2020: Enhanced! Japan's Cultural Treasures
15 days
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Small Group Tour
Travel to Japan with O.A.T. and discover the country you’ve always dreamed of. Discover an Asian land both modern and ancient … where a colorful Shinto festival snakes past neon lights and Tokyo skyscrapers … a modern bullet train speeds past a farmer tending his rice paddies … a well-dressed businessman stops in a Buddhist temple to light incense … and majes...
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Overview
Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Full schedule
Highlights
- Explore Japan
- Visit Asakusa
- Visit Kinkakuji Temple
- Visit Buddhist Temple
What's this trip about?
Travel to Japan with O.A.T. and discover the country you’ve always dreamed of. Discover an Asian land both modern and ancient … where a colorful Shinto festival snakes past neon lights and Tokyo skyscrapers … a modern bullet train speeds past a farmer tending his rice paddies … a well-dressed businessman stops in a Buddhist temple to light incense … and majestic Mount Fuji provides an iconic backdrop for Hakone, where locals and travelers alike relax in volcanic hot springs. Our small group allows us to get an intimate glimpse of Japan's distinct culture, which we'll experience alongside the people that know it best—the locals. We'll find a unique fabric of life when our local Trip Experience Leader introduces us to local artisans that specialize in woodwork, a Buddhist monk who will guide us through Zen meditation, and a local family that will show us their traditions. They'll invite us into their markets, homes, and temples to share a piece of their country with us.
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Details
Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeSmall Group - max of 16 people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transport
Start CityKyoto
End CityTokyo
Travel Themes
Destinations
Activities
Max Group Size
Trip includes
- International airfare, airport transfers, government taxes, fees, and airline fuel surcharges unless you choose to make your own air arrangements*
- All land transportation, including 3 rail transfers on bullet and local trains
- Accommodations for 13 nights
- 28 meals—daily breakfast, 9 lunches, and 6 dinners
- 13 small group activities
- Explore in a small group of 8-16 travelers (average group size of 14)
- Services of a local O.A.T. Trip Experience Leader
- Gratuities for local guides and drivers
- 5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward your next adventure—an average of $349
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Itinerary
Day 1: Depart U.S.
Depart the U.S. today on your overnight flight to Tokyo, Japan.
Day 2: Arrive Tokyo, Japan
Destination: Tokyo
Accommodations: Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho or similar
Afternoon/Evening: An O.A.T. representative will greet us at the Tokyo airport upon arrival—usually between 2:45pm and 8:30pm—and assist with the approximately 1.5-hour transfer to our hotel in ...
DAY 3: Tokyo • Meet former sumo wrestler
Destination: Tokyo
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho or similar
Breakfast: Served at the hotel starting at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: We’ll meet with our Trip Experience Leader for a ...
Day 4: Subway ride • Taiko drumming experience • Explore Asakusa
Destination: Tokyo
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho or similar
Activity Note: Because of limited space, we recommend you pack an overnight bag on Day 4 for the next two nights in Hakone. On Day 5, the rest of your luggag...
Day 5: Tokyo • Overland to Hakone • A Day in the Life of Ashigawa Village
Destination: Hakone
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: TKP Hotel & Resort Rekutore Hakone Gora or similar
Activity Note: Total travel time to Hakone is approximately two hours, but we will make a three-hour stop along the way.
Breakfast: Serve...
Day 6: Hakone • Local interaction with fisherman at Lake Ashi
Destination: Hakone
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: TKP Hotel & Resort Rekutore Hakone Gora or similar
Activity Note: Alternative activities may be substituted for some of today’s visits depending on weather conditions and the museum's hours ...
Day 7: Hakone • Bullet train • Express train to Kanazawa
Destination: Kanazawa
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodations: Hotel Kanazawa or similar
Activity Note: Find the rest of your luggage waiting at our hotel in Kanazawa this afternoon.
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7:30am, featuring a combination o...
Day 8: Kanazawa • Converse with Fukushima evacuee • Meet temple master • Omicho Market
Destination: Kanazawa
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: Hotel Kanazawa or similar
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: We begin our exploration of Kanazawa at around 8:30am whe...
