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Enchanting Japan Tokyo to Osaka 12 days / 11-night Land and Rail Journey Visit Eight places / Go For Ancient villages, bustling metropolises, traditional ceremonies and world-class food Signature Experiences @® Take part in a sushi-making class and enjoy your homemade delights for lunch. ® Try your hand at creating some. traditional cuisine with a soba buckwheat noodle cooking lesson. ® Enjoy a Sarubobo-making experience, learning how to create the traditional dolls. ® Relish a gold leaf-making experience, and decorate a small lacquer plate. @® Delve into traditional Japanese culture with a special tea ceremony and kimono-wearing experience. @® Savour a special night of entertainment with a private dinner and drinks alongside a maiko or geisha. Day 01: Arrive Tokyo Welcome to Tokyo. Be met on arrival and transferred to your hotel. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and fellow travellers at a welcome reception at the hotel. Stay: Three Nights, The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho. BLD: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner 26 Day 02: Tokyo Head to Roppongi to visit the Tokyo City View observation deck. Next up is Asakusa and the city’s oldest temple, Sensoji, for a visit before a stroll through the Namikase shopping street. After lunch, explore Tokyo your way. You can delve into the buzzing districts of Shibuya and Harajuku, discover the beauty of Japanese gardens at Hamarikyu and the Imperial Palace East Garden, or visit the Tokyo National Museum. Later, enjoy a welcome dinner at a Japanese-style restaurant. BLD Day 03: Tokyo Visit Meiji Shrine before a sushi-making class and enjoy your homemade delights for lunch. Visit Ginza, Tokyo's most famous upmarket shopping district and marvel at the food at a local department store. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure. BL Day 04: Tokyo, Hakone Depart for Hakone following breakfast and catch glimpses of iconic Mt Fuji if it's a clear day. Visit Hakone Shrine. Board a pirate boat for a Lake Ashi cruise and arrive at Togendai before heading to the volcanic valley of Owakudani, via the Hakone Ropeway. Transfer to your luxury hotel and enjoy dinner together. BLD Stay: Hakone, Kowakien Tenyu. Day 05: Hakone, Matsumoto, Takayama Set out this morning to Gotemba for a soba buckwheat noodle cooking lesson. Following your soba noodle lunch, continue Japan & South Korea 2023 to Matsumoto and visit the spectacular Matsumoto Castle. Tour the castle before being transferred to your new hotel in Takayama, where you'll indulge in dinner. BLD Stay: Two Nights, Associa Takayama Resort. Day 06: Takayama Visit the Miyagawa morning market to try the area's best produce and enjoy a Sarubobo-making experience. After lunch, wander through the old town to the Festival Floats Museum. For dinner, you'll dine on the region's famous Hida beef. BD Day 07: Takayama, Shirakawa-go, Kanazawa Today you'll visit the World Heritage-listed village of Shirakawa-go. Stop at Kanda House before strolling around the village. Continue to Kanazawa and visit the Kenroku-en garden. Later, visit the Nagamachi Samurai district and the Nomura Samurai House. Choose between Japanese or French food for dinner. BD Stay: Hotel Nikko Kanazawa. Day 08: Kanazawa, Kyoto Start your day in the Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawe's largest geisha district. Relish a gold leaf-making experience and decorate a small lacquer plate, before visiting the Shima teahouse. Transfer to the train station to board your first-class train to Kyoto. Check in to your accommodation before sharing dinner at a local restaurant. BLD Stay: Four Nights, The Thousand Kyoto.
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