14 Days Japan Exploration Tour（Private Guide and Driver）- Umetravel

Today you will fly to Tokyo. On arrival, your driver will welcome you at the arrival hall and transfer you to your hotel with a private car to ensure your arrival is worry-free.

Accomodation：

- Hotel East 21 Tokyo (Okura Hotels & Resorts)

• Blossom Season in Various Regions of Japan
• 【Honshu】: Late March~Mid-April
• 【Central Japan】: Early April ~ Mid-April
• 【Kansai】: Late March ~ Early April
• 【Kanto】: Late March ~ Early April
• 【Shikoku】: Late March ~ Early April
• 【Hokkaido】: Late April ~ Mid-May
• 【Kyushu】: Mid-March ~ Late March
• 【Tohoku】: Mid-April ~ Late April
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• Maple Leaf Season in Various Regions of Japan
• 【Honshu】: Mid - October ~ Late November
• 【Central Japan】: Mid - October ~ Mid - November
• 【Kansai】: Mid - October ~ Early November
• 【Kanto】: Mid - October ~ Early November
• 【Shikoku】: Mid - October ~ Early November
• 【Hokkaido】: Mid - September ~ Mid - October
• 【Kyushu】: Early October ~ Late October
• 【Tohoku】: Late September ~ Mid - October

Senso-ji Temple Tokyo`s oldest and most prominent temple. The magestic Senso-Ji Buddhist Temple is almost 1400 years old and is a symbol of Asakusa and the entire city of Tokyo.Hop on the water bus of Tokyo Mizube Line and enjoy a scenic journey from the route of your choice,Venture between Odaiba andAsakusa and see famous landmarks along the way!Tag your friends and family along and take advantage of this cool experience in Tokyo.Hama Rikyu, is a large, attractive landscape garden in central Tokyo. Located alongside Tokyo Bay, Hama Rikyu features seawater ponds which change level with the tides, and a teahouse on an island where visitors can rest and enjoy the scenery. The traditionally styled garden stands in stark contrast to the skyscrapers of the adjacent Shiodome district.Japan is known for its fresh seafood, and this small-group tour explores the outer Tsukiji Fish Market, where Tokyo's top chefs shop for high-quality fish.  Your guide leads you through the sprawling, 80-year-old market to visit fishmongers and food vendors.  Sample a range of sushi, Japanese-style omelets, fried fish cakes, sake, and Japanese tea on this in-depth experience of the legendary market.The Ginza is Tokyo's most famous upmarket shopping, dining and entertainment district, featuring numerous department stores, boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, night clubs and cafes.

Accomodation：

-Hotel East 21 Tokyo (Okura Hotels & Resorts)

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

From the serene waters of Lake Kawaguchi to the breathtaking vistas at Tenjozan Park and the crystal-clear springs of Oshino Hakkai, this Mt. Fuji excursion promises an unforgettable experience that combines nature's splendor with Japan's rich heritage.

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Fujikawaguchiko, home to Lake Kawaguchi, is also a lively resort town with various tourist attractions including hot springs, museums, and access to the Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway. Visitors can also hop aboard the excursion boat Appare for a sightseeing cruise.

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Kawaguchiko Tenjozan Park is a park on the east bank of Kawaguchi Lake. You'll be able to can access this park by taking the Fuji Parnoramic Ropeway to the middle of the mountain. The peaceful, less crowded nature of this park also provides observation decks to see Mt. Fuji and a fuller view of Fujikawaguchiko.

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You'll get to venture to Oshino Hakkai, a cluster of eight springs in the quaint village of Oshino. It's renowned for its crystal-clear and drinkable spring water sourced from porous layers of hardened lava.

Accomodation：

-HOTEL MYSTAYS Fuji Onsen Resort

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Matsumoto Castle is one of the most complete and beautiful among Japan's original castles. It is a "hirajiro" - a castle built on plains rather than on a hill or mountain. Matsumoto Castle is unique for having both a secondary donjon and a turret adjoined to its main keep. The castle structures, in combination with their characteristic black wainscoting, give off an air of grandeur and poise.The Jigokudani Monkey Park offers visitors the unique experience of seeing wild monkeys bathing in a natural hot spring. The park is inhabited by Japanese Macaques, which are also known as Snow Monkeys. It is located in the monkey's natural habitat, in the forests of the Jigokudani valley in Yamanouchi, not far from the onsen towns of Shibu and Yudanaka.

Accomodation：

-Dormy Inn Nagano Zenkounoyu Natural Hot Spring

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

You will accompany with a Private English speaking guide by Private Car.

