FULLY ESCORTED JAPAN TOUR ANIME JAPAN TOUR | GOLDEN ROUTE 10 Days Osaka Nara Kyoto Hakone Tokyo Tour Overview Make your vacation memorable during our special AnimeJapan Tour | Golden Route package from Osaka this March. 10 Days from $3890- This special-edition AnimeJapan tour includes dual admission to Osa- ka’s Nipponbashi Anime Street Festa, and the largest anime convention in the world, Tokyo’s AnimeJapan! Enjoy an anime filled adventure between cultural gems on this fully Tour Includes Tour Highlights featured Japan tour! 8 nights Western hotel and 1 night A day at the AnimeJapan Festival in Japanese-style hotel with hot- Tokyo springs 20+ Anime stores at Tokyo Character Daily Breakfast-Buffets, 5 Lunches, Street and 1 Dinners included A trip to the Ghibli Museum All ground transportation in Japan during the tour A visit to Tokyo One Piece Tower Complimentary Airport Transfers Shopping and trading time at the Pokemon Center Admission Fees, Tax & Gratuities at all included Destinations The Gundam Base Tokyo and Lifesize Unicorn Gundam Full time service of licensed English speaking tour guide & Tokyo’s popular Asakusa Sensoji separate bus driver Temple Japan Deluxe Tours Handbook Tokyo’s lively Harajuku and Takeshita and Tour Goods Package Dori Free Wi-Fi in Bus & Most hotels Sightseeing in the historic-filled streets Kyoto Bullet train ride with Mt. Fuji & Green Tea Ceremony Admission to see the Big Buddha at Todaiji Temple 1 | JapanDeluxeTours.com [email protected] US/Canada 1-800-285-2726 Australia 1-800-707-138 We will then head to Fushimi Inari We will then take a bullet train to At- Day by Day Shrine, one of Kyoto’s many can’t miss ami. The bullet train is the fastest way destinations that features hundreds to travel on land and is considered an Day 1 - Osaka Arrival of red tori gates. The path is perfect essential Japanese experience. Enjoy Welcome to Japan! We will have for photos or just to calm your mind. riding in comfort and speed, and be transportation services to take you to Once we get all our photos done, sure to take some photos of the scen- your hotel. Please refer to your tour we will stop at a sake museum for ery during your ride. handbook for more information. lunch at to learn the history of Japan’s Rest at the hotel and be ready to start national drink. At Atami, enjoy a long relaxing soak your exciting tour tomorrow. in the onsen, hot spring, to rejuve- To avoid getting too repetitive with nate you for tomorrow’s adventure. A **INFORMATION** the temples and shrines, we include a Yukata, a Japanese robe, will be pro- From KIX Airport to downtown hotel visit to the Nishijin Textile Center for a vided for you. The onsen is located in Osaka - about 70 mins (Bus) stunning kimono show! in our own ryokan, a Japanese style hotel, which includes a traditional From ITM Airport to downtown hotel Keeping with the traditional feel, we Japanese food. in Osaka - about 30 mins (Bus) included a tea-ceremony to help you relax before going back to the hotel. Day 5 - Hakone & Mt. Fuji (B, L) Day 2 - Osaka (B) Our morning begins with a visit to Today, we will visit the popular In the evening, we will head to the Hakone. Enjoy a ropeway to Owaku- Nipponbashi for the annual Nip- Gion Geisha District, Japan’s most dani, an active volcanic crater still ponbashi Street Festa! This special famous geisha district. This area is steaming from its last eruption some event celebrates the Otaku-Culture filled with shops, restaurants, and tea 3,000 years ago. There you will get a in Osaka with cosplay, performances, houses and the area in Japan that you taste of the local Japanese food, the live music, and shopping. are most likely to run into real geisha black egg, cooked in one of the cra- and maiko on their way to perform at ters. It’s said eating one of these eggs There is a cosplay parade that draws the Gion Geisha Center. will add years to your life! in thousands of skilled and amateur cosplayers alike! Day 4 - Kyoto (B, L, D) Then, we will head to the Iyashi no Our day begins with a visit to Arashi- Sato, a traditional craft open-air mu- Enjoy intricate and unique cosplays yama to walk through the Bamboo seum reconstructed from the village’s everywhere you look, between Groove Forest. The morning’s sunlight thatched roofed houses. Each house shopping for the best anime goods passing through the bamboo makes features a different exhibit, workshop, and dining on Osaka’s delicious food for a perfect morning sight. We will or cafe, including some cooking culture! also enjoy a spirited