• Day 1 – Home - Osaka

This tour has a free day on Day 8th with no activities arranged. If you prefer not to have the free day, please choose our 8D Splendid Japan with the same itinerary(https://www.tourradar.com/t/244895)"

*Make sure to book Kansai International Airport (code: KIX) as your arrival gateway*

Upon arrival, please use the "direction to hotel" we sent you to proceed to the hotel. The hotel we use is usually just one station away from the airport by train. 

Overnight in Osaka.

Please note：

Check-in time in Japan is always after 3 pm.

Overnight Hotel: Star Gate Hotel Kansai Airport (or Similar)

• Day 2 – Osaka-Nara-Osaka

This morning, you will drive to the nearby city of Nara and enjoy a half-day sightseeing tour. Visit Nara Park and enjoy time to explore Todaiji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site which was constructed over 1200 years ago as the head of all provincial Buddhist temples in Japan. The main hall houses one of the largest statues of Buddha, which is 15m tall.

Nara Park is also home to hundreds of free-roaming deer - you can feed them deer senbei (crackers), which can be purchased at stalls throughout the park for 150 yen a pack. If you bow to the deer with the deer senbei in hand, they will bow back to you.

Afterward, continue onwards to Kasuga Taisha, Nara’s most celebrated shrine. It was established at the same time as the capital and is dedicated to the deity responsible for the protection of the city. Kasuga Taisha was also the tutelary shrine of the Fujiwara, Japan’s most powerful family clan during most of the Nara and Heian Periods.

After lunch (not included), travel back to Osaka, check into the new hotel, and enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.

Overnight in Osaka.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Osaka Castle hotel or Hotel Sobial hotel Osaka Nanba (or Similar)

• Day 3 – Hiroshima Optional Tour with Shinkansen Bullet Train

Today, enjoy a free day to explore Osaka at your own pace.

Alternatively, take part in a Door to Door optional tour to Hiroshima on Japan’s famous Shinkansen bullet train, known in English as a bullet train:

8:30: Picked up at the hotel and transfer to Shin-Osaka Station with your tour guide.

10:30: Arrive at Hiroshima Station

11:30-13:30: Visit Itsukushima Shrine and Miyajima Island

15:30-16:30: Atomics Dome, Ground Zero

16:30-18:00: Peace memorial park

Return to the train station for the exhilarating return journey to Osaka on the bullet train, where the tour concludes.

*The schedule is subject to change due to weather or traffic conditions.

Optional tour: Hiroshima on Shinkansen Optional Tour- must be paid on site

335USD per adult  278USD per child below 6 years

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Osaka Castle hotel or Hotel Sobial hotel Osaka Nanba (or Similar)

• Day 4 – Osaka-Kyoto-Nagoya

This morning, depart Osaka for Kyoto. First stop at Fushimi Inari Shrine, an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It’s famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings.

Later, take part in a Half Day Tour with our tour guide:

The tour continues with a visit to Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), a Zen temple in northern Kyoto which has gold leaf-covered floors on the top two floors.

Visit Arashiyama Bamboo forest and Togetsu Bashi Bridge.

Then, back to Kyoto station.

­ Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Kuretake Inn Premium Nagoya Nayabashi (or Similar)

• Day 5 -  Nagoya-Naraijuku-Nagano

The highlight today is a visit to the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, where you will find out how in three generations the Toyota family came from a lonely village in Japan to become one of the biggest conglomerates in the world.

This afternoon visits Naraijuku, an old town which transports you back to 17th century Japan, and Tsumagoi Village.

Then continue onto the hotel in Nagano or Yamanashi area and have a relax.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Iloha Grand Hotel Matsumoto Ekimae or similar

• Day 6 - Nagano/Yamanashi - Mt.fuji - Lake Yamanaka - Tokyo

This morning drive through the countryside and mountains to reach Lake Yamanaka, the largest of all the Fuji Five Lakes which offers a good view of Mt. Fuji. It is located in the village of Yamanakako，which is populated by many swans. Thus, it has been unofficially called “Swan Lake”. Take a scenic boat ride around the lake.

Drive to Mt Fuji 5th Station (weather permitting). At 2300m above sea level, the Fuji 5th Station offers a commanding view of the Fuji Five of Fujiyoshida City and Lake Yamanaka can be found at Komitake Shrine behind the shops.

Continue onto the hotel and check in.

Meal(s): Breakfast

• Day 7 - Tokyo

Today you will attend our Tokyo One Day City Tour:

09:00am-10:00am Meiji Shrine

10:30am-13:00pm Omote sando, takeshita tori

14:00pm-15:30pm A secret Japanese traditional rock garden

16:00pm-17:00pm Tokyo tower (include the admission tickets)

17:30pm-18:30 pm Free at Shinjuku Kabukicho area (enjoy the colorful night life of japan )

*The schedule is subject to change due to weather or traffic conditions.

Meal(s): Breakfast

Overnight Hotel: Sunshine City Prince Hotel (or Similar)

• Day 8 - Tokyo
  • Enjoy a free day at leisure in Tokyo.
  • Overnight in Tokyo.
  • Meal(s): Breakfast
  • Overnight Hotel: Sunshine City Prince Hotel (or Similar)

• Day 9 – Tokyo to Home

Today, after breakfast ​the tour guide will give you information on the best way to get to either Haneda or Narita Airport. Insure you head to the airport in a timely manner and fly back to your hometown. 

Meal(s): Breakfast

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