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758 Kapahulu Avenue, Suite # 220 *** Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 Phone No: (808) 739-9010 ** Fax No: (808) 735-0142 ** TAR#4988 Email address: [email protected] Summer Tokyo & Okinawa Tour (June 04 – June 16, 2020) Thursday, June 04th Honolulu – Tokyo/ Narita ___________________ 8:30a.m. Please meet NADINE SHIMABUKURO at the JAPAN AIRLINES check-in area located at Lobby #5 of the Honolulu International Airport. She will give you your “E – ticket” & luggage tags. Due to tight airport security, you will be checking in individually or as a family. 11:10a.m. Depart on Japan Airlines Flt.#785 bound for TOKYO NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in Japan. In-flight meals: LUNCH: Main entrée’, Salad, Miso Soup, Seasonal Ice Cream, & Cookies Prior to arrival: Croissant Sandwich with Yogurt. Throughout the flight, you can enjoy JAL's SKY TIME drink (real “Yuzu” Citrus Juice), other soft drinks, assorted beers, wines, sake, coffee, tea, and green tea are complimentary. Complimentary In-flight Movies like: English, Japanese, Chinese, & Korean and over 40 Music channels (You can even make your own Playlist), and limited games. ( L ) th Friday, June 05 Tokyo/ Narita – Narita_____________________ 2:30p.m. Arrival at Narita/ Tokyo International Airport. Upon arrival, immigration and custom procedures are required. After immigration, please pickup your own baggage from the carousel and go thru customs. We will then proceed to board the chartered bus to go to HOTEL MYSTAYS PREMIER NARITA. The hotel is located 10 minutes away from Narita Airport and free shuttle bus for exclusive hotel guest to Aeon Mall Narita. After check-in, the rest of the day is at your leisure. You can take the shuttle to Aeon Mall for some shopping and dinner. Last shuttle departs Aeon Mall at 8:45pm.. Saturday, June 06th Narita – Ibaraki – Tokyo(Odaiba)_____________ 6:30-9:00a.m. Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 9:15a.m. Check-out of the hotel and meet your English speaking guide, Ms. YUUKI KOBAYASHI at the hotel lobby. 9:30a.m. Bus departs for ITAKO, IBARAKI. 10:15a.m. Arrive ITAKO STATION, walk to ITAKO IRIS FESTIVAL (Ayame Matsuri). The festival is held along Itako's riverside park covered with purple, white and yellow iris blossoms. Each year, around 800,000 people come from all over Japan to enjoy the pretty flowers among the canals and bridges of Itako. One of the highlights during the weekend is the bride in white wedding kimono comes to the festival and would board the boats along with their parents and dowry and floats through the town down its network of canals to reach the shrine, where the groom and his family would be waiting. Its an Itako tradition that lives on but only during the Iris Festival period. Free time to walk around the festival ground & park and have lunch on your own. Different Yatais (food vendors selling from Yakisoba, Takoyaki, & etc.). 12:30p.m. After lunch, bus departs for TSUKUBA CITY. 1:30p.m. Visit TSUKUBA SPACE CENTER, the headquarters and main operational facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan's equivalent of NASA. JAXA trains astronauts, builds satellites, conducts its exploration. JAXA Gift Shop offers JAXA space goods, souvenirs, and other small gifts. Last stop, USHIKU DAIBUTSU, the largest Buddhist Statue in Japan and the 3rd largest in the world. 120 meters (over 390 feet) or equivalent to a 38-story building. Along the way to the daibutsu is nakamise (souvenir shops).We will take an elevator to the top at 85 meters. On a clear day, you can see as far as the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo. We will take the elevator down to the Lotus Sanctuary on the third floor. Prepare to be amazed at . the Lotus Sanctuary it houses over 3000 golden statues of Buddha. They line the walls from floor to ceiling. The statues commemorate people who have died. 5:00p.m. Depart USHIKU bound for TOKYO, ODAIBA. 6:30p.m. Check-in at HOTEL GRAND NIKKO TOKYO DAIBA for 3 nights in Odaiba. This hotel located in Odaiba (an artificial island in Tokyo Bay) overlooking the Rainbow Bridge and across from Aqua City (shopping mall). The rest of the day at your leisure. For dinner you can go to Aqua City: The1st floor has a Food Court, on the 5th floor there’s a Sizzler Restaurant with all you can eat salad bar. At the end of the 5th floor is “ GOTOUCHI MEN MATSURI” Famous Ramen & Gyoza from Hokkaido, Hakata, Kyoto, & Osaka, all in one place. 100 yen “DAISO” on the 4th floor next to KUMAZAWA Book Store. Aqua City - most shops close at 9:00pm, restaurants at 11:00pm ( B ) Sunday, June 07th Tokyo City Tour___________________________ 6:30a.m.