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CUSTOM MADE TRIP TO JAPAN TO FULLFILL YOUR WISHES

… and many others … and all what you wish!

• JR Pass (Japan Rail Pass)• Sightseeing Guided tour• Optiona l cultural experience tours - Tea ceremony - Zen & spiritual guidance - Sushi and/or Japanese confectionary making

- Sake tasting tour - Special dinner with Maiko (Geisha) - Kimono, makeup, & photographs - Japanese calligraphy - Japanese doll making - Cycling across Japan

The volcanically active Fuji–Hakone–Izu National Park, centered around Lake Ashinoko, is a popular tourist attraction well known for its Onsen (hot springs) and its views of Mount Fuji.

Hakone

Kijimadaira Village, located in central Japan, is preserving farmland and forest. Their rice won gold prize at the 2009 International Competition of rice taste evaluation, and their spring water was selected one of “Japan’s 100 best water” in 1985. Kijimadaira Junior High School has sister school relationship with the Lycée Classique de Diekirch.

Kijimadaira

Matsumoto is located at the foot of Japan Alps rising to the heights of 3,000 meters. The town has flourished as a castle town since 16th century. Matsumoto castle with the view of Japan Alps is a breathtaking scenery. There are many Onsen (hot springs) around Matsumoto.

Matsumoto

Koyasan was settled in 819 by the monk Kukai (posthumously known as Kôbô Daishi). It is the headquarter of the Kôyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism. Situated on a small plain at the top of Mount Kôya you find the sacred area known as Danjô Garan, a complex of temples, halls, pagodas and Buddhist statuaries that welcome visitors to this serene and hallowed place. Surrounded by a thick forest of massive cedars, the area known as Okuno–in, or the Inner Sanctuary, is the setting for a vast cemetery that features the mausoleum of numerous famous Japanese, including that of the samurai ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi as well as memorials to the spirits of soldiers killed in the Pacific War.

Koyasan (UNESCO World Heritage)

Since ancient times, Miyajima, the island itself, has been worshipped as a god. This belief, has been protecting Itsukushima Shrine, other shrines and temples as well as the island’s unique culture, and its nature. This sacred island shows different faces according to the tide which is similar effect to the natural phenomenon at Mont St. Michel in Normandie, France.

Myjajiima(UNESCO World Heritage)

Okayama City, the capital of Okayama Prefecture, a major gateway to Inland Sea National Park and Shikoku, is famous for Korakuen Garden and beautiful historic Okayama Castle known as the “Crow castle” because of it’s colour. The city is famous also as the setting of the legend of Momotaru (Peach Boy).

Okayama

Kanazawa is a leading tourist city. It was a great castle town ruled by an influential leader from the 17th century. Kanazawa has not suffered from any war devastation or big natural disaster. Therefore, Kanazawa maintains rows of historical houses and inherits traditional handicrafts and performing arts.

Kanazawa

The old merchant quarter is called the Bikan historical area. It contains many fine examples of 17th century wooden warehouses painted white with traditional black tiles, along a canal framed with weeping willows and filled with Koi. The area has no electric poles in order to keep the atmosphere and the view of the city from the Meiji period.

Kurashiki

Naoshima is an island located in the Setonaikai Sea of Japan. It is renowned for its large number of contemporary art galleries, architecture and exhibits. Naoshima is the best known for the Benesse House complex. There has been extensive domestic attention to the recently (2006) completed radical Chichu Art Museum.

Naoshima

Shirakawago is a historic village and is famous for its farmhouses, which are built in a unique architectural style known as Gassho that keep the snow off in the winter. Underneath the roofs, the large attic area was used to house silkworms.

Shirakawago(UNESCO World Heritage)

Hiroshima is best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. Atomic Dome and Peace Memorial Park are places to visit.

Hiroshima(UNESCO World Heritage)

Lake Kawaguchiko is one of five lakes at the foot of Mount Fuji. The view of Mount Fuji together with the lake is magnificent.

Kawaguchiko

Kyoto is one of the most famous city in Japan representing Japanese culture and history. Kyoto became the seat of Japan’s imperial court in 794, and remained Japan’s capital until the transfer of the government to Edo in 1868. Kyoto is the only large Japanese city that still has an abundance of prewar buildings, such as the traditional townhouses known as Machiya.

Kyoto(UNESCO World Heritage)

Nara was the first parmanent capital of Japan from 710 to 784. Because the Buddhist monasteries had a powerful influence, it remains full of historic treasures, including some of Japan’s oldest and largest temples. Eight temples, shrines and ruins, with Kasugayama Primeval Forest, collectively form “Historical Monuments of Ancient Nara”.

The village of Nikko developed around Rinnoji Temple (established in 766) and the temple of Chuzen–ji (established in 784). The Toshogu Shrine was completed in 1617 and became a major draw of visitors to the area during the Edo period. Nikko became the home of the mausoleums of the Tokugawa Shoguns.

Nara

Nikko (UNESCO World Heritage)

The town itself could be called a sightseeing spot with the latticed bay windows and linked eaves of merchants’ houses in Sanmachi Suji, the enduring historical temples and shrines of Higashiyama, and the reproduction of Hida’s traditional mountain farming villages of sloped–roof houses at Hida Folk Village.

