, which we think is a real shame, as it’s minute craft shopping or a stroll along one of the a truly lovely town with a fascinating history. The Day 3 Nagano (B) town’s designated walking trails before getting on preserved canal district forms the centre of the Today you’ll leave the big city behind and make our private coach. We’ll head to the beautifully town, with streets lined with traditional shops, your way to the city of Nagano, located at the preserved traditional districts of Kanazawa, home cafés and superb museums housed in white- foot of the Japanese Alps. Nagano is famous for to one of Japan’s top three landscape gardens. walled, black-tiled storehouses from the Edo era. hosting the 1998 Winter Olympics and is also Located on the Japan Sea Coast, Kanazawa is one The Ohara Museum is the most impressive of all the location of Zenko-ji – one of Japan’s most of Japan’s best-preserved traditional cities. Like the local museums, housing the first permanent important temples. This afternoon will be yours Kyoto, its historical monuments were considered collection of Western art ever to be exhibited in to explore the temple and the wider city. We also sufficiently important by Allied Forces to escape air Japan. Today you will also have the option to relax recommend joining your tour leader for a lunch raids. This has notably preserved the atmosphere in this historical district or join the cycling trip with of freshly made soba noodles (a local speciality) of pre-war Japan in certain historic districts of the your tour leader through one of the most beautiful before relaxing at the local hot spring baths. city. This afternoon we recommend strolling the and historical paved cycle paths in Japan, taking Tonight, you will be spending the night Nagamachi samurai quarter, the Chaya geisha you past rice fields, burial mounds, local temples at one of Zenko-ji’s affiliatedshukubo lodgings. district, and getting some super-fresh sushi from and Buddhist cemeteries. Accommodation will be in simple, Japanese-style the Omicho Fish Market. No visit to Kanazawa rooms with tatami mats, sliding screen doors and would be complete without a visit to the city’s star Day 11 Kyoto (B) comfortable futon mattresses. attraction: Kenrokuen. Ranked as one of Japan’s A highlight of any journey to Japan, Kyoto was top three landscape gardens, Kenrokuen is truly Japan’s capital for over a millennium and is home Day 4 Matsumoto (B) stunning and well worth your time today. to an incredible 17 World Heritage Sites, including On day four you will be rising early to attend temples, shrines and some beautiful gardens. optional morning prayers at Zenko-ji – a unique Day 8 Hiroshima (B) Your tour leader will be sure to take you to one of and spiritual experience. After the ceremony With two days in Hiroshima you will have ample these today – perhaps the incredible structure of you will return to your lodgings for an elaborate time to explore this exciting city and its beautiful Kiyomizu Temple with its commanding city views breakfast of shojin ryori (traditional vegetarian neighbour – the island of Miyajima. Your tour – before you enjoy a guided tour of the traditional Buddhist cuisine) before having the opportunity leader will take you through the modern heart of Gion geisha district, where you might be fortunate to make a visit to the famous hot spring-bathing the city to the beautiful Peace Park, with its many enough to spot a geisha as dusk falls.
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