Japan's Cultural Treasures (2010)

Travel from only $257 per day
14 days - including international airfare - from only $3595

Tokyo • Hakone • Kanazawa • Kyoto

12 days - Land Tour only - from only $2995

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Tokyo — 4 days from only $795—travel from only $199 a day

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Hiroshima — 4 days from only $895—travel from only $224 a day

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Discover the Japan you’ve always dreamed of, a country both modern and ancient, with bustling cities and appealing coastal regions. As a relatively isolated archipelago that for many years enforced a policy of self-seclusion, Japan developed largely without intercultural exchange with other nations; as a result, the country developed its own distinct culture and traditions. But modern Japan is far different from its ancient past. Today Japan is an economic superpower, and despite its recent reversals, a bustling land of business and commerce. There is another side to Japan though, and you will find it away from the sprawl of its cities. Here in the countryside discover a land of temples, monuments, small restaurants, and clear lakes buttressed by high mountains. Japan will surprise you, for behind the image of a commercial giant is a land of tradition and culture and great beauty.

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Day

1 Fly to Tokyo
2 Arrive in Tokyo : Hotel Mets Shibuya
3 Tour Tokyo : Hotel Mets Shibuya
Meals: 1B, 1D
4 Overland to Hakone : Gora Asahi Hotel or Hotel Nanpuso
Meals: 1B, 1L, 1D
5 Explore Hakone Region : Gora Asahi Hotel or Hotel Nanpuso
Meals: 1B, 1L, 1D
6 Train to Kanazawa/Explore Kanazawa : Kanazawa New Grand Hotel or similar
Meals: 1B, 1D
7 Kanazawa : Kanazawa New Grand Hotel or similar
Meals: 1B, 1L
8 Day at leisure/Optional Shirakawa-go & Gokayama excursion : Kanazawa New Grand Hotel
Meals: 1B
9 Train to Kyoto : Hearton Hotel
Meals: 1B, 1D
10 Tour Kyoto : Hearton Hotel or similar
Meals: 1B, 1L
11 Explore Kyoto/Optional Nara & Fushimi excursion : Hearton Hotel
Meals: 1B
12 Explore Kyoto : Hearton Hotel
Meals: 1B, 1L
13 Explore Kyoto/Optional Arashiyama excursion : Hearton Hotel
Meals: 1B, 1D
14 Depart for U.S. or begin your optional post-trip extension to Hiroshima
Meals: 1B