Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

11:00 Meet your English-speaking guide and transfer to Osaka sightseeing by public transportation. 

11:30 Traditional Mochi Pounding Experience with Tasting (Duration: 1 hour)
Join us for a traditional Japanese mochi pounding (mochitsuki) experience! Participants will have the chance to pound steamed glutinous rice with a large wooden mallet to make fresh mochi (rice cakes). This hands-on activity is fun and interactive, offering a unique cultural insight into Japanese New Year customs. After pounding, you can enjoy tasting the freshly made mochi.

Namba Doguyasuji (Cutlery) Shopping Street is lined with specialty stores of all kinds of cooking utensils and kitchen items. Osaka is called the "Kitchen of the world" where lots of chefs work with highly trained minds and skills.
 
15:00 Return to hotel
Free time at your leisure
Shinsaibashi & Namba One of Osaka's most popular tourist destinations, this street runs parallel to the Dotonbori canal. (Explore by yourself)

Overnight in Osaka

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Osaka Midosuji

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Important: Please ship large luggage to your Kyoto hotel. It will arrive the next day. Prepare to stay overnight with only carry-on luggage for 1 night in Kyoto.

10:00 Check out the Hotel
English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Kyoto by public transportation

11:30 Transfer to the Hotel on foot (4 min on foot) (Check in is from 15:00, early check-in is NOT included)

Please leave your luggage and feel free to enjoy Kyoto! 

13:45 The guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to sightseeing in Kyoto by public transportation. 

14:30 Kimono and Tea ceremony experience
Experienced tea masters will teach you how to enjoy the traditional Japanese tea ceremony in a way that even beginners can enjoy. Wearing a kimono in a beautiful tea room, you will enjoy matcha green tea and Japanese sweets. Lasts approximately 90 - 120 minutes）

Gion Evening Walk (Cherry Blossom Season)
Enjoy an evening stroll through the historic streets of Gion, beautifully illuminated during the cherry blossom season. The traditional wooden houses and softly glowing lanterns create a magical atmosphere, with cherry blossoms adding a touch of spring elegance. You may even see a maiko or geiko gracefully passing by on their way to an evening engagement.

18:00 Return to the hotel
Overnight in Kyoto

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Miyako Hotel Kyoto Hachijo

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure (No services arrangement on that day)
Overnight in Kyoto

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Miyako Hotel Kyoto Hachijo

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure (No services arrangement on that day)

Optional Tours: Day trip to Nara *Not included in the price*

09:00 English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Nara sightseeing by public transportation.

Todaiji Temple - It is one of the representative temples of Nara, registered as a World Heritage Site as a cultural asset of the ancient capital Nara.
It features the seated statue of Rushanabutsu, known as the Great Buddha of Nara, which is enshrined in the temple.
Many other historical buildings are designated as national treasures or important cultural properties.

Nara Park - The park is always free and open to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so you can come anytime. Also, the deer in the park are wild animals, so you can see them any time of the year!

Kasuga Shrine 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.

Naramachi is the former merchant district of Nara, where several traditional residential buildings and warehouses are preserved and open to the public. Boutiques, shops, cafes, restaurants and a few museums now line the district's narrow lanes.
17:00 Return to hotel
Overnight in Kyoto

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Miyako Hotel Kyoto Hachijo

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Important: Please ship large luggage to your Nagano hotel. It will arrive the next day. Prepare to stay overnight with only carry-on luggage for 2 nights in Takayama.

09:00 Check out the Hotel
Transfer to Kyoto station on your own (4 mins on foot)

10:06 Take the bullet train to Takayama station - Approx. 3 hours
Note: Our guide will give you the tickets and teach you how to take the train on the day before. Guide will not be on board

13:12 Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel on your own (4 mins on foot)
15:00 Check in the hotel

*About Bullet train:
< Nozomi #326 >           Departure from Kyoto Station around 10:06
Arrival at Nagoya Station around 10:39
*Regular Class   **Reserved Seats *Without a Guide
< Hida #7 >                   Departure from Nagoya Station around 10:48
Arrival at Takayama Station around 13:12
*Regular Class   **Reserved Seats *Without a Guide
Note: Tickets will be sold 1 month in advance.

