Experience rich culture, historic landmarks, and breathtaking natural beauty while backtracking Japan’s Golden Route,
an immersive journey that includes the country’s must-see cities and sights.

• Day 1: Fly overnight to Japan
• Day 2: Osaka
  • Meet your Tour Director at the airport

• Day 3: Osaka • Kyoto
  • Travel to Nara
  • Visit the Cupnoodles Museum
  • Take a guided tour of Nara
  • Visit Todaiji Temple
  • Continue on to Kyoto
  • Visit the Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

• Day 4: Kyoto
  • Take a tour of the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
  • Take a guided tour of Kyoto
  • Visit Kiyomizu Temple
  • Sample green tea ice cream
  • Explore the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple

• Day 5: Kyoto • Fuji-Hakone-Izu region • Tokyo
  • Travel by bullet train to the Fuji-Hakone-Izu region, home of Mount Fuji
  • Take an in-depth tour of Mount Fuji
  • Stop at the Mount Fuji 5th Station, the halfway point of the Yoshida Trail
  • Visit Lake Saiko, one of the Fuji Five Lakes, and the reconstructed village of Iyashi no Sato Nenba
  • Continue on to Tokyo

• Day 6: Tokyo
  • Tour Tokyo with an expert local guide
  • Explore the Imperial Palace Plaza
  • Visit the Harajuku shopping district
  • Visit the Meiji Shinto Shrine
  • Take a walking tour of Shibuya
  • Explore the Asakusa Kannon Temple
  • Take a tour of Akihabara Electric Town
  • Enjoy a sumo-style hot pot dinner

• Day 7: Tokyo
  • Tokoyo Disneyland!

• Day 8: Tokyo
  • Visit the Hamarikyu Japanese Gardens to stroll among Japanese greenery and seawater ponds
  • Venture near the top of the Tokyo Tower, the second tallest structure in the country
  • KARAOKE NIGHT!!

• Day 9: Depart for home