Zenko-ji Temple:The significance of Zenkoji to the development of Nagano was instrumental: many major Japanese cities have evolved either from castle towns, harbor towns or temple towns. In the case of Nagano, it grew from a temple town which developed around its temple of great importance, Zenkoji.

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Takayama Jinya:The Takayama Jinya served as the local government office headed by the officials dispatched from Edo (present day Tokyo). The building complex was in official use until 1969 and is now open to the public as a museum. It includes various nicely maintained tatami rooms that once served as offices, conference rooms, guest rooms and residential space. There is also an interesting interrogation room. Beside the main building stands a large storehouse built in the 1600s. Known as the biggest traditional rice storehouse in Japan, it now functions as a museum, showcasing belongings and official documents of past local leaders, old maps of the Hida Region and historic town plans.

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Sanmachi Suji:The Sanmachi Suji District consists of three streets in the heart of Takayama’s old town, which lies just to the east of the Miya-gawa River. The streets are lined with traditional houses, shops, restaurants, sake breweries and cafes. 

Accomodation：

-Hotel Wing International Hida Takayama

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Shirakawa-go:The Shirakawa-go and neighboring Gokayama regions line the Shogawa River Valley in the remote mountains that span from Gifu to Toyama Prefectures. Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995, they are famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, some of which are more than 250 years old.

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Higashi Chaya District:The picturesque Higashi Chaya district is designated as one of Japan’s Cultural Assets with its historic buildings giving you a glimpse of what a geisha district in ancient Japan looked like. Located to the northeast of Kanazawa Castle, the area was established in the early 19th century as an entertainment center for geisha and their wealthy patrons. 

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Gold leaf experience:Decorate your own souvenirs with Kanazawa’s famous gold leaf.One of the symbols of Ishikawa is gold leaf, extremely thin leaves of gold used decoratively on handicrafts or ornaments. Several shops around Kanazawa let visitors see the gold leaf process and decorate their own items, including chopsticks, small plates, and mirrors.

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Nagamachi Samurai:Nagamachi was a samurai district located at the foot of the former Kanazawa Castle, where samurai and their families used to reside. The area preserves a historic atmosphere with its remaining residences, earthen walls, private entrance gates, narrow lanes and water canals.

Accomodation：

-Hotel Intergate Kanazawa

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Including two Bullet train 

­One way Kanazawa between Tsuruga（45min）

­In Tsuruga change  Bullet train to Kyoto.（5-10min）

­One way Tsuruga between Kyoto （52min）

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You will accompany with a Private English speaking guide by Private Car.

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Omicho Market:Omicho Market (Ōmichō Ichiba) has been Kanazawa's largest fresh food market since the Edo Period (1603-1868). Today, it is a busy and colorful network of covered streets lined by about 200 shops and stalls. While most shops specialize in the excellent local seafood and produce, you can also find flowers, clothing, kitchen tools and more on sale. Although the market is most exciting during the morning hours, it also gets quite busy around noon, when tourists and locals arrive to have lunch at restaurants inside the market. It is not unusual for lines to build in front of the popular restaurants, many of which specialize in rice bowls topped with fresh Kanazawa seafood.

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Kenrokuen Garden:Japan’s most celebrated landscape garden Kenrokuen in Kanazawa is justifiably classified as one of Japan's "three most beautiful landscape gardens" alongside Mito's Kairakuen and Okayama's Korakuen. The spacious grounds used to be the outer garden of Kanazawa Castle and were constructed by the ruling Maeda family over a period of nearly two centuries. Opened to the public in 1871, Kenrokuen features a variety of flowering trees which provide the garden with a different look for each season.

Accomodation：

-Hotel Elcient Kyoto Hachijoguchi

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Kodaiji is an outstanding temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama District.     It was established in 1606 in memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Japan's greatest historical figures, by Hideyoshi's wife Nene who is also enshrined at the temple.Its main buildings were constructed in the lavish style of the era of Japan's unification with the financial support of Hideyoshi's successor Tokugawa Ieyasu.They feature richly decorated interiors and are surrounded by beautiful Zen gardens.Located in Higashiyama Ward, along one of the main tourist corridors in eastern Kyoto, Nene no Michi retains the look of a Kyoto that for the most part no longer exists.  The street scape of Nene no Michi is unique in that it adheres to Kyoto building codes.  In Kyoto, that makes it both beautiful and very unusual.Yasaka Shrine is well known for its summer festival, the Gion Matsuri, which is celebrated every July.Arguably the most famous festival in the whole country, the Gion Matsuri dates back over a thousand years and involves a procession with massive floats and hundreds of participants.Hanamikoji Geisha District In The Evening The best place to see geisha in Kyoto is Hanami-koji on the south side of Shijo-dori.A stroll through in the evening will usually yield at least one sighting.Japanese traditional culture performance garden gion kobu kaburenjo theater in the small theater, maiko in kyomai, including Kyogen (farce played during a noh cycle), bugaku, sado, kado sokyoku (koto music), bunraku and amongst others You can watch Japan's world-class traditional culture and performing arts in a one-hour digest.which offer a more comfortable viewing experience and come with a digital tablet that provides detailed information and translations throughout the performance.