⚠️IMPORTANT NOTE “Baggage 160” for luggage on Bullet train⚠️

It’s necessary to book the oversized baggage area seat to bring your oversized baggage on a bullet train in advance. Please kindly inform us what size and how many oversized baggage per person you will bring. If these seats are not available, your luggage will be delivered separately by a domestic service. 

・Oversized baggage area seat 
Baggage whose overall dimensions are between 160 cm and 250 cm. This size is almost the same as that for which an oversize baggage fee is charged on international flights*. *It differs by airline companies.
*Please inform us if you have baggage whose overall dimensions are between 160 cm and 250 cm.

・For baggage less than 160cm
You can put baggage whose overall dimensions are less than 160 cm, which is the same size as the baggage that can be carried for free in airplane holds*, on the overhead baggage rack of the Shinkansen. *It differs by airline companies.

Overnight in Takayama

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Fav Lux Hidatakayama

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Takayama sightseeing by public transportation.

Miyagawa Morning Market is located on either bank of the Miya River between two bridges - Kajibashi and Yayoibashi. Every morning, weather permitting, you can buy everything from local fruit and vegetables to dolls and stylish chopsticks. As with all markets, the earlier you get there, the better. The juiciest, freshest products will get picked off first, and the market is a perfect place for people-watching.


Takayama's old town has been beautifully preserved with many buildings and whole streets of houses dating from the Edo Period (1600 - 1868), when the city thrived as a wealthy town of merchants. The southern half of the old town, especially the Sannomachi Street, survives in a particularly pretty state with many old homes, shops, coffee houses and sake breweries, some of which have been in business for centuries. 

Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato) is an open air museum exhibiting over 30 traditional houses from the Hida region, the mountainous district of Gifu Prefecture around Takayama. The houses were built during the Edo Period (1603 - 1867) and were relocated from their original locations to create the museum in 1971. In a village-like atmosphere, the museum features buildings such as the former village head's house, logging huts, storehouses and a number of gassho-zukuri farmhouses. These massive farmhouses are named after their steep thatched roofs which resemble a pair of hands joined in prayer ("gassho"). They were moved here from nearby Shirakawago, where gassho-zukuri houses are the reason for the region's World Heritage status.

17:00 Return to hotel
Overnight in Takayama

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Fav Lux Hidatakayama

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 After check out the hotel, your English-speaking or English conversational driver will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Yudanaka hot spring area by private car (3~4 hours)

12:00~ Experience making authentic Japanese soba noodle (Includes early lunch) 
*This spot is on the way to Yudanaka
Using locally grown buckwheat flour, participants knead, roll, and cut the dough by hand. You can then boil and taste your freshly made soba, enjoying its unique aroma and texture straight from the pot. (Duration: approx. 120 minutes)

15:30 Arrive at the Hotel (Check in is from 15:00, early check-in is NOT included) 
 
Please leave your luggage and feel free to enjoy the Yudanaka hot spring area! 
*No service after you arrives at the hotel

A compulsory seasonal Kaiseki dinner is included at hotel
*Vegetarian/No pork is available
Overnight in Nagano

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Ryokan Biyunoyado

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure

08:00 Transfer to JIGOKUDANI YAEN-KOEN by bus on your own arrangement (10 min) (optional)

Note: Hotel’s Complimentary Shuttle Service: A free shuttle bus operates daily to the Jigokudani Monkey Park, famous for its snow monkeys. The bus departs from the inn at 8:30 AM and takes guests to the park’s parking area. Please book with hotel in advance

From the parking, hike for about 40 min

JIGOKUDANI YAEN-KOEN is popular for both Japanese and foreign people since 1964 as a place where wild monkeys (Japanese Macaques) can be closely observed. There are almost 200 monkeys fed by the park and monkeys here are known for bathing in the hot spring.

The park constructed a special open air bath for monkeys to prevent the cold in wintertime and monkeys gradually learned to take a bath. There are no monkeys except here that live under such a severe condition as much snowfall and temperature going down to 10 degrees below freezing point. Visit and see these unique bathing monkeys!!

