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Pee Son) Enchanting Japan Tokyo to Osaka 12 days / 11-night Classic Journey Visit Eight places, one country / 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 traditional cuisine with a soba buckwheat noodle cooking lesson. ® Enjoy a Sarubobo-making workshop, learning how to create these 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 hosted by 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. Three Nights: The Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho, a Luxury Collection Hotel. BLD: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner 26 Day 02: Tokyo Head to Roppongi and take in outstanding views of Tokyo from Mori Tower. Visit Asakusa and the city’s oldest temple, Sensoji, 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 Japanese gardens at Hamarikyu and the Imperial Palace East Gardens, or visit the Tokyo National Museum (see page 40). Later, savour a welcome dinner at a delightful Japanese restaurant. BLD Day 03: Tokyo Visit Meiji Shrine before a sushi-making class and enjoy your homemade delights for lunch. Explore 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 Mount Fuji if it's a clear day. Visit Hakone Shrine, enjoy a cruise on Lake Ashi and arrive at Togendai before heading to the volcanic valley of Owakudani, via the Hakone Ropeway. Transfer to your luxury hotel and enjoy dinner with your fellow guests this evening. BLD Stay: Hakone Kowakien Ten-yu. Day 05: Hakone, Matsumoto, Takayama Set out this morning to Gotemba for a soba buckwheat noodle cooking lesson and Japan & South Korea 2024 lunch. Continue to Matsumoto and visit the spectacular Matsumoto Castle. Explore the castle and its grounds before being transferred to your new hotel in Takayama, where you'll indulge in dinner tonight. BLD Two Nights: Associa Takayama Resort. Day 06: Takayama Visit the Miyagawa morning market to try some of the area's best produce and then enjoy a Sarubobo-making workshop. After lunch, wander through the old town to the Festival Floats Museum. For dinner, you'll savour 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, the Nagamachi Samurai district and the Nomura Samurai House. Choose between Japanese or French food for dinner (see page 41). BD Stay: Hotel Nikko Kanazawa. Day 08: Kanazawa, Kyoto Start your day in the Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa'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 dinner at a local restaurant. BLD Four Nights: The Thousand Kyoto.
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