| 1. |
Visit real country side of Japan
and enjoy the farm and nature activities at Gumma prefecture. |
| 2. |
Visit the local house and have
some lecture of Japanese culture such as tea ceremony,
calligraphy, Japanese cooking and so on by local citizens
in Kyoto. |
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Day
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Activity/Description
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| Day 1 |
Air/Tokyo.
Meal /Dinner
Arrive in Tokyo (Narita) and
met outside customs area
by English-speaking assistant.
Transfer by Airport limousine bus to Akasaka Excel Tokyu
Hotel or similar. Balance of evening free.
Dinner at local restaurant. Have a brief introduction
of whole tour by your tour leader.
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Overnight
stay at Western Style Hotel.
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| Day 2
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Tokyo.
/ Meal B. L. D
Optional early morning excursion
by private coach with English - speaking guide to the
Tsukiji Wholesale
Fish Market at 5:30
a.m. This is the world's largest fish market and the
source of almost all Tokyo's fresh fish. Return to hotel.
Balance of day for sightseeing in Tokyo by private coach
with English-speaking guide. Suggested sites include
Tokyo tower (for an overview of Tokyo), the photogenic
 Asakusa
Kannon Temple (with
its massive central building and fun local shops), and
the Tokyo National
Museum (Largest museum
in Japan with over 88,500 collections associated with
the fine arts and history of Japan and neighboring countries),
Dinner at local restaurant.
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Overnight
stay at Western Style Hotel.
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| Day 3 |
Tokyo -
Katashina Village, Gunma Pref. /Meal,
B, L, D
 Leave
urban city Tokyo for the real county side of Japan,
beautiful Katashina village, whose 90% of lands are
formed by forests and mountains, by private coach with
English-speaking guide. It takes about 3 hours and a
half.
After arrival at the village,
met the owner and staff of farm and Minshuku, Japanese
B&B style accommodation. You will have a brief introduction
by them for farm and nature activities.
 You
can experience and enjoy following farm, traditional
culture experiences and nature trekking tour with the
local staff and
English speaking guide.
<Sample of the menu>
･Harvesting fresh vegetables(will be your dinner or
lunch）
･Rice planting/harvesting spring ＆ Autum
･Making buckwheat noodles (will be your meal)
･Fishing at the mountain stream (will be your meal)
| ･ |
Mushroom picking at the
mountain (autumn) |
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| ･ |
Pottery making. |
| ･ |
Cooking local dishes with
locals. |
| ･ |
Oze Hiking(Oze swamp and
Ozegahara Plains, Japan's largest area of highland
marsh.) |
*Above programs will be changeable
depending on the seasons.
Dinner at your Minshuku
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Over night
stay at Minshuku (B&B style accommodation)
at Katashina village
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| Day 4 |
Katashina
Village /Meal:B.L.D
 Full
day the nature tours and farm experience program at
the village.
Dinner at Minshuku（BBQ Dinner）.
*You will have a barbeque dinner with the ingredients
which you picked at the farm. You will also be able
to enjoy beautiful night sky!
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Over night
stay at Minshuku (B&B style accommodation)
at Katashina village
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Ex:Rice Planting
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Ex:Rice Harvesting
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| Day 5 |
KatashinaーNikko - Tokyo
/Meal:B,L,D
Leave the village for Tokyo
via Nikko sight seeing tour
You will visit,
･Toshogu shrine and Rinnoji temple which together were
designated the world cultural heritage in 1999.
･Lake Chuzenji, Kegon waterfall.
After sight seeing, back to Tokyo by private coach.
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Overnight
stay at Western Style Hotel.
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| Day 6 |
Tokyo-Kyoto/
Meal:B.L.D
Transfer to Tokyo Station.
Morning departure by
Nozomi
Shinkansen “bullet train”for
Kyoto at early morning (approx. 2.5 hrs.). Arrive at
Kyoto Station at noon. Be met at the station by an English-speaking
guide. Transfer by shuttle bus to the
Rhiga Royal Hotel
or similar, near the
modern Kyoto Station complex. After check-in and lunch,
leave for half day sight seeing of Kyoto by private
coach with English-speaking guide.
 The
tour includes Sanju-sangendo
hall /Kiyomizu Temple (built
in 1633 on a hillside),
Ninenzaka and Sannenzaka shopping street.
Have dinner at local restaurant.
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Overnight
stay at Western Style Hotel.
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| Day 7 |
Kyoto
You will visit Japanese house
and have some lectures of Japanese traditional
cultures by local citizens who can speak English.
You can choose and learn following Japanese traditional
culture in English.
>Tea ceremony / Flower Arrangement / Origami(Japanese
paper and fabric
crafts) / Japanese Calligraphy / Japanese Home Cooking
/Japanese Dance etc
*Each course takes about 2 hours.
After the morning culture experience tour, you will
visit the most famous sight
seeing spot in Kyoto such as Golden pavilion, Ryoanji
temple (with its Zen rock
garden), and Nijo Catsle by private coach with English-speaking
guide
Farewell Dinner at local restaurant.
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Overnight
stay at Western Style Hotel.
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| Day 8 |
Kyoto /
KIX Airport
Check out your hotel and leave
for Kansai international airport.
Check in at the airline counter,
Fly back to your country. |
END OF SERVICE
If you want to make the
Japan tour based on above model itinerary,
Please email to
inbound@ntour.co.jp |
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