Transport

City-to-city transportation *Airport transportation not included

Guide

English speaking guided tour

Accommodation

8 Nights Hotel Accommodation with daily breakfasts: Star Gate Hotel Kansai Airport or similar+81 72-460-1111 1 Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano 598-8511 Osaka Prefecture Art Hotel Osaka Bay Tower or similar +81 6-6577-1111 1-2-1 Benten, Minato-Ku, Osaka 552-0007 Osaka Prefecture Nagoya Tokyu Hotel or similar+81 52-251-2411 4-6-8, Sakae, Naka, Nagoya 460-0008 Aichi Prefecture Yokoya onsen Ryokan or similar +81 266-67-2080 5513 Kitayama, Chino 391-0301 Nagano Prefecture Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo or similar +81 3-3211-2233 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

Meals

Daily Breakfast

Not included:

Flights

Others

Tips: although it’s not mandatory, it’s a great way to thank our tour guide and driver for their great services! Usually 150 USD per person in total is recommended. But again it’s not required;)

Insurance

Insurance is not included.

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Day 1 Arrival In Osaka
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival In Osaka

*Make sure to book Kansai International Airport (code: KIX) as your arrival gateway*

Upon arrival, please use the "direction to hotel" we sent you to proceed to the hotel. The hotel we use is usually just one station away from the airport by train.

Overnight in Osaka.

*Please note the check-in time in japan is always after 3 pm.

Overnight Hotel: Stargate hotel Kansai airport (or Similar)
Day 2 Osaka - Nara - Osaka
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Osaka - Nara - Osaka

This morning, you will drive to the nearby city of Nara and enjoy a half-day sightseeing tour.

Visit Nara Park and enjoy time to explore Todaiji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site which was constructed over 1200 years ago as the head of all provincial Buddhist temples in Japan. The main hall houses one of the largest statues of Buddha, which is 15m tall. Nara Park is also home to hundreds of free-roaming deer - you can feed them deer senbei (crackers), which can be purchased at stalls throughout the park for 150 yen a pack. If you bow to the deer with the deer senbei in hand, they will bow back to you.

Afterward, continue onwards to Kasuga Taisha, Nara’s most celebrated shrine. It was established at the same time as the capital and is dedicated to the deity responsible for the protection of the city. Kasuga Taisha was also the tutelary shrine of the Fujiwara, Japan’s most powerful family clan during most of the Nara and Heian Periods.

In the afternoon, travel back to Osaka, check into the new hotel and enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.

Overnight in Osaka.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Art hotel Osaka Bay tower (or Similar)
Day 3 Osaka - Hiroshima With Shinkansen (Optional)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Osaka - Hiroshima With Shinkansen (Optional)

Today, enjoy a free day to explore Osaka at your own pace.

Alternatively, take part in an optional tour to Hiroshima on Japan’s famous Shinkansen bullet train , known in English as a bullet train.

Hiroshima Optional tour (Door to Door with bullet train round-trip)

8:30: Picked up at the hotel and transfer to Shin-Osaka Station with your tour guide.

10:30: Arrive at Hiroshima Station

11:30-13:30: Visit Itsukushima Shrine and Miyajima Island

15:30-16:30: Atomics Dome, Grand Zero

16:30-18:00: Peace memorial park

Return to the train station for the exhilarating return journey to Osaka on the bullet train, where the tour concludes.

*The schedule is subject to change due to weather or traffic conditions.

Optional tours: Hiroshima on Shinkansen Optional Tour- must be paid on site

(335USD) per adult/ (278USD) per child below 6years

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Art hotel Osaka Bay tower (or Similar)
Day 4 Osaka - Kyoto - Gifu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Osaka - Kyoto - Gifu

This morning, depart Osaka for Kyoto. Upon arrival, join an city tour of Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Free time for your lunch

Kinkakuji-Temple (golden pavillion)

*The schedule is subject to change due to weather or traffic conditions.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Gifu Miyako hotel Nagaragawa (or Similar)
Day 5 Gifu – Takayama – Matsumoto/Suwa
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Gifu – Takayama – Matsumoto/Suwa

This morning you will visit the historic villages of Shirakawa-Go, UNESCO World Heritage sites. Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from therest of the world for a long period of time, these villages, with their Gassho-style houses, survived on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. Enjoy a walk among the incredible houses.

Afterwards travel to Takayama Jinya, a former government outpost established to bring the Hida Province under the control of the Edo Bakufu.

Next, travel to the hotel in Matsumoto or Suwa Area.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Hotel Matsumoto Kagetsu (or Similar)
Day 6 Matsumoto/Suwa- Mt Fuji - Tokyo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Matsumoto/Suwa- Mt Fuji - Tokyo

After breakfast, drive to Mt Fuji’s 5th Station. Located 2300m above sea level, it offers a vantage point for Mt Fuji and the surrounding lakes (weather permitting). The 5th Station also features shrines, torii gates, and souvenir shops.

Afterwards continue onwards to Lake Kawaguchi to admire the scenery as you enjoy a short cruise across the lake. The waters are overlooked by surrounding mountains, including Mt Fuji.

Then transfer to Tokyo and the last stop is Nakamise shopping street, a brightly colored thoroughfare of food vendors and souvenir stores that leads to Asakusa Kannon Temple(Senso-Ji), one of the Japan’s most important Buddhist sites

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel:Metropolitan ikebukuro (or Similar)
Day 7 Tokyo Free Day
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tokyo Free Day

Today you will attend our Tokyo One Day Optional Tour.

10:00am-11:00am Imperial Palace

11:30am-12:30pmA secret Japanese traditional rock garden

13:00pm-14:30pm Odaiba City(view of Gumdam) and lunch

15:00pm-16:00pm Shibuya Scramble crossing road

16:30pm-17:30pmTokyo Tower

Drive through Shinjuku Kabukicho

*The schedule is subject to change due to weather or traffic conditions.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Metropolitan ikebukuro (or Similar)
Day 8 Tokyo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tokyo

Enjoy a free day at leisure in Tokyo.

Overnight in Tokyo.

Overnight Hotel: Metropolitan ikebukuro (or Similar)
Day 9 Tokyo Depart
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tokyo Depart

Today, after breakfast the tour guide will give you information on the best way to get to either Haneda or Narita Airport. Insure you head to the airport in a timely manner and fly back to your hometown.

Your amazing Japan trip ends.

9 days tour

9 Days Stunning Japan Deluxe With Shirakawa-Go (4 Star Hotel

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Itinerary of your trip 9 Days Stunning Japan Deluxe With Shirakawa-Go (4 Star Hotel

Arrival In Osaka

Osaka - Nara - Osaka

Osaka - Hiroshima With Shinkansen (Optional)

Osaka - Kyoto - Gifu

Gifu – Takayama – Matsumoto/Suwa

Matsumoto/Suwa- Mt Fuji - Tokyo

Tokyo Free Day

Tokyo

Tokyo Depart

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