Accomodation：

-Hotel Elcient Kyoto Hachijoguchi

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Fushimi Inari Shrine/Red Torii Gates is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto.  It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings.  The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds. Nara Park it is also home to hundreds of freely roaming deer.  Considered the messengers of the gods, Nara's over 1000 deer have become a symbol of the city and have even been designated as a natural treasure.   Deer crackers are for sale around the park, and some deer have learned to bow to visitors to ask to be fed. Nara's deer are surprisingly tame, although they can be aggressive if they think you will feed them, so make sure not to tease them with food.Todaiji is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved away from Nara in 784 in order to lower the temple's influence on government affairs.Until recently, Todaiji's main hall, the Daibutsuden (Big Buddha Hall).Kasuga Taisha is Nara's most celebrated shrine. It was established at the same time as the capital and is dedicated to the deity responsible for the protection of the city. Kasuga Taisha was also the tutelary shrine of the Fujiwara, Japan's most powerful family clan during most of the Nara and Heian Periods. Like the Ise Shrines, Kasuga Taisha had been periodically rebuilt every 20 years for many centuries. In the case of Kasuga Taisha, however, the custom was discontinued at the end of the Edo Period.

Accomodation：

-Hot Spring from Deep Water Osaka Hinode Hotel Nipponbashi

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

"Kuromon Ichiba is a lively covered market which stretches for 580 meters in Osaka’s Chuo Ward. Nicknamed “Osaka’s kitchen” because both local homeowners and restaurant chefs get their supplies here, the market is famous for its fresh seafood and has recently become a popular tourist location. The construction of Osaka Castle started in 1583 on the former site of the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, which had been destroyed by Oda Nobunaga thirteen years earlier.The Osaka Museum of History aims to develop a variety of activities based on the historic and cultural heritage cultivated in this region for people in Osaka as well as for all visitors. The ultramodern Umeda Sky Building is a landmark of Osaka's Kita Ward. It sprouted up at the end of Japan's economic bubble in 1993. Head to the uniquely designed observation deck for a picture-perfect view of the expansive cityscape.

Accomodation：

-Hot Spring from Deep Water Osaka Hinode Hotel Nipponbashi

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Today, you will be accompanied with a tour guide to visit Hiroshima by one way bullet train and public transportation.

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On this tour, Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome, the place of prayer for peace on this leisurely tour. * Hiroshima is the principal city of the Chugoku Region and home to over a million inhabitants. Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park ( Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is one of the most prominent features of the city. Even visitors not looking for it will likely stumble upon the large park of over 120,000 square meters. Its trees, lawns, and walking paths are in stark contrast to the surrounding downtown area. The sight is ranked as one of Japan's three best views. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum the results of the bomb are explored through original photography, lifelike models, artists' impressions, recovered items and descriptive explanations. While the museum explores the pain of nuclear war, it does not shy away from Japan's own violent history, with an entire section dedicated to Japan's bloody campaign that cut a swath through Asia.

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-RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Today, you will be accompanied with a tour guide to visit Miyajima and back Osaka by one way bullet train and public transportation.

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Miyajima is a romantic place, There are also wild deer on the island that have become accustomed to people. In the day the deer wander around the same sites as the tourists, and in the evening they sleep along the walking paths. Unlike in Nara, the deer on Miyajima must not be fed.The centuries-old Itsukushima Shrine (Itsukushima Jinja) on Miyajima is the source of both the island's fame and its name. Formally named Itsukushima, the island is more popularly known as "Miyajima", literally "shrine island" in Japanese, thanks to its star attraction. The shrine is known worldwide for its iconic "floating" torii gate.

Accomodation：

-Hot Spring from Deep Water Osaka Hinode Hotel Nipponbashi

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Free Time or self-arrangment by your own.

Accomodation：

-Hot Spring from Deep Water Osaka Hinode Hotel Nipponbashi

Meals Included：

- Breakfast

Privatr transfer service between Osaka and KIX airport.