DAY 1 - Friday TOKYO
(Tour FA1)
You'll arrive today at Narita airport and quickly clear customs and immigration. (Please proceed to the "Shuttle Van Ticket Counter" at the arrival lobby ,after you clear customs & passport formalities

We've arranged for transportation on the airport limousine bus right to your lodgings at the comfortable Ginza Capital Hotel or a similar establishment, where you'll unpack for a four-night stay. Depending on your time of arrival, you'll have an afternoon or most of the day free to rest from your journey and begin acquainting yourself with the city. You'll appreciate immediately the small marvels of Japanese urban life: spotless streets, a pace that's fast but always in control, bicycles left untended and unlocked, vending machines dispensing superb hot coffee in cans (or whiskey, if you wish), and signs in English. Everything's the same, but a little bit different. You'll be comfortable in, and fascinated by, Tokyo.

DAY 2 - Saturday TOKYO ( L)
(Tour : A100)
We'll call for you this morning and take you on a visit that puts everything in this busy but orderly city into perspective. You'll ascend to the observatory of Tokyo Tower for a view of the metropolis, and continue onward to participate in a traditional tea ceremony at Happoen Garden. We'll then stop at the plaza of the Imperial Palace, with a chance to view the tranquil gardens in the very heart of the city. Lunch ( included) is at the Chinzanso Garden Restaurant, with a subtlety of flavors and marinades that gives new meaning to "barbecue." Then it's on past the Diet (say "dee-yet"!), Japan's parliament, to a pier on the Sumida River, where we'll embark on a boat tour and cruise to Asakusa. Here, we'll stop at the Asakusa Kannon Temple with its great traditional archway, and stroll the Nakamise shopping street with its displays of wares. Finally, we'll pass through throbbing Ginza, where space is in such high demand that restaurants and stores climb to the second and third and fourth floors of every building.

DAY 3 - Sunday - TOKYO, CRUISE (D)
(Tour : A170)
Today, you'll have the chance to return to points of interest and explore further on your own. Perhaps you'll stroll through the East Garden of the Imperial Palace; or you'll walk through one of the fine department stores of the city, where every item is perfectly displayed, right down to fruits of uniform size and hue. Or you'll wonder at the marvels of Akihabara, the neighborhood where next year's miniature cell phones, video cameras and avant-garde electronics are on sale right now.
Lunch can be anything from a vending-machine feast to familiar fast food, to an elegant eatery where you select your main course from an illustration. You'll learn that for all its exoticism, Tokyo is most accommodating of the visitor, right down to signs in English.

Wherever your day takes you, we'll all meet up in the evening to enjoy a dinner featuring fine French cuisine, as we cruise Tokyo Bay aboard the good ship Symphony and marvel at the bright lights of the metropolis. Afterwards, we'll return to our hotel via the neon-lit districts of Akasaka and Ginza.

DAY 4 - Monday TOKYO, MOUNT FUJI, HAKONE, KYOTO
(Tour F800)
We'll leave the metropolis for a day of extraordinary natural beauty. We depart in the morning by motor coach, passing through Tokyo's orderly outlying communities and, later, carefully tended fields and orchards, to a stop at the Peace Pagoda. Our route will take us halfway up the slopes of Japan's emblematic mountain, to a stop for lunch on familiar fare at the Hotel Highland Resort.

Refreshed and rested, we'll proceed to Hakone and a cruise on Lake Ashi. Then its onward in unconventional style via the Mt. Komagatake Aerial Cableway toward Odawara, where we'll catch the Shinkansen-the bullet train-for a rapid trip back to Tokyo.

Great Buddha

DAY 5 - Tuesday TOKYO, BULLET TRAIN, KYOTO
(Tour : WTOA-S)
One of the technological marvels of modern Japan is the Bullet Train, the legendary Shinkansen. Today, we'll experience speed, comfort, and quintessentially Japanese courtesy and service as we ride the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto. Our staff will meet you at your hotel and see you to Tokyo station, and safely aboard your train. Within minutes-and always on time!-the doors will close, and the train will effortlessly glide away. With a quiet that belies its speed and power, the sleek carriages will transport you through the neat suburbs, into rice fields, past tidy villages and orchards, and within sight of Mount Fuji. You'll be expected at Kyoto station, where personnel will be on hand to see that you and your bags make it into a taxi and onward to your lodgings. You'll settle into the Rihga Royal Hotel for the first of four nights.

