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Download Tour Dossier SMALL GROUP TOURS All in Japan ALL-INCLUSIVE 12 Nights Tokyo > Hiroshima > Kyoto > Awara Onsen > Kanazawa > Tokyo Visit Himeji, Japan’s largest Tour Overview original feudal castle With all meals, transport, and luggage handling included – there’s nothing for you to do on Enjoy dinner with a performance All-In Japan but sit back and enjoy the ride. by one of Kyoto’s geisha or maiko Covering Japan’s classic destinations with a few unusual twists, this trip is full to bursting with cultural experiences designed to give you Head to the top of Mount a comprehensive and stress-free introduction Misen on Miyajima Island to Japan. Sometimes, a holiday should just be a holiday: a chance to relinquish all responsibilities, make Visit the sobering Hiroshima no decisions, and worry about absolutely Peace Park and museum nothing. On All-In Japan, you’ll do just this. Leaving every aspect of your trip to us, from your lunch to your luggage, you’ll be free to Learn about zazen meditation concentrate on immersing yourself in Japanese Kanazawa at Daianzen-ji Temple culture – safe in the knowledge that you don’t Tokyo have a penny to pay on the ground. Awara Onsen Mount Fuji Try your hand at traditional This tour is an exhilarating journey through Kyoto taiko drumming Japan’s history and traditions, from the refined geisha houses of Kyoto to Tokyo’s exuberant taiko drumming workshops. Tour the ancient temples of Kyoto, visit the biggest original castle in Japan at Himeji, and experience Hiroshima IJT ALL-INCLUSIVE TOURS zazen meditation at a beautiful temple deep in Fukui Prefecture. Explore Japan’s classic sights and lesser- known spots secure in the knowledge that Try your hand at confectionary-making in every cost is included – from your lunch to Kanazawa, visit the fascinating Peace Memorial your luggage transfers. Park and Museum in Hiroshima, and ride the cable car to the top of Mount Misen for spectacular views over the Seto Inland Sea. Style Facts Forget the tour bus bubble – we’ll take you • Local professional guides & experts in to meet the artisans, restaurateurs and small business owners who make all this possible. key destinations • Four-star accommodation It’s not all temples and tradition, however, and we’ll make sure you’re well-acquainted • En-suite rooms in all locations with modern Japan – from a tour of Tokyo’s Day by day • Meet-and-greet airport transfers fashionable Omotesando and Aoyama districts with its many architecturally interesting • All transport between destinations (mainly Many of our customers choose to arrive a buildings to Kanazawa’s outstanding 21st day or two early to get over jet-lag and get by private coach or bullet train) Century Art Museum. the most out of the tour. Whatever the case, • All meals and some drinks included we will be happy to make arrangements to One of the great features of this tour is the suit your needs. • A mix of sightseeing and hands-on activities balance of free time and evening entertainment, and you’ll try a huge range of • Evening entertainment at several destinations Day 1 Tokyo (D) cuisines in all sorts of settings – including do- On arrival at Tokyo’s Narita Airport you will be • All entrance fees included it-yourself okonomiyaki pancakes, multi-course picked up for your shared shuttle back to your • Luggage handling between all destinations kaiseki meals, plus an evening dinner with a hotel in the heart of the city. Your tour leader will dance performance from a trainee geisha. be waiting to meet you and answer any questions, • Guaranteed maximum of 20 travellers and this evening you’ll be able to begin getting to • Solo travellers: a single room is available All-In Japan is all about comfort and peace of know your group over a delicious welcome meal throughout on payment of a mandatory mind, but don’t let that fool you – this is all- at the hotel. supplement inclusive as you’ve never seen it before: full-on, fast-paced, and packed full of action. Day 2 Tokyo (B, L, D) With a private coach at our disposal today, we’ll head out to the historic Meiji Shrine, get a glimpse of the city’s amazing architecture in the trendy PAGE 1 www.InsideJapanTours.com • [email protected] UK: 0117 244 3380 US: 303 952 0379 AUS: 07 3186 8800 ABTA No.Y6295 Aoyama and Omotesando districts, before heading geisha quarter and Kennin-ji Temple, one of the Day 13 Tokyo (B) to our taiko drumming lesson where you will five most important Zen temples in Kyoto. Finally, Alas your tour must come to an end on day 13, be introduced to the energetic, choreographed to round off our