Classical Japan (autumn 2024)
Description:
Day 1 (S): Arrival in Tokyo
Arriving in Tokyo. Meeting by a Japanese driver at the airport. Group transfer to the hotel. Check-in after 16:00 (early check-in on request and for an additional fee).
Attention:
- Group transfer booking is guaranteed 15 days before arrival, in case of later booking, it is possible to replace it with an individual transfer with an additional payment of $ 80 / person one way
- Group transfer booking is possible for departure and arrival flights from 8 a.m. to 20:30 p.m., other flights require a one-way transfer surcharge of $80/person.
- in case of flight data changes after booking confirmation, an additional payment for re-booking in the amount of $ 30 / person is charged
- in case of flight data changes less than 15 days before arrival, in addition to paying for a re-booking ($ 30 / person), an additional payment for an individual transfer in the amount of $ 80 / person may be required.
- When changing flights, note that Tokyo has two airports - Haneda and Narita, located 60-90 minutes drive from each other.
Excursion "Evening Tokyo" (description at the end of the program). Note: the tour is not performed for tourists arriving after 13:00!
Day 2 (PN): Excursion "Tokyo yesterday and today"
09:00 meeting with a Russian-speaking guide in the hotel lobby.
Type of transport: public and on foot.
09:30-10:30 Experience the beautiful gardens of Tokyo. Visit Kiyosumi Garden - one of the best gardens in Tokyo, once owned by a large industrialist of the Meiji era, Iwasaki Yataro, who founded the Mitsubishi company. In autumn, this garden is especially beautiful.11:30-12:30 Next you will see the historic building of the Tokyo station, visit the KITTE postal skyscraper and take a photo at the Nijubashi Bridge, a Meiji-era architectural monument near the park of the Imperial Palace.
13:00-14:00 Lunch at the restaurant. 14:00 After lunch, we will continue to explore the Edo era in the historic district of Asakusa.
Visit the oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo - Senso-ji and an independent walk along the souvenir street Nakamisa.15:30 Participation in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony - the master of the ceremony conducts a demonstration of tea preparation, then guests are given the opportunity to try to make real matcha tea. 16:30 Visit to the Samurai and Ninja Museum (excursions are conducted in English, the guide does not go to the museum, but gives explanations before or after the excursion)17:30 Moving to Odaiba - an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. You will see the famous Rainbow Bridge and enjoy the most beautiful sunset on the waterfront of the bay. 19:00 Return to the hotel.
Day 3 (W): Free day in Tokyo
Free day in Tokyo. For an additional fee, if desired: Tour "Traditions of Tokyo" (description at the end of the program)
Day 4 (Sp): Excursion to Fuji Kawaguchiko, moving to Kyoto.
Extract from the hotel with things.08:00 Meeting with the guide. Moving to Fuji-Kawaguchiko (about 2-2.5 hours).
Type of transport: ordered
A visit to the Fuji Kawaguchiko Herb Garden, which has about 200 species of herbs and flowers, fragrant with their aroma at any time of the year and a viewing area, offering the best views of Fuji. *Mount Fuji may not be visible due to weather conditions. Next, you will taste wine produced in Yamanashi Prefecture, in one of the Kawaguchiko wine cellars.
12:00-13:00 Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, stop by Momiji Maple Corridor.
Further, on the picturesque shore of the lake you will visit the folklore village of Iyashi no Sato. Wooden houses covered with thatched roofs are a real historical open-air museum. Here, having previously changed into an elegant kimono, you will walk yourself and take a photo against the background of Mount Fuji. *Mount Fuji may not be visible due to weather conditions.
~15:30 Transfer to Mishima station. Shinkansen train at Mishima station.17:46-19:37 Mishima – Kyoto, Shinkansen Hikari 521
! The guide issues train tickets in advance, in case of loss, they are purchased again, payment is independently. Independent travel without a guide and independent check-in to a hotel near Kyoto station (unaccompanied).
Day 5 (Cht): Sightseeing tour of Kyoto
09:00 Meeting with a guide in the lobby of a hotel in Kyoto
Type of transport: ordered
Sightseeing tour of Kyoto, which has been the center of Japanese civilization for thousands of years. Here are collected the most popular sights of Japan, many of which are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the Kiyomizu-dera temple, the main pavilion of which stands on tall wooden stilts on the hillside. Walk through the ancient street of Higashiyama district with historical buildings in the Japanese style and souvenir shops to the temple of Sanjusangendo, where you will see 1000 carved wooden statues of the goddess of mercy Kannon.
