Package Includes:
Highlights
Nagasaki ~Peace Park ~Atomic Bomb Museum
Kumamoto ~Kumamoto Castle ~Suizenji Park ~Mt Aso National Park
Ibusuki ~Hot Sand Bath
Kagoshima ~Tenmonkan ~Sakurajima Island ~Lake Ikeda
Osaka ~Osaka Castle ~Universal Studio Japan ~Shinsaibashi
Kyoto ~Kiyomizu Temple ~Kimono Fashion Show
Toyohashi ~Shinkansen (Bullet Train)
Mt Fuji ~5th Station
Tokyo ~Tokyo Disneyland** OR Tokyo Disney Sea** ~Shinjuku
MEALS: ~ 7 Breakfast ~ 5 Lunch ~ 5 Dinner
ACCOMMODATIONS: 1N ~ New Sky, Kumamoto* 1N ~ Ibusuki Seaside Hotel* 1N ~ Blue Highway Cruise+ 1N ~ Ramada Hotel, Osaka* 1N ~ Nikko Hotel, Toyohashi* 1N ~ Crowne Plaza Metropolitan, Tokyo* 1N ~ Narita Garden, Narita*
Itinerary
FUKUOKA / NAGASAKI / KUMAMOTO(SQ656 SIN/FUK 0110/0800) (L / D) Depart for your pleasant flight to Fukuoka. Upon arrival at Fukuoka International Airport, you will be met and welcomed by our local representative. Today coach to Nagasaki and visit the Peace Park, where the explosion of an atomic bomb devastated Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. In the park stand the massive Statue of Peace, the left hand stretching out horizontally symbolizing world peace. Next visit the Atomic Bomb Museum, where you can see preserved evidence of the blast that took place during the Second World War. Tonight accommodation is at Kumamoto.
KUMAMOTO / IBUSUKI (B / L / D) This morning proceed to Kumamoto city to visit the Kumamoto Castle. After that, head on to Mt Aso National Park, a park with vast grassland, lakes and hot springs. The crater basin is the largest of its kind in the world. Next visit the city's 300-years-old Suizenji Park, one of the best specimens of Japanese landscape gardening. After which coach to Ibusuki, one of the most celebrated hot spring resorts in Japan where you could enjoy the unique hot sand bath.
IBUSUKI / KAGOSHIMA / BLUE HIGHWAY CRUISE+ (B / L / D#) After breakfast, coach to south of Kyushu and visit Lake Ikeda, the largest crater lake in Kyushu. Then you may enjoy some shopping at Tenmonkan, After which, you will be taking the ferry across to Sakurajima Island, a mildly active volcano facing Kagoshima. This evening, we will be boarding the Blue Highway Cruise to Osaka.(+Accommodation is based on 2 persons in a cabin. #Buffet Dinner on Board)
OSAKA / UNIVERSAL STUDIO JAPAN (B / D) This morning you will arrive in Osaka. Proceed to visit the famous Osaka Castle where you will make a photo stop. Today, enjoy a day of excitement at Universal Studio Japan, a popular spot where visitors can enjoy the world of famous Hollywood characters such as E.T. or the Terminator. This evening, you can shop at one of the busiest shopping district in Osaka – Shinsaibashi.
OSAKA / KYOTO / TOYOHASHI (B / L / D) After breakfast travel to the old Classical City of Kyoto, to visit the beautiful Kiyomizu Temple ("Pure Water Temple"), one of the most celebrated temples of Japan, nestled in the quiet foothills of Mt. Otawa. It has a large veranda supported on hundreds of pillars that was built in 1633. In 1994, the temple was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then followed by a Kimono Fashion Show, where you will get to see Japanese ladies dressed in their traditional kimonos. Tonight accommodation will be at Toyohashi.