Japan: Land of the Rising Sun - EF Tours

Japan:
9 or 11 Days
Land of the Rising Sun

Number of overnight stays in parentheses. This tour may also be reversed.
Program Fee includes:
• Round-trip airfare
• Comfortable motorcoach;
Bullet train with extension
• 7 overnight stays in hotels with private
bathrooms (9 with extension)
• Breakfast and dinner daily
DAY 1: Fly overnight to Japan
DAY 2: Tokyo
Arrive in Tokyo
DAY 3: Tokyo
Take a guided tour of Tokyo:
– Harajuku shopping district
– Imperial Palace Plaza
Visit the Meiji Shinto Shrine
Visit Asakusa Kannon Temple
Enjoy a tempura dinner
DAY 4: Tokyo
Optional: Nikko:
– Toshugo Shrine
– Kegon Waterfall
– Lake Chuzenji
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• Full-time EF Tour Director
• 2 sightseeing tours led by licensed
local guides (3 with extension)
Optional:
Nikko
Nara
DAY 5: Kamakura • Hakone
Travel to Kamakura
See the Great Image of Buddha
Continue on to Hakone
Spend the night in a traditional
Japanese ryokan
DAY 6: Hakone • Kyoto
Tour Hakone National Park
Take a cruise on Lake Hakone
Ride a cable car up Mount
Komagatake
2-DAY TOUR EXTENSION
DAY 9: Osaka • Hiroshima
Take a bullet train from Osaka to
Hiroshima
Take an excursion to Miyajima Park
Visit Istukushima Shrine
Take a guided tour of Hiroshima
Visit the Peace Memorial Museum
Top things to see on tour:
DAY 7: Kyoto
Take a guided tour of Kyoto
Visit Nijo Castle
Visit Kiyomizu Temple
Visit the Gold Pavilion
Optional: Nara
– Todaiji Temple
– Deer Park
– Kasuga Shrine
DAY 8: Kyoto • Osaka
Enjoy free time
Travel to Osaka
Visit Osaka Castle
DAY 9: Depart for home
DAY 10: Osaka
Visit Himeji Castle
Return to Osaka
DAY 11: Depart for home
Meiji Shinto Shrine
Asakusa Kannon
Temple
Lake Hakone cruise
Ryokan
Gold Pavilion

Kyoto
Kyoto conjures up images of sunlit walks around
tiered pagodas and quiet lakes lined with cherry
blossom trees—experience this scenery fi rsthand
on your visit to the tranquil Gold Pavilion, a Zen
Buddhist temple painted in delicate gold leaf. As the
national capital for over a millennium, Kyoto offers
you a unique glimpse into the history of Imperial
Japan. Cross under the burnt orange torii (gate) at the
entrance of the Heian Shrine. Dedicated to Emperors
Kanmu and Komei, the Shrine replicates the former
Imperial Palace. On your visit to Nijo castle, wander
through the Japanese cypress halls that the powerful
Tokugawa shogunate called home.
Hakone
Explore the majestic beauty of Japan at the national
park of Hakone. Boasting botanical gardens, an
open-air museum and spectacular views of Mt. Fuji
(Bring your camera!), Hakone welcomes tens of
millions of visitors every year. Your tour includes a
boat cruise on the sparkling Lake Ashi and a cable
car ride up Mount Komagatake. Experience true
Japanese hospitality when you spend the night in a
traditional inn, or ryokan. During your stay, enjoy the
simplicity of your surroundings and sleep on a futon
atop tatami-matted fl oors—remember to remove your
shoes before you enter!
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Overlooking downtown
Tokyo, Japan
Buddhist temple
Kyoto, Japan
Tokyo
Welcome to Tokyo, city of contrasts. Encounter the
Imperial Palace’s stately grandeur close to stories-tall
jumbotrons, bound to wow even the most seasoned
city-dwellers. See Harajuku’s young denizens blaze
a path for fashion lovers everywhere in this inimitable
shopping district. Counteract the bustle of Tokyo’s
streets with a visit to the Meiji Shinto Shrine. Quiet
and stillness reign inside the elaborate Inner Garden,
a wooded oasis in the middle of the city. Make your
way to the largest Buddhist temple, Asakusa Kannon.
Here, restaurants, theaters and cinemas surround a
fi ve-story pagoda—a perfect symbol of Tokyo’s
enduring past and ultramodern future.
Torii gate
Lake Hakone, Japan

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