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10  INTRODUCING JAP AN

DISCOVERING JAPAN

The following tours have been designed be combined to form a week-long tour. Next
to take in as many of Japan’s highlights as there are seven-day tours, covering Kansai,
possible, while keeping long-distance travel Western Japan, and Shikoku; Hokkaido and
to a minimum. First are two-day tours of the the northern part of Honshu; Central Honshu,
country’s most illustrious cities, Tokyo and including the Japan Alps; and the main HOKKAIDO
Kyoto, along with suggestions for day trips southern island of Kyushu. Combined, they Sapporo
to nearby historic towns such as Nikko, map out an unforgettable month-long trip Shikotsu
Lake
Kamakura, and Nara. These itineraries can around the Japanese archipelago. Lake Toya Shikotsu-Toya National Park
Noboribetsu

Hakodate
A Week in Kansai & Western Japan
• Visit Osaka’s aquarium Kompira-san shrine
and hunt down the in Kotohira. Hirosaki
city’s best eats and • Bathe at the
nightlife in Namba magnificent public
and Dotonbori. bathhouse of Dogo
• Survey Himeji from Onsen in Matsuyama. Kakunodate
the splendid six-story • Contemplate the
keep of Himeji Castle. horrors of war at the Hiraizumi
• Stroll around Koraku-en peace park and Dewa Sanzan
Shrine
Garden in Okayama, memorial museum Matsushima Bay
and the charming in Hiroshima. Sendai
Bikan Historical Area • Offer a prayer to the Sado Island
of Kurashiki. guardian spirits of Torii gateway Niigata
• Climb the 785 steps to Itsukushima Shrine on This breathtaking “floating” entrance Wajima
the top of the venerable the island of Miyajima. to the Itsukushima Shinto shrine on Noto Peninsula HONSHU
Miyajima dates from 1875.
Obuse
Kanazawa
Nagano
Ogimachi
Matsumoto
Takayama
A Tour of Kyushu Amanohashidate Kiso Valley Tokyo
Matsue Tsumago Fuji Five Lakes
Mount Fuji
• Slurp ramen noodles at a Nagoya
yatai (outdoor food stall) Okayama Himeji Osaka
in buzzing Fukuoka. Hiroshima Kurashiki Kobe
• Ride on trams around Miyajima Takamatsu
Nagasaki, taking in the Kotohira
Atomic Bomb Museum and Fukuoka Matsuyama SHIKOKU
the view from Glover Garden. Karatsu Bay Yufuin Beppu
• Discover traditional crafts, a Aso
lovely garden, and a fairy- Nagasaki Kumamoto
tale castle in Kumamoto. Takachiho
• Take the cable car up to KYUSHU
an active volcanic crater
on Mount Aso. Kagoshima
• Be buried in hot sand at
Beppu, then soak in the
hot springs of Yufuin.
• Sail through the mountain Key
gorge at Takachiho.
A Week in Kansai & Western Japan
• Gasp at Sakurajima volcano
smoking ominously across A Tour of Kyushu
the bay from Kagoshima. A Week in Hokkaido & Tohoku
A Gourmet Tour of Central Japan
Autumn Leaves on the Tsutaya River, by Katsushika Hokusai (color woodblock print, c.1839)

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