DAY 6 - Wednesday KYOTO (L)
(Tour : N100)
Japan's ancient capital has a character all its own: traditional, venerable, yet just as modern as Tokyo, as we'll see during our visit today. Among the sights we'll visit are Nijo Castle, the Golden Pavilion, and the ancient Imperial Palace. We'll lunch (included) at the Kyoto Handicraft Center, then continue to the Heian shrine, Sanjusangendo Hall and Kiyomizu Temple.

Mt.Fuji

DAY 7 - Thursday OSAKA, KYOTO (L)
(Tour : N150)
With Kyoto as our base, we'll take a day trip by fast train to the port city of Osaka, less than an hour away. Osaka boasts a Floating Garden Observatory, Ohatsu Tenjin, the Osaka Castle where medieval knights and samurai held sway, Shtennoji Temple, and Tsutenkaku Tower. We'll see them all, with time for lunch in a local restaurant, then return to our lodgings in Kyoto.

DAY 8 - Friday KYOTO
Once more, you'll have a day to relax, return to the Imperial Palace for further exploration, or strike out into new territory. No doubt, you'll have learned a few basic words such as "arigato" (thank you), and a few gestures, such as bowing politely, that will open doors and bring on smiles. Our local personnel can assist with an organized excursion. Though you'll also find that local public transport, with its signs in English, is visitor-friendly.

DAY 9 - Saturday DEPARTURE From Osaka
(Tour: ND5E)
Our local rep. will call for you at your hotel at a time convenient to your scheduled departure, and see you by taxi to the station, where you'll board the train for Kansai International Airport. If you're heading back to the States, you'll be home the same day!

Rates per person in USD

Per person in double : US$ 1797.00 (Adult)
Children: US$ 1676.00 (child 6-11 years), sharing parents room.
Per person in single. US$ 2467.00
Triple occupancy room is not available

Rate includes:

• All local transportation as described, from Narita to Tokyo, between hotel and station in Tokyo and Kyoto, and from Kyoto to airport.
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  Accommodations in Tokyo and Kyoto, as per itinerary including tax and service charges.
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  Greeting and assistance service as indicated.
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  Sightseeing as described, including entrance fees, transport, and services of guide.
• Lunch (L) or dinner (D) as indicated. Please note that no breakfasts are included.
• Train tickets for specified day trips and intercity transport.

Not included:

• International air transportation
• Meals & Beverages that are not specifically included
• Expenses of a personal nature (phone calls, room service, etc.)
• Travel and trip-cancellation insurance (please consult our flyer)
• Optional tours

Kiyomizu Temple

Remarks :

1. Due to traffic conditions, it may be necessary to omit Mt. Komagatake Aerial Cableway depending on traffic conditions, especially during local holidays.

2. When the driveway up to Mt. Fuji's 5th station is closed in winter and spring, the motorcoach will drive up to the highest possible point.

3. Other visits may also deleted or substituted depending on traffic and weather conditions and/or for operational reasons.

Multilingual tour tape available for Fuji-Hakone tour :
For your convenience tour tapes are available as well in French, German, Spanish, Korean, and Chinese (for Mt.Fuji-Hakone tour ) it's a free service, please book in advance. 

Le japon essentiel

La beauté du Mont Fuji. . . la confusion civilisée de Tokyo. . . la perfection d'une cérémonie de thé et la sérénité d'un jardin soigneusement arrangé. Ne faites pas seulement la visite. Eprouvez et participez à la façon de vie Japonaise, à un prix qui est plus abordable que vous aurez pensé possible. Sur cet itinéraire de neufs jours et huit nuits, vous apprécierez l'essence du Japon. Il y a même le temps d’explorer à vous seul, avec tous les détails importants arrangés par nous.