Day 1 : Arrive Tokyo
When you arrive in Tokyo airport, your private tour guide will meet you with
flower. He/she will accompany you to the hotel. After that, your
private tour guide will guide you to a city tour.
Day 2 : Tokyo
Full day Tokyo tour. Visit Tsukiji fish market Tokyo central
wholesale market handled (2, 888 ton a day) marine product. Then,
transfer to Tokyo tower. Tokyo tower is highest tower in Japan, 13 m
higher than Effel tower in Paris. Imperial Palace East Garden and
Diet building Short photo stop at the outer garden. Brief drive
through the front of the Diet building. Asakusa Kannon and Nakamise
shopping Arcade. The oldest and most popular Buddhist temple in
Tokyo
Lunch in Asakusa. Then, drive to Odaiba via Rainbow Bridge. Toyota
show room and giant sky wheel.
Day 3: Tokyo - Atami
Your private tour guide will guide you to Atami, which is one of Japan's
best-known traditional hot spring resort. In Japanese, Atami means
"hot sea". This peculiar name comes from the fact that the hot
spring water was thought to have originated from the sea. Your
Japanese style room will be ready at 3 pm, with all the essentials
and nothing to distract you from utter relaxation, but you'll be
welcomed beforehand with slippers at the door. Of course, you'll
immerse yourself in the warm outside pools, but make sure you follow
local etiquette! You'll shower, soap up and rinse before your
restorative soak. And you'll note that some of the outdoor hot pools
are for men or women only.
Day 4: Atami - Tokyo
Enjoy a leisurely day at your ryokan. Of course, you'll want to take
another soothing soak in the spa waters before or after your buffet
breakfast. Your room will be available until 10 am, and you'll have
full use of the pools afterward. Take a walk around charming Atami.
Afterward, return trip to Tokyo.
Day 5: Tokyo - Mt. Fuji - Hakone -
Kyoto
Someone will pick you up in the morning, and before long, you'll be
speeding past the suburbs and into the neatly tended countryside
beyond. Mount Fuji with its perfect, snow-capped conical shape will
hover into view, every more impressive as we approach. We'll
continue right onto the slopes of Japan's highest mountain, and
ascend to the halfway point at 2300/day meters (7600/day feet) for
spectacular views of rolling fields, orchards, lakes, and streams.
We'll take our lunch at the Highland Resort, then continue with a
relaxing cruise on Lake Ashi, and a breathtaking ride on the Mt.
Komagatake aerial tramway. in the evening, we'll drive to Kyoto.
Day 6: Kyoto - Nara - Kyoto
We'll tour the major sites of the ancient capital of Japan this
morning, including the Golden Pavilion, Nijo Castle with its
exquisite interiors (or Ryoanji Temple when Nijo Castle is closed),
and the ancient Imperial Palace. (On Saturdays, Sundays, and
national holidays, we'll take in the Higashi Honganji Temple
instead.) After lunch at Kyoto's Handicraft Center, we'll continue
to Nara, first capital of a united Japan. Highlights will include
the Todaiji Temple with its huge Buddha; the 300/day0 lanterns of the
Kasuga Shrine, and the Deer Park, where the animals are free to
roam.
Day 7: Kyoto - Gion - Shimabara - Tokyo
Full fay tour to the heritage Gion and
Shimabara. We will have a touch of mysterious ancient Japan and it's
sex culture.
- Gion is so-called "geisha district", the home to many geisha
houses and traditional tea houses. Gion originally developed in the
middle ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. Gion is the best place in
Japan to see geisha and maiko in the streets.
- Shimabara is the "courtesan's district" (red light district)
in Ancient Japan. It was establiHe/shed in 1640 for a brothel owned by
Hara Saburoemon, and was closed in 1958, when prostitution was
outlawed in Japan.
Afterward, we will visit the Imperial Palace, the Katsura Imperial
Villa, or the Shugakuin Imperial Villa.
Return trip to Tokyo.
Day 8: Departure from Tokyo
Your private tour guide will accompany you to New Tokyo Int'l Airport (Narita Airport).