rickshaw ride lessons. through Arashiyama. Guests can Day 3 - Osaka & Kyoto (B, L) enjoy seeing many of the tradition- Before making our way to the next For today, it’s off to Nara to see Todaiji al-style shops and temples during the destination, we will stop for Hoto, a Temple. Todaiji Temple holds the ride. Japanese noodle dish native to the World Guinness Record as the largest Yamanashi area. A hybrid of miso wooden building. Inside the temple, Following our time in Arashiyama, we soup and flat udon noodles, this dish you will behold the largest Buddha will head to the Golden Pavilion, or is truly a local Japanese specialty. We statue in Japan. Kinkakuji Temple, a Japan’s must see end our day reaching Tokyo. attraction where the two upper floors Just outside the temple is the Nara are covered in gold leaf. The reflec- Day 6 - Tokyo (B, L) Deer Park, where you will be greeted tion of the golden temple on the lake We will start our morning heading by numerous deer that roam around adds to the stunning sight. to Harajuku for shopping and snacks freely. The deer here at the park are along Takeshita Dori. This shop- known to be friendly and may even After taking pictures, it’s off to Ryoanji ping area is the perfect place to get bow at you for a little treat. Temple to see the stunning rock gar- in touch with Japan’s pop culture dens. Not all Japanese temples have trends, and to sample some of the them, so we made sure to include best crepes in Japan. one of Kyoto’s zen gardens. 2 | JapanDeluxeTours.com [email protected] US/Canada 1-800-285-2726 Australia 1-800-707-138 After our time in Harajuku, we head After browsing through exclusive Enjoy your day exploring the grounds to Tokyo Tower, Japan’s iconic tower. products, we will head over to and meeting people with the same Tokyo Tower has been taken over by J-World, the Shonen Jump theme- passion as you! One Piece, resulting in Tokyo One park in Tokyo! Play games and win Piece Tower. Known as Tongari Island, prizes based on all your favorite If the fair isn’t enough, you also have this event is filled with attractions, characters, including Goku from the option to join an optional tour at wonderful restaurants, and a live-ac- Dragonball, Luffy and Co from One 3pm to explore the famous Shibuya tion show designed to wow fans of all Piece, Naruto and Sasuke, Kuroko and Crossing and Gundam Base Tokyo ages. the rest of the Generation of Miracles, to see the awesome life-size RX-0 and Hinata and his team of volleyball Unicorn Gundam model (72 ft). The Following our time at the tower, we hopefulls! Win prizes and shop to Gundam Base is an expansive store, head east to visit the famed Ghibli your hearts content at the J-World museum, and features a cafe for Museum. This animation and art store before our next stop. guests to enjoy everything Gundam. museum exhibits works of Miyazaki Hayao, creator of world famous films For lunch, enjoy sushi with fish Feel free to enjoy the night at your such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess provided by the Tsukiji Fish Market, leisure, or you have the option to Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Ponyo the famous fish market that provides enjoy the night as you wish, or sign on the Cliff by the Sea. Ghibli Film freshest ingredients for thousands of up for a few optional excursions. We fans will definitely enjoy the artistic families and businesses alike. have the new VR Zone Shinjuku, an museum, which not only exhibits the incredible VR-focused arcade, the history and techniques of animation Following our time at the market, the Ninja Trick House where guests can but also plays short movies in a the- tour will visit the lively Tokyo Char- enjoy learning how to throw nin- ater room, produced exclusively for acter Street in Tokyo Central Station. ja-stars and also learn the ways of the the museum. The area is lined with various an- ninja, or a meal at the CAPCOM BAR, ime-themed shops, including a Jump a themed-restaurant showcasing the After the museuem, it’s time for Store, Pokemon Center, Hello Kitty best of CAPCOM, including games dinner at the Robot Restaurant in shop, Ghibli store, and more! There’s and themed-meals, or sign up for a Shinjuku for those interesterd! Enjoy also Tokyo Ramen Street, Okashi MariKart experience and drive go- a show like none before, fusing Land, and Gachapon Street, perfect karts around Tokyo dressed as some classic Japanese elements with the for someone who wants some lunch of your favorite characters! dreams and fantasies of the future.