13:30-14:30 Lunch (buffet).15:00-16:00 Visit the world-famous Golden Pavilion – Kinkakuji. The view of the Golden Pavilion in the rays of sunset creates a delightful sight. 16:30-17:30 At the end of the tour you will visit the Fushimi Inari temple - an important Shinto temple, famous for its thousands of bright red torii gates that adorn the covers of guidebooks and became a popular attraction largely thanks to the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha". This is one of the most beautiful places to visit in Kyoto.18:00 Return to hotels in Kyoto.
Day 6 (Pt): Free day in Kyoto
Free time in Kyoto For extra charge, optional: Excursion to Nara and Osaka (description at the end of the program)
Day 7 (SB): Excursion to Yokohama and Kamakura. Moving to Tokyo.
Hotel discharge.
Independent transfer from Kyoto station to Shin Yokohama station (unaccompanied).08:33-10:53 Kyoto – Shin-Yokohama, Shinkansen Hikari 642!! The guide issues train tickets in advance, in case of loss, they are purchased again, payment is independently. 11:00 Meeting with the guide and participants of joint tours at Shin Yokohama Station
Type of transport: ordered
Excursion to the city of Yokohama – sister city of Odessa, a modern port.
Visit to Minato Mirai (translated into Russian "Port of the future of the 21st century"). Ascent to the observation deck of one of the highest skyscrapers in Japan “Landmark Tower” (296.3 m). You can admire the views of the city from a bird's eye view, as well as ride one of the fastest elevators in the world (listed in the Guinness Book of Records).
Next, move to the medieval city of Kamakura.
Kamakura is a popular seaside resort and notable city located on the Pacific coast, and founded more than 800 years ago. It was here in the late twelfth century that Shogun Minamoto Yoritomo established Japan’s first shogunate (military government). For a long time Kamakura remained the military headquarters of several shoguns and at the same time the center of culture and religious traditions.
You will see a 13-meter bronze statue of Buddha “Daibutsu”, cast in 1252 – an outstanding example of the sculpture of the Kamakura era. To the statue leads an alley, which is planted with maples and ginkgo trees and at the peak of the season creates an amazing palette of red and yellow leaves.
Take unusual and vivid pictures in the bamboo forest of the Hokokuji temple and wash money or find out fate by dipping a leaf with a prediction or a money note into a sacred source in the Zeniarai Benzaiten temple.
17:00 Arrival in Tokyo. Hotel accommodation.
Day 8 (S): Conclusion of the tour
Hotel discharge before 10:00. A meeting by a driver in the hotel lobby. Group transfer to the airport.
Attention:
- Group transfer booking is guaranteed 15 days before arrival, in case of later booking, it is possible to replace it with an individual transfer with an additional payment of $ 80 / person one way
- Group transfer booking is possible for departure and arrival flights from 8 a.m. to 20:30 p.m., other flights require a one-way transfer surcharge of $80/person.
- in case of flight data changes after booking confirmation, an additional payment for re-booking in the amount of $ 30 / person is charged
- in case of flight data changes less than 15 days before arrival, in addition to paying for a re-booking ($ 30 / person), an additional payment for an individual transfer in the amount of $ 80 / person may be required.
- When changing flights, note that Tokyo has two airports - Haneda and Narita, located 60-90 minutes drive from each other. If you need to move between airports, payment for the relocation will be made at the expense of tourists.
The price includes:
The price includes:
accommodation in hotels on the basis of breakfast;
- 4 group excursions with a Russian-speaking guide on the program, including entrance tickets;
- 3 program lunches;
- group transfer airport – hotel – airport by minibus;
The price does not include:
City tax on hotel accommodation in the amount of 100-200 yen (about 1-2 dollars) per person per day (paid in cash upon registration)
- Thermal spring tax - onsen 150 yen (about $1.5) per person per day (paid in cash upon registration)
- international flight;
- medical insurance;
- additional excursions;
- personal expenses.