Tokyo – Hakone – Kyoto (6 days / 5 nights)
Tokyo – Hakone – Kyoto (6 days / 5 nights)
Arrive at Narita International Airport, meet English speaking assistant will help you board an airport limousine bus or train. Transfer to your hotel (from station near hotel) on your own.
Check in hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Start your full day tour exploring the highlights of Tokyo. Visit Ameyoko Market, the Buddhist Asakusa Kannon, Tokyo’s oldest temple, Sumida River Cruise and Hama-rikyu Gardens, famous for its fresh seawater ponds and island tea house where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery. Then visit the Ginza district displaying Japan’s high tech stores, cuisine and latest styles.
Ending tour at Akihabara before return to hotel.
Breakfast
Transfer to Mt. Fuji / Hakone by private car with your guide. Visit Mt Fuji 5th station, Owakudani Boiling Valley, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was created around 3000 years ago, as a result of the explosion of the Hakone volcano. It is a popular tourist site for its scenic views, volcanic activity, and kuro-tamago ( “black egg”) a local specialty of eggs hard-boiled in the hot springs.The eggs turn black and smell slightly sulphuric; eating one is said to add seven years to your life. Then visit Hakone ropeway. Along the journey, passengers can enjoy views of the active, sulfuric hot spring sources of the Owakudani Valley between Sounzan and Owakudani and of Lake Ashinoko and Mount Fuji between Owakudani and Togendai if visibility allows. Take a boat cruise on Lake Ashi.
Check in hotel.
NOTE: Your suitcase will be delivered by courier services from Tokyo to Kyoto. One piece of luggage per person (next day arrival). Please prepare your overnight bag for one day.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, transfer to Odawara/Atami Station by private car on your own. Transfer to Kyoto by bullet train on your own. Meet your guide at the platform of Kyoto Station. Transfer to Nara with your guide using public transportation. Visit Todai-ji Temple with Great Buddha and Nara Park. Nara, Japan’s 8th-century capital renowned for its shrines and temples. Here, you’ll visit Todai-ji (c. A.D. 752) whose main hall (c. 1692) is the world’s largest wooden building. Also visit historic Kasugataisha, the Shinto shrine and World Heritage site surrounded by parkland where deer roam free, and Kofuku-ji, a Buddhist temple established in the year 669.
Breakfast
After breakfast, enjoy a private tour of Kyoto, take a walk on the path through Bamboo Forest Arashiyama, visit Kinkakuji Temple, the popular Kiyomizu Temple, literally “Temple of Pure Water”. Then, free time stroll through the Gion area with its traditional tea houses.
Breakfast
Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Kansai International Airport by airport shared van on your own.
Breakfast