(starts) Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 9:00a.m. Bus departs for 1 day TOKYO CITY TOUR. 9:30a.m. First stop will be at the IMPERIAL PALACE PLAZA, the large plaza in front of the Imperial Palace, visitors can view the Nijubashi, two bridges that form an entrance to the inner palace grounds. The stone bridge is called Meganebashi (Eyeglass Bridge) for its looks. The bridge in the back was formerly a wooden bridge with two levels, from which the name Nijubashi (Double Bridge) is derived. Tokyo Tower Imperial Palace Plaza(Meganebashi) Asakusa Kannon Temple We will visit TOKYO TOWER, observation deck with a 360 degree view of the city. TOKYO TOWER is 1093 ft. tall, making it the world’s highest self-supporting steel tower and the 2nd tallest man-made structure in Japan. As of 2011, Tokyo Skytree (2080 ft) is the tallest TV antenna tower in Japan. Lunch on your own at the food court inside Tokyo Tower. After lunch, a visit to ASAKUSA KANNON TEMPLE, where incense fills the air and colorful stalls of the Nakamise Arcade, join visitors and locals who come to shop for souvenirs and gifts. Last stop, EDO TOKYO MUSEUM, a facility to preserve the historical heritage of Edo –Tokyo (opened on April 2018 after 8 months of renovations). 5:30p.m. Return back to HOTEL GRAND NIKKO TOKYO DAIBA. The rest of the evening at your leisure. ( B ) Monday, June 08th Tokyo City & Yokohama________________________ 6:30a.m.(starts) Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 9:00a.m. Bus departs for Tokyo City Tour and Yokohama. 9:30a.m. First stop, TSUKIJI OUTER MARKET, Japan’s “FOOD TOWN” where one can encounter all kinds of Japanese traditional foods. A mixture of wholesale and retail shops along the numerous restaurants, new culinary trends are born here. Lunch on your own at Tsukiji. 12:00p.m. Bus departs for next stop to UENO’S AMEYOKKO. 12:30p.m. Some shopping time at UENO’S AMEYOKKO, a busy market street along the Yamanote Train Line tracks between Okachimachi and Ueno stations. Our first stop shop will be to MARUYASU STORE, cheapest place to buy individually wrapped scallop: Regular price, 2850yen for 280 grams but special HAWAII Price: 2000yen MARUYASU STORE also has TIRAMISU CHOCOLATES, SOFT DRIED IKA & TAKO. Maruyasu does have some things to sample just ask. KASHI no NIKI maybe one of Ameyoko’s most famous vendors. They have been in business since 1947, a large discount shop for sweets and candies. 2:00p.m. Bus departs for YOKOHAMA. 3:00p.m. Last stop, YOKOHAMA NISSIN CUP NOODLE MUSEUM, the museum shows the 40 year history of the product as well as the founder’s creativity by exhibiting 3,000 kinds of cup noodle packages. You will have the opportunity to make your own original Cup Noodle. 5:30p.m. Return back to HOTEL GRAND NIKKO TOKYO DAIBA. The rest of the evening at your leisure. ( B ) th Tuesday, June 09 Tokyo (free day)____________________ 6:30-10:00a.m. Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Today’s a free day at your leisure, you can go holo holo in Tokyo or around the hotel area is LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Tokyo, Japan’s first LEGO Attraction, located in DECKS MALL (right next to Aqua City). GUNDAM CAFÉ in DIVER CITY PLAZA, 7-10 minutes from our hotel. On a clear day, you can go to TOKYO SKYTREE is a television broadcasting tower and landmark of Tokyo.With a height of 634 meters (634 can be read as "Musashi", a historic name of the Tokyo Region), it is the tallest structure in Japan and the second tallest in the world. TOKYO DISNEYLAND or TOKYO DISNEY SEA, our hotel has a courtesy shuttle to either Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo Disney Sea. MT. FUJI-HAKONE 1 Day Tour with return on “SHINKANSEN Bullet Train”: 7:45am-8:00pm (estimated cost: $160.00 per person). ( B ) Wednesday, June 10th Tokyo – Okinawa _____________________ 6:30-10:00a.m. Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 9:15a.m. Check-out of the hotel. 9:30a.m. Depart hotel on chartered bus to TOKYO/ HANEDA AIRPORT, TERMINAL#1. 10:30a.m. Arrive TOKYO/ HANEDA AIRPORT, TERMINAL #1. Upon arrival, check-in at JAPAN AIRLINES. After checking in, you will have some time to buy snacks, drinks, & etc. Liquids or drinks are allowed thru Security to getting to your departure gate, please prior show your liquids or drinks to the security agent, they have a liquid analyzer machine to check the contents. 12:00p.m. Depart Tokyo/ Haneda on Japan Airlines Flt.#915 bound for Naha, Okinawa. No meals will be served on the domestic flight. 2:35p.m. Arrive Naha, Okinawa. At Naha Airport, please pickup your own baggage. We will proceed straight to our awaiting chartered bus at the Group Bus Parking Lot. 3:30p.m. Check in at HOTEL PALM ROYAL NAHA for 5 nights stay.