2019 Japan In Full Bloom - 11 Day Escorted Tour Tokyo to Osaka - Snowliner Travel
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SNOWLINER TRAVEL
Japan
www.snowlinertravel.com.au
The Way To Go
In Full Bloom
11 Day Escorted Tour Tokyo to Osaka
31 March – 10 April 2019
2019
Day 1 – Sunday 31 March 2019 Day 4 – Wednesday 03 April 2019 (B, L)
Depart Cooma 11.00am Tokyo / Mt Fuji / Hakone / Lake Ashi cruise / Mt.
Depart Canberra 2pm Komagatake Ropeway
Arrive Melbourne 3.25pm Enjoy breakfast at the hotel this morning.
Depart Melbourne 5.55pm Today you will be escorted to Mt. Fuji by 2-3 hours
Arrive Singapore 10.45pm driving (depend on the traffic condition), weather
Depart Singapore 11.55pm permitting; you could have a good view of Mt. Fuji
Arrive Narita 8am (next day) from Mt. Fuji 5th Station. After lunch, you will be
escorted to Hakone and enjoy a cruise on Lake Ashi.
Day 2 – Monday 01 April 2019 (D) And then experience the Mt. Komagatake Ropeway.
Arrive Tokyo After the tour, drive back to the hotel.
Arrive Narita International Airport Tokyo
Welcome to Tokyo! Upon your arrival at the airport Day 5 – Thursday 04 April 2019 (B)
and clear customs, you will be met by our English- Tokyo Day At Leisure
speaking guide and transferred to the hotel. Enjoy breakfast at the hotel followed by a free day at
Enjoy a welcome dinner tonight in a local restaurant. leisure to enjoy Tokyo at your own pace.
Accommodation: Tokyo 4 Star Hotel
Accommodation (4 Nights) Day 6 – Friday 05 April 2019 (B)
Train from Tokyo to Osaka / Half Day City Tour of
Osaka
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before checking out of
your room. This morning you will take the local train
to Tokyo Station, then board the Shinkansen (Bullet
Train) reserved seat to Osaka at 10:00am. On arrival
at Shin Osaka Station, you will be welcomed by your
English-speaking guide at the platform. Enjoy lunch
at your own arrangements at the station before setting
out on a city sights tour of Osaka.
This afternoon check in to your accommodation for
the next 4 nights and enjoy dinner at your leisure.
Accommodation: Osaka 4 Star Hotel (4 nights)
Day 3 – Tuesday 02 April 2019 (B, L)
Tokyo site seeing / Meiji jingu Shrine / Imperial
Palace East Garden / Sensoji Temple
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel this morning before
taking in the sights of Tokyo. You will visit the Tokyo
Tower, Meiji Shrine, Imperial Palace East Garden and
Hama-rikyu Garden.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before embarking on
the delightful Sumida River Boat Cruise to Tokyo's
most ancient Buddhist temple, Senso-ji Temple,
Asakusa.
Return to the hotel and enjoy dinner at your leisure
this evening.
Day 7 – Saturday 06 April 2019 (B)
Half Day Tour of Nara
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning before
travelling by private coach to Nara. You will take in
the following sights:
Nara Park: Nara Park is established in 1880 which
contains most popular attractions in Nara such as
Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji and the Nara
National Museum. The park is home to hundreds of
freely roaming deer, which is believed to be
messengers of the gods in Shinto. The lovely and
tame deer have become a symbol of the city and the
park has even been designated as a natural treasure.
Todai-ji Temple: Todaiji is a temple with great
historical significance in Japan and always considered
as the landmark of Nara. The main hall of the temple
was expanded and renovated by his grandson Lemitsu
is the world's largest wooden building even though the
23 year later. The Castle consists of three areas: main
current temple was reconstructed in 1692, which is
only two thirds of the original temple hall in size. The circle of defense, secondary circle of defense and
massive building houses one of Japan's largest bronze entire castle grounds. It was registered as world
statues of Buddha (Daibutsu). Kasuga Taisha Shrine: heritage site in 1994 by UNESCO.
Kasuga Taisha is a prominent Shinto shrine in Nara. It Return to the hotel in Osaka and enjoy dinner at your
was built in 768 AD and reconstructed for several leisure.
times over the centuries. Kasuga Taisha was also the
tutelary shrine of the Fujiwara, Japan's most powerful Day 9 – Monday 08 April 2019 (B, L, D)
family during most of the Nara and Heian Periods. Hiroshima & Miyajima Day Tour
The temple is famous for its bronze and stone Enjoy breakfast at the hotel this morning followed by
lanterns.
a full day tour to Hiroshima. Assemble at lobby and
This afternoon return to Osaka for dinner at your
move to Shin Osaka Station with English speaking
leisure.
guide. Take a bullet train from Shin Osaka to
Hiroshima. Upon arrival at Hiroshima, start an
excursion in Hiroshima by chartered coach with
English speaking guide visiting the Peace Memorial
Park and Museum. The Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum collects and displays belongings
left by the victims, photos, and other materials that
convey the horror of that event, supplemented by
exhibits that describe Hiroshima before and after the
bombing and others that present the current status of
the nuclear age.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
In the afternoon, we travel to Miyajima and visit the
Itsukushima Shrine. Itsukushima Shrine is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the island
Day 8 – Sunday 07 April 2019 (B, L) of Itsukushima and is best known for its "floating"
Kyoto City Tour
torii gate. Take a bullet train from Hiroshima to Shin
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel this morning before
taking a private coach tour to Kyoto where you will Osaka. Then return to hotel.
see the following attractions: Farewell dinner tonight at a local restaurant.
Kinkaku-ji Temple: Kinkakuji is a Zen temple in
northern Kyoto with two floors completely covered in Day 10 – Tuesday 09 April 2019 (B)
gold leaf. Therefore, it is also called Golden Pavilion. Depart Osaka Kansai International Airport
The temple was first built as the retirement villa of the Enjoy breakfast at the hotel this morning before
shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. After his death in 1408, checking out of your room, settling all incidental
the villa turned into a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect charges and transferring to the airport for the
according to his will. Nijo Castle: Nijo Castle was departure flight home to Australia.
first built in 1603 as the residence of Tokugawa Depart Kansia International Airport
leyasu, the first Shogun in Edo Period in Kyoto. It Arrive Canberra 10.20pm (subject to change)
Price:
From $8250.00 twin share
From $2650.00 Single Supplement
$1,000 deposit to secure place
What's Included:
Economy International Airfares and Taxes
Fully escorted by our experienced Tour Manager
Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned in the itinerary
8 x Breakfast; 4 x lunches, 2 x Dinner
Mt Fuji sight seeing
Kyoto sight seeing
Tokyo Sight seeing
Nara Sight Seeing
Osaka sight seeing
Hiroshima Sight Seeing
Train tickets on ordinary reserved seating
Meet & assist service at the airport and train stations
Private tour with English speaking guide
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