Note: Seeing monkeys cannot be guaranteed as it depends on the day.

Important: Please ship large luggage to your Tokyo hotel when you check out. It will arrive the next day. Prepare to stay overnight with only carry-on luggage for 1 night in Tokyo.

13:50 Transfer to Yudanaka station and take the train to Tokyo on your own

Note: Our guide will give you the tickets and teach you how to take the train on 03-Apr. Guide will not be on board.

*About Express train:
< Nagano Dentetsu line>           Departure from Yudanaka Station around 13:50
Arrival at Nagoya Station around 14:38
*Regular Class   **Reserved Seats *Without a Guide
< Asama#626 >                   Departure from Nagoya Station around 14:58
Arrival at Tokyo Station around 16:20
*Regular Class   **Reserved Seats *Without a Guide
Note: Tickets will be sold 1 month in advance.
Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Tokyo sightseeing by public transportation.

Asakusa is an area of Tokyo that is particularly rich in history and tradition.The area is full of sights such as Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Street, and the Kaminarimon Gate.A rickshaw is a very convenient and attractive option for sightseeing in this area.

Nakamise Street is one of the oldest shopping centers in Japan. Since Shogun Tokugawa (Ieyasu) established Edo Shogunate, the population in Edo (old capital city, now Tokyo) grew as well as visitors to Sensoji Temple. Now there are 89 shops in total. 

Meiji Jingu Shrine, located in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is one of Tokyo's most popular power spots, known for attracting the largest number of visitors to the shrine each year on Hatsumode (New Year's visit) in Japan.  The shrine is also renowned for its numerous other benefits, including prayers for family safety, a prosperous business, and a happy marriage.

Shibuya “Scramble Junction” Shibuya is one of the twenty-three city wards of Tokyo, but often refers to just the popular shopping and entertainment area found around Shibuya Station. In this regard, Shibuya is one of Tokyo's most colorful and busy districts, packed with shopping, dining and nightclubs serving swarms of visitors that come to the district everyday. Shibuya is a center for youth fashion and culture, and its streets are the birthplace to many of Japan's fashion and entertainment trends. 

17:00 Return to hotel
Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure (No guide and no car arrangement)

TeamLab Planets is a museum where you walk through water, and a garden where you become one with the flowers. It comprises 4 large-scale artwork spaces and 2 gardens created by art collective teamLab.

Note: Teamlab tickets are included in the price. Guide will give you the tickets the day before.

Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure (No services arrangement on that day)
Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure (No services arrangement on that day)
Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Day for free at leisure (No services arrangement on that day)

(Explore by yourself) Harajuku is often referred to as the center of Japan's most extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles, but the district also offers shopping for adults and some historic sights. The focal point of Harajuku's teenage culture is Takeshita Dori (Takeshita Street) and its side streets, which are lined by many trendy shops, fashion boutiques, used clothes stores, crepe stands and fast food outlets geared towards the fashion and trend conscious teens.

Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 English-speaking guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Nikko sightseeing by public transportation (2 hours)

11:00 Once you arrive at the Nikko station, you will start sightseeing in Nikko by private car.


Shinkyo Bridge The Shinkyo Bridge stands at the entrance to Nikko's shrines and temples, and technically belongs to Futarasan Shrine. The bridge is ranked as one of Japan's three finest bridges together with Iwakuni's Kintaikyo and Saruhashi in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s.
Kegon Waterfall The almost 100 meter tall Kegon Waterfall is the most famous of Nikko's many beautiful waterfalls. In fact, it is even ranked as one of Japan's three most beautiful falls, along with Nachi Waterfall in Wakayama Prefecture and Fukuroda Waterfall in Ibaraki Prefecture.

17:00 Return to Hotel by public transportation (2 hours)
Overnight in Tokyo

Meals: Breakfast 
Accommodation: Karaksa Hotel Colors Tokyo Yaesu

Commence your day with breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer from Hotel to Narita Airport (with guide) for your international flight. Make sure you have all your travel documents ready and enjoy a smooth journey to your next destination.

Normally check-out time is at 12:00, late check-out is not included and subject to availability.

Meals: Breakfast