Day 01: Australia - Tokyo (D) Depart Australia in the morning on Japan Airlines and arrive in Tokyo, the capital of Japan in the afternoon. You are met and transferred to your hotel. You will have your welcoming dinner in your hotel restaurant tonight. Accommodation: Narita Garden Hotel or similar
Day 02: Narita - Nikko (B. L. D) Today you will travel to Nikko, a small city at the entrance to Nikko National Park. Visit Toshogu Shrine, Japan’s most lavishly decorated shrine complex and mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Nikko has been a center of Shinto and Buddhist mountain worship for many centuries, and Nikko National Park continues to offer scenic, mountainous landscapes, lakes, waterfalls, hot springs, wild monkeys and hiking trails. You will visit Kegon Water Falls and Lake Chuzenjiko. Accommodation: Tobu Levant Hotel or similar
Day 03: Tokyo Sightseeing (B. L. D) Today’s tour includes Asakusa Temple, a very popular Buddhist temple, built in the 7th century, the Edo Museum, Imperial Palace, home of imperial family, which only opens to public on 23rd December and 02nd January each year, Ginza, Tokyo brand name shopping area, same as New York 5th Avenue and Shinjuku area. Accommodation: Tobu Levant Hotel or similar
Day 04: Tokyo - Hakone - Kawaguchiko (B. L. D) Travel to Hakone by coach. Visit the Peace Park, Owakutani Hot spring, have a cruise on Lake Ashi. Enjoy hot spring spa in your hotel in the evening. Accommodation: Kawaguchiko Hotel or similar
Day 05: Kawaguchiko - Mt. Fuji - Toyohashi (B. L. D) Start your trip to Mt. Fuji. Climb up to the 5th station by coach, about 2300 meters above the sea level. Visit the Visitor Centre and Green tea farm. Then our coach will take you to train station for a Bullet Train trip to Toyohashi (one station only). Accommodation: Toyohashi Nikko Hotel or similar
Day 06: Toyohashi - Kyoto (B. L. D) Proceed to Kyoto, the Japan’s ancient capital, where you will visit Heian Jingu Shrine, Golden Pavilion. And then enjoy the Kimono show at Nishinjin showroom. Also a visit to Gion Corner, a popular nightspot where tourists can experience the authentic Japanese lifestyle. Accommodation: Kyoto Rihga Royal Hotel or similar
Day 07: Kyoto - Nara - Osaka (B. L. D) Visit Kiyomizu Temple, which houses Goddess of Mercy Statue. You will pass through the shopping street and pottery lane to the main gate of the temple. In front of the main temple, there is a verandah, which jugs out from the hill slope. It used 139 wooden pillars to support this verandah. (no nail at all). Beside the main temple, there’s a shrine temple for people to worship the marriage. After this visit, proceed to Nara by coach. Visit the Deer Park and Todaiji Temple (great Buddha Temple). Continue to Osaka, where you will visit Osaka Castle. Accommodation: Osaka Rihga Grand Hotel or similar
Day 08: Osaka - Kobe - Osaka (B. L. D) Drive to Kobe, known as a city having a unique style with the exotic atmosphere in Japan, which has been affected by the foreign cultures and flourished as the international port since old days. You will visit China Town and the Japanese Sake Brewery. Drive back to Osaka and visit Shinzaibashi area, one of Osaka’s major downtown areas, featuring many stores, such as Shinsaibashi-suji Shopping Centre and department stores. Accommodation: ANA Gate Tower or similar
Day 09: Osaka - Australia (B) You are at leisure until transfer from hotel to airport for your flight to Narita Airport in Tokyo. Upon arrival connect your flight homeward to Australia.
Day 10: Australia Arrive in Australia in the morning and your unforgettable Japan tour ends.
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