Takayama

Day 1 Departure Luxembourg

Day 2 Arrival Tokyo Transfer to hotel by airport Shuttle Bus

Day 3 & 4 Tokyo Free time Tokyo

Day 5 Tokyo – Hakone Transfer from Tokyo to Odawara by JR Bullet train Stay in Ryokan and enjoy the hot springs

Day 6 Hakone – Kyoto Free time Hakone Transfer from Odawara to Kyoto by JR Bullet train

Day 7 & 8 Kyoto Free time Kyoto

Day 9 Departure Osaka and arrival Luxembourg

€2,700(inclusive all taxes)

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Lunch & dinner (except dinner in Hakone), beverages, excess baggage charge, travel insurance, any other expenses not mentioned above.

• Accommodation Hotel : Tokyo (3 nights), Kyoto (3 nights) Ryokan (Japanese style) : Hakone (1 night)

• Flights From Luxembourg to Tokyo in Economy class, From Osaka to Luxembourg in Economy class

• Train Tokyo – Hakone, Hakone – Kyoto in Ordinary class (incl. JR Bullet train: Tokyo – Odawara, Odawara – Kyoto)

• Airport Shuttle Bus Narita airport – Hotel in Tokyo, Kyoto to Osaka airport

• Meals x6 Breakfast x1 Dinner at Ryokan in Hakone

• Assistance English speaking assistance at Narita airport

NOT INCLUDED

JAPAN 9 DAY SPRIVATE TOUR

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BASIC ITINERARYOur travel planning starts from here but it's developed together with our customers for a complete CUSTOM MADE itinerary.


Day 2 Arrival Tokyo Transfer to hotel by airport Shuttle Bus

Day 3 & 4 Tokyo Free time Tokyo

Day 5 Tokyo – Takayama Transfer from Tokyo to Takayama

Day 6 Takayama – Shirakawago – Kanazawa Free time Takayama and Shirakawago Transfer to Kanazawa

Day 7 Kanazawa – KyotoFree time in Kanazawa, transfer to Kyoto

Day 8, 9 & 10 KyotoFree time Kyoto

Day 11 Kyoto – Koyasan Transfer to Koyasan, Stay in Temple lodge

Day 12 Koyasan – HiroshimaFree time in Koyasan, then transfer to Hiroshima

Day 14 Departure Hiroshima and arrival Luxembourg


INCLUDED


NOT INCLUDED

• Accommodation Hotel : Tokyo (3 nights), Kanazawa (1 night), Kyoto (4 nights), Hiroshima (2 nights) Ryokan (Japanese style) : Takayama (1 night) Temple lodge: Koyasan (1 night)

• Flights From Luxembourg to Tokyo in Economy class, From Hiroshima to Luxembourg in Economy class

• Train Tokyo – Takayama, Kanazawa – Kyoto, Kyoto – Koyasan, Koyasan – Hiroshima (including JR Bullet train from Osaka – Hiroshima) in Ordinairy class

• Bus Narita airport – Hotel in Tokyo, Takayama – Shirakawago – Kanazawa, Hotel in Hiroshima – Hiroshima airport

• Ferry Hiroshima – Miyajima – Hiroshima

• Meals x11 Breakfast x2 Dinner at Ryokan in Takayama and at Temple lodge in Koyasan


JAPAN PRIVATE TOUR

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Day 2 Arrival Tokyo. Transfer to hotel by airport Shuttle Bus

Day 3 & 4 Tokyo. Free time Tokyo

Day 5 Nikko. One day sightseeing tour in Nikko

Day 6 Tokyo – Kawaguchiko

Day 7 Kawaguchiko – Matsumoto

Day 8 Matsumoto – Takayama

Day 9 Takayama – Shirakawago – Kanazawa

Day 10 Kanazawa

Day 14 Kanazawa – Kyoto

Day 12, 13 & 14 Kyoto

Day 15 Nara

Day 16 Nara – Koyasan. Stay in Temple lodge

Day 17 Koyasan – Okayama

Day 18 Okayama – Naoshima – Kurashiki

Day 19 Kurashiki – Hiroshima

Day 20 Hiroshima – Miyajima

Day 21 Departure Hiroshima and arrival in Luxembourg

INCLUDED


NOT INCLUDED

• Accommodation Hotel : Tokyo (4 nights), Matsumoto (1 night), Takayama (1 night), Kanazawa (2 nights), Kyoto (4 nights), Nara (1 night), Okayama (1 night), Kurashiki (1 night), Hiroshima (2 nights) Ryokan (Japanese style) : Kawaguchiko (1 night) Temple lodge : Koyasan (1 night)

• Flights From Luxembourg to Tokyo in Economy class, From Hiroshima to Luxembourg in Economy class

• Train Tokyo – Kawaguchiko, Kawaguchiko – Matsumoto, Kanazawa – Kyoto, Kyoto – Nara, Nara – Koyasan, Koyasan – Okayama, Okayama – Kurashiki, Kurashiki – Hiroshima in Ordinary class

• Bus Narita airport – Hotel in Tokyo, Matsumoto – Takayama – Shirakawago – Kanazawa, Hotel in Hiroshima – Hiroshima airport

• Sightseeing Nikko one day guided tour

• Ferry Uno port – Naoshima – Uno port, Hiroshima – Miyajima – Hiroshima

• Meals x18 Breakfast, x1 Lunch in Nikko, x2 Dinner at Ryokan in Kawaguchiko and at Temple lodge in Koyasane


JAPAN PRIVATE TOUR

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