Day 9: Kanazawa • Optional Gokayama tour
Optional Tour
Destination: Kanazawa
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel Kanazawa or similar
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: Today you have the freedom to spend a day in Kanaza...
Day 10: Kanazawa • Tea with local family • Train to Kyoto
Destination: Kyoto
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Aranvert Hotel or similar
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: At about 9am, we'll split into smaller groups and de...
Day 11: Kyoto • Kinkakuji • Sushi-making in Kameoka
Destination: Kyoto
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: Aranvert Hotel or similar
Activity Note: Kinkakuji Temple is typically crowded with tourists. Accommodations in Kyoto are quite small.
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combi...
Day 12: Kyoto • Optional Nara tour
Optional tour
Destination: Kyoto
Meals: Breakafst
Accommodations: Aranvert Hotel or similar
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: Today is free for you to explore Kyoto on your own. If...
Day 13: Kyoto • Visit Buddhist Temple • See the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Foundation Visit
Destination: Kyoto
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodations: Aranvert Hotel or similar
Activity Note: This day includes an uphill walk of 200 steps to reach Senkoji Temple. Travelers do not have to participate in this walk. Arashiyama Bamboo Gro...
Day 14: Kyoto • Nijo Castle
Destination: Kyoto
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations: Aranvert Hotel
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: At about 9:30am, we’ll depart for Nijo castle, traveling for ap...
Day 15: Return to U.S. or begin Hiroshima post-trip extension
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast: Served at the hotel beginning at 7am, featuring a combination of Japanese and Western options.
Morning: Today, you will transfer to the airport in the late morning for your flight home from Osaka.
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Dates & Availability
Price From $5,095
Price per day$340
Last Updated: 1/21/2020
The prices listed below are based on US dollars:
Season Start
Season End
Double Standard
Availability
Mar-01-2020
Mar-31-2020
$5459
Limited
Apr-01-2020
Apr-30-2020
$5995
Limited
May-01-2020
May-31-2020
$5895
Limited
Jun-01-2020
Jun-30-2020
$5695
Limited
Aug-01-2020
Aug-31-2020
$5395
Limited
Sep-01-2020
Sep-30-2020
$5995
Limited
Oct-01-2020
Oct-31-2020
$5945
Limited
Nov-01-2020
Nov-30-2020
$5095
Limited
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Logistics
Accommodation
Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho
TKP Hotel & Resort Rekutore Hakone Gora
Hotel Kanazawa
Aranvert Hotel
Transportation & Flights
Walk over city streets, through gardens and markets, and within temples and shrines in which the ground may be uneven and stairways may lack handrails
Travel by 24-passenger air-conditioned minibus (no toilet on board), shinkansen (bullet train), subway, local train, and 250-passenger boat
Public transportation is used on the trip extensions in Tokyo and Hiroshima, often at subway stations with no escalators or elevators,
Transportation & flights
Walk over city streets, through gardens and markets, and within temples and shrines in which the ground may be uneven and stairways may lack handrails
Travel by 24-passenger air-conditioned minibus (no toilet on board), shinkansen (bullet train), subway, local train, and 250-passenger boat
Public transportation is used on the trip extensions in Tokyo and Hiroshima, often at subway stations with no escalators or elevators
Cancellation policy
If you need to cancel your trip for any reason, please call us as soon as possible, and follow up in writing. You are also required to return any airline tickets that may have been issued to you. Cancellation refunds will be calculated as of the date we receive your written cancellation. We will issue your refund in the manner in which we received your payment. If you paid your deposit by credit card and your balance by check, your refund will be divided accordingly. Refunds are generated manually by our accounting department to ensure accuracy. Please allow for a 30-day processing period before receiving your refund.
There is a non-refundable, $300 per person processing fee for each trip you cancel, which reflects our costs of administering a reservation. Other cancellation fees depend upon your trip type and time of cancellation.
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Meals Included
13 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches and 6 Dinners
Age Requirements
No age restrictions
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Trip ID
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