first busy day in Kyoto, we’ll head and you will be taken by shared shuttle back to the movements of Japan’s traditional drumming. out this evening to GEAR – an exciting, non-verbal airport for your flight home. theatre show that will provide an interesting This afternoon we will explore the old-world streets modern counterpoint to Kyoto’s more traditional and market stalls of the Asakusa district. This is the arts. Our tour itineraries are not set-in-stone for most traditional area in the city, and home to it’s each day. You will be provided on the ground oldest temple: Senso-ji. Day 8 Awara Onsen (B, L, D) with Day-by-Day sheets and the tour leader On the way to Awara Onsen, we’ll stop off at the will outline what they are going to do each day Day 3 Hiroshima (B, L, D) partially reconstructed ruins of Ichijodani Castle in detail. If you would like to break away from This morning we’ll hop on the shinkansen, Japan’s Town and stop off at the beautiful temple of the group and do something different, they will world-famous bullet train, for a speedy journey Daianzen-ji. While at Daianzen-ji, we’ll enjoy a be available to offer advice, and help you plan westward to Hiroshima. For lunch we’ll sample the lesson in zazen meditation under the tutelage of your day. typical fare of the Japanese traveller – an ekiben a temple priest – all the better to appreciate the “station lunchbox” – complete with included quiet beauty of our surroundings. origami set to keep you entertained. This evening we’ll spend the night at a traditional On arrival in Hiroshima, we’ll travel by private Japanese inn, or ryokan, with an included dinner What’s included coach from the station to our hotel and have of finekaiseki cuisine. Don’t miss the chance to try a chance to freshen up before we head to the out the hot-spring baths – an integral part of any aYour InsideJapan Info-Pack Peace Memorial Park and Museum to learn a ryokan stay! aFull-time services of your InsideJapan tour leader little more about the events of 6th August 1945. This evening, we’ll lighten the mood with a bit Day 9 Kanazawa (B, L, D) a12 nights’ accommodation of cookery: learn how to make okonomiyaki, the With a leisurely start to the morning, sleep in aBreakfast, lunch and dinner every day and a cabbage or noodle-based pancake typical of this or rise early for another dip in the onsen baths, selection of drinks at every meal part of Japan. before taking our private coach on to our next destination: Kanazawa. Kanazawa retains some of aAll transport between destinations in Japan, Day 4 Hiroshima (B, L, D) Japan’s best-preserved old-town districts, has one including airport transfers On day four, we’ll jump on a boat at the Peace of the top 3 Japanese gardens in the country and aIC transport card with 2,500 yen credit for city Park for the 45-minute journey across Hiroshima is know for its rich artistic traditions. transport Bay to the island of Miyajima, a beautiful island Luggage handling between all destinations on the Seto Inland Sea. Though Miyajima is most On arrival we will visit the outstanding 21st a famous for its World Heritage Shrine and “floating” Century Museum and the garden placed in the a Extra local guides in Tokyo and Kyoto torii gate, you’re sure to enjoy the traditional town top 3 of best gardens in Japan: Kenroku-en. Entrance fees for all excursions described in centre, friendly local deer, and cable car ride to the We will then head to our hotel to check in and a top of forested Mount Misen for fabulous views refresh before the included dinner served at our the day-by-day itinerary across the bay. accommodation tonight. aEnjoy a private audience with a trainee geisha Make some noise at a taiko drumming class **Please note that the torii gate at Itsukushima Day 10 Kanazawa (B, L, D) a Shrine (on Miyajima) is currently undergoing Today, start the morning with sightseeing in the in Tokyo renovation since June 2019 and will continue old-town districts of Higashi chaya and Nagamachi, aExperience Zazen meditation with a monk at a to for at least a year, to repair salt water to see these beautifully preserved areas and pay a rural temple complex damage. The torii gate may be partially visit to the Nomura Samurai House as well. covered with vinyl sheets during this time. aMake traditional wagashi confectionary in This afternoon we will get the chance to make Kanazawa Day 5 Kyoto (B, L, D) delicate Japanese confectionery with a local expert, aVisit Himeji Castle, one of Japan’s finest original This morning we’ll leave Hiroshima behind and before heading back to the hotel.
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