Summary
Discover the best Japan has to offer from Ancient Castles, Sacred shrines, Beautiful gardens to its modern-day wonders!
Short Itinerary / Route
- Day 1
- Usa/Canada Departure
- Day 2
- Tokyo Arrival
- Day 3
- Tokyo
- Day 4
- Tokyo-Kyoto
- Day 5
- Kyoto-Nara-Osaka
- Day 6
- Osaka- Engyoji-Himeji-Okayama
- Day 7
- Okayama-Kurashiki- Itsukushima -Hiroshima
- Day 8
- Hiroshima-Matsuyama
- Day 9
- Matsuyama-Kotohira -Takamatsu-Naruto-Kobe
- Day 10
- Kobe -Osaka-Mt Koya
- Day 11
- Mt. Koya-Kyoto
- Day 12
- Kyoto-Usa/Canada
Travel Cities (12): Himeji, Hiroshima, Kobe, Kurashiki, Kyoto, Matsuyama, Nara, Narita, Okayama, Osaka, Takamatsu, Tokyo
Details
Discover the facets of Japanese culture, history, and architectural wonders on this tour. The amazing journey starts with the metro ride to experience Tokyo's nightlife. Enjoy its city tour covering the Meiji shrine which is dedicated to deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his consort and the Imperial palace east gardens. Take a high-speed train to Kyoto, visit UNESCO world heritage site of Tenryuji Temple and Arashiyama, the bamboo forest to admire the specular sight of soaring stalks of bamboos. Leave for Nara and visit the Todaiji Temple with its great Buddha, Horyuji Temple with one of the oldest wooden building in the world. At Osaka, enjoy Cable car ride to visit Engyoji, the 10th century temple on the top of Mt Shosha, where the film “The Last Samurai was shot'. Explore Himeji Castle, the largest Castle in Japan. Visit Korakuen, Okayama - one of the three great gardens of Japan. Next, travel to Hiroshima to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, home to the Atomic Bomb museum. Enjoy a ferry to Shikoku island, drive further to Matsuyama. Enjoy Cable car ride upto Matsuyama Castle and the temple of Ishiteji. Visit Shinto Shrine of Kotohira, cross one of the largest bridges of the world to reach Kobe. Have a life changing experience of staying at Buddhist monastery of Mt Koya, before returning to Kyoto for flight back home.