Japan from East to West (Autumn 2024)

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. This garden is especially beautiful in autumn.
• 11:30-12:30 Then 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 come to the museum, but gives explanations before or after the tour)
• 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.

Hotel statement with things.

• 8:00 Guide meeting. 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 with 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 independently Self-transfer 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 an additional fee, if desired: Tour to Nara and Osaka (description at the end of the program)

Day 7 (SB): Free day in Kyoto

Free time in Kyoto. Excursion to Arashiyama (description at the end of the program)

Day 8 (S): Excursion to Hiroshima and Miyajima Island. Moving to Tokyo

Hotel statement with things. Self-transfer to Hiroshima Station from Kyoto Station (unaccompanied).

• 08:03-09:39 Kyoto-Hiroshima Shinkansen Nozomi 9909:39 Meeting with a guide on the platform (baggage is left in the storage room near the station)

Type of transport: public transport. Visit the Peace Memorial Park with a giant tomb and flame of peace, where you will see the “peace dome”, the memorable ruins of the bombing of 1945 and find a thousand cranes at the monument to Sadako Sasaki. Moving to Miyajima Island, where no one has died or been born for hundreds of years. You will experience the unique atmosphere of the island as soon as you get off the ferry that took you there. Here live deer (sacred animals according to Japanese beliefs), not afraid of people and therefore freely walking around the island. The official name of Miyajima is Itsukushima, the same name is also given to the Shinto sanctuary of the island, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. You can admire the pearl of the island, the temple of Itsukushima, which is one of the most picturesque places in Japan. Completion of the tour at Hiroshima station, wires for the train to Tokyo

• 18:03-21:57 Hiroshima- Tokyo Shinkansen Nozomi 52!! The guide issues train tickets in advance, in case of loss, they are purchased again, payment is independently. Independent transfer and independent check-in to a hotel in Tokyo (unaccompanied).

Day 9 (Mn): Conclusion of the tour

Hotel discharge before 10:00. Meet the 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:

• 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.