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Small Groups: Average of 13 Travelers popular adventures
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Arashiyama Bamboo Grove,
Kyoto, Japan DAY • Bullet train • Express train remains an important cultural center today,
to Kanazawa and has been designated a UNESCO World Arrive Early, Stay Later
Ride the shinkansen (bullet train), boarding in Heritage Site. Prices below include accommodations, daily breakfast,
Japan’s Cultural Treasures Odawara for the first leg of the journey. At 200 B,L,D — Aranvert Hotel or similar and private airport transfer.
mph, it remains among the fastest trains in
the world. Later, take a limited express train to DAY • Kyoto • Arashiyama Bamboo • Arrive early in Tokyo before your main trip or your
Japan: Tokyo, Hakone, Kanazawa, Kyoto Departures: Kanazawa, enjoying a view of Japan’s rolling Grove • Kinkakuji • Controversial Topic: Tokyo pre-trip extension for $200 per person,
per night
For departure dates, available single space, and pricing, visit www.oattravel.com/ jpn pricing Mar-Jun; Aug-Nov 2023 countryside and modern cityscapes. Ethnic Korean discrimination
Explore the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove before
B,D — Hotel Kanazawa or similar • Conclude your main trip with more time in Kyoto for
we visit Kinkakuji, the Temple of the Golden $175 per person, per night
15 days from $ 5295 A colorful Shinto festival winds its way past neon lights and Tokyo skyscrapers … a modern DAY • Kanazawa • Kenrokuen Garden Pavilion. Then, venture to the outskirts of • Remain in Hiroshima after your Hiroshima post-trip
• Controversial Topic: Nuclear energy •
Kyoto for a Controversial Topic about the
including international airfare bullet train speeds past a farmer tending his rice paddy … a well-dressed businessman stops Gold leaf factory • Omicho Market discrimination faced by ethnic minority extension for $200 per person, per night
in a Buddhist temple to light incense … majestic Mount Fuji provides an iconic backdrop for
Koreans living in Japan.
Single Supplement: FREE Hakone, where locals relax in volcanic hot springs. Join us to explore more than 2,000 years of Visit the beautiful Kenrokuen Garden, B,L — Aranvert Hotel or similar
then meet with a Fukushima evacuee for a
Save a FULL 10%, up to $630, with our Japanese history and culture, from ultra-modern Tokyo through the former imperial capital of Controversial Topic about their experience DAY ¡ • Kyoto • Nara • Matcha tea Kyoto’s YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association)—
a NEW Grand Circle Foundation site—which
Good Buy Plan—reserve by 8/31/22 Kyoto, and all the way back to Kanazawa’s unique samurai architecture. of the 2011 nuclear disaster. After, walk experience offers community services to meet the needs of
the Higashi Chaya District, known for its
teahouses. Finally, visit a local gold leaf Explore Nara, visiting Todaiji Temple and women, children, and foreign residents in Japan. Here,
WHAT TO EXPECT DAY • Tokyo • Meet former sumo wrestler DAY • Hakone • A Day in the Life of company for a hands-on lesson before we visit Kasuga Shrine, both UNESCO World Heritage learn about the Controversial Topic of the increased
Sites. Then, visit a local a tea company for
divorce rate in Japan and it’s impact on single mothers.
• Shinjuku Minamiashigara Village the 300-year-old Omicho Market. a matcha tea-making demonstration and a
Visit a restaurant owned by a former sumo Travel to Hakone, stopping for A Day in the Life of B,L — Hotel Kanazawa or similar hands-on experience of grinding your own B,D — Aranvert Hotel or similar
wrestler, and enjoy an interactive demonstration a Minamiashigara Village. Visit a community DAY • Kanazawa • Optional green tea using a mill stone. DAY © • Return to U.S.
View all physical requirements at of this iconic sport. Then, engage in a conversation farm before joining a local family for lunch. Gokayama tour
www.oattravel.com/ jpn with a former wrestler who will share their Later, head to a local karate studio, or dōjō, for a B,L — Aranvert Hotel or similar Transfer to the airport in Osaka for your flight home.
Travelers taking our optional Hiroshima: City of Peace
experience with us—an exclusive O.A.T. feature. demonstration from a karate master. Then, visit a Enjoy free time to explore Kanazawa on your DAY ¢ • Kyoto • Buddhist Temple •
ITINERARY B,L — Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho or similar local children’s nursery. own, or join a full-day optional excursion to Sushi-making in Kameoka post-trip extension will transfer to Hiroshima by bullet
train today.
Gokayama—a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
DAY • Depart U.S. DAY • Tokyo • Taiko drumming experience B,L,D — TKP Hotel & Resort Rekutore Hakone Gora This village in the remote Chubu Mountains is Head to Senkoji Temple. Try Zen meditation B or similar
Depart the U.S. on your overnight flight to • Asakusa • Controversial Topic: Female or similar renowned for its distinctive gassho-zukuri-style and have a tea ceremony. Then, embark on a
Tokyo, Japan. sushi chefs DAY • Hakone • Meet local fisherman homes with steeply pitched thatched roofs. boat ride to Togetsu Bridge, followed by a visit
to Heki-tei, a house where samurai once lived
DAY • Tokyo Take the subway to visit a taiko (traditional at Lake Ashi • Wood workshop • Visit B — Hotel Kanazawa or similar and trained, to learn to make sushi.
Arrive in Tokyo. An O.A.T. representative will meet Japanese drums) studio, and learn about these geisha house DAY • Kanazawa • Home-Hosted Visit: B,L — Aranvert Hotel or similar
you at the airport and assist with the transfer instruments with a drum master. Then, travel to Get to know a local fisherman and understand the Tea with a local family • Kyoto
to your hotel. There, meet your Trip Experience the Asakusa area, and stroll down streets lined importance of this industry in Hakone. Then, visit Enjoy a Home-Hosted Visit with a local family, DAY £ • Kyoto • Ninja martial arts studio
Leader and fellow travelers, including those with shops. After, enjoy lunch at a women-owned a woodcraft shop to see intricate, wooden inlaid sitting down for tea and a firsthand glimpse • GCF visit: Kyoto’s YWCA • Controversial
who took the optional Tokyo: Ancient & Modern and operated sushi restaurant and learn about the pieces and learn how they’re produced. Afterward, of Japanese life. After, ride the rails to Kyoto, Topic: Empowering single mothers
Traditions pre-trip extension. Controversial Topic of gender discrimination in eat lunch at a geisha house and watch a traditional Japan’s ancient imperial capital. This city Visit a local ninja martial arts studio, and To learn more about
Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho or similar the world of sushi chefs. geisha performance. sit in on the students’ practice. Then, visit this adventure, scan the
B,L,D — Lotte City Hotel Kinshicho or similar B,L,D — TKP Hotel & Resort Rekutore Hakone Gora QR code at right.
or similar
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