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Small Groups: Average of 13 Travelers
YOUR OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS
PRE-TRIP EXTENSIONS
NORT H Ulaanbaatar Seoul JAPAN
MONGOLIA
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DMZ I NORTH Gobi Desert
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exhibition hall detailing the Korean War, as well styled after a traditional ryokan—we’ll dine in POST -TRIP: 3 nights from
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan as the Dorasan Observatory. yukata robes on floors lined with tatami mats. $ 1595 Only $ 532 per night
B,L — Pacific Hotel or similar B,D — Hotel Todaya or similar
DAY • Seoul • Fly to Narita, Japan • DAY • Toba • Meet local ama
South Korea & Japan: Temples, Shrines & Seaside Treasures Transfer to Tokyo Visit a pearl farming family for a hands-on To view your optional extensions in detail,
Fly to Tokyo, Japan, and enjoy time on your experience harvesting pearls. Then, have lunch visit www.oattravel.com/ jko
South Korea: Seoul | Japan: Tokyo, Toba, Kyoto Departures: own to get acquainted with the city. with the local ama, “sea women” who free dive
For departure dates, available single space, and pricing, visit www.oattravel.com/ jko pricing Mar-Jun; Aug-Nov 2023 B — Dormy Inn Korakuen or similar without a breathing apparatus, and learn about
their profession and lifestyle.
DAY • Meet a former sumo wrestler • B,L,D — Hotel Todaya or similar Arrive Early, Stay Later
15 days from $ 5795 Learn from a Bonsai Master • Controversial DAY • Toba • Train to Kyoto • Prices below include accommodations, daily breakfast,
and private airport transfer.
Topic: Female sushi chefs & gender
including international airfare Ancient kingdoms and modern cities await adventurers exploring South Korea and discrimination Excursion to Nara • Todaiji Temple • • Arrive early in Ulaanbaatar on your Mongolia pre-
Single Supplement: FREE Japan. From Seoul, where the “Miracle of the Han” buzzes with life, to Kyoto with its Today, we’ll meet with a sumo wrestler, then Traditional maiko demonstration trip extension for $175 per person, per night
serene temples and shrines, exploring these two empires in one journey oers an
we set off for a local Bonsai garden, where we’ll
Depart for Kyoto by train. Along the way, stop
Save a FULL 10%, up to $680, with our experience like no other. meet with a Bonsai Master to learn more about for lunch and to explore Nara’s eighth-century • Arrive early in Hanoi on your Vietnam pre-trip
extension for $125 per person per night
Todaiji Temple. This evening in Kyoto, enjoy a
this Japanese cultivation technique. Before
Good Buy Plan—reserve by 8/31/22 dinner, we will hear about the Controversial traditional maiko dance demonstration. • Arrive early before your main trip in
Topic of female sushi chefs in Japan, and the B,L,D — Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae or similar Seoul for $175 per person, per night
WHAT TO EXPECT DAY • Gyeongbok Palace • War Memorial difference in the lives of expectant single mothers challenges they face in this traditionally male- • Conclude your main trip with more time
of Korea • Controversial Topic: Life in North and their children. Learn about the Controversial dominated field. DAY ¢ • Kyoto • Controversial Topic: in Kyoto for $175 per person, per night
Korea with a North Korean refugee Topic of the “baby box,” where mothers can safely B,L,D — Dormy Inn Korakuen or similar Discrimination of ethnic Koreans in Japan
Visit the 14th-century palace of Gyeongbokgung, leave their children with no questions asked. Then, Today we’ll take part in a tour of Kyoto • Remain in Hiroshima after your Japan post-trip
View all physical requirements at also known as the Northern Palace. Later, we’ll visit visit a local family for a Home-Hosted Lunch in DAY • Tokyo • Asakusa walking tour • including the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Nishiki extension for $150 per person, per night
www.oattravel.com/ jko the War Memorial of Korea, dedicated to the victims the Mapo district of Seoul. This evening, enjoy a Lesson with dance master Market, and Kinkakuji Temple. Later, meet
of the Korean War of the 1950s. Then, meet a North Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant. Enjoy a walking tour in the well-known a member of Kyoto’s Korean community
ITINERARY Korean defector who will discuss the Controversial B,L,D — Pacific Hotel or similar neighborhood of Asakusa. Later, we’ll have an to learn about the Controversial Topic of DAY • Return to U.S.
Topic of what life was like in one of the world’s most exclusive lesson in traditional Japanese dance. discrimination against ethnic Koreans in Japan. Transfer by airport shuttle to Osaka for your flight
DAY • Depart U.S. isolated and repressive regimes, and the challenges DAY • Seoul • A Day in the Life of B,L — Dormy Inn Korakuen or similar B — Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae or similar home, or to begin your Hiroshima: City of Peace post-
Depart today on an overnight flight from the U.S. they faced when they escaped. Yangpyeong village DAY • Tokyo • Bullet train to Nagoya • DAY £ • Kyoto • Tenryuji Garden • trip extension.
to Seoul, South Korea. B,L — Pacific Hotel or similar Today, experience A Day in the Life of Yangpyeong, B
a rural farming village where we’ll also enjoy a Train ride to Ise • Toba Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
DAY • Arrive in Seoul, South Korea DAY • Seoul • Grand Circle Foundation traditional lunch. After returning to Seoul, enoy Board the bullet train to Nagoya, followed by an Witness the scenic beauty of the Arashiyama
Arrive at your hotel in Seoul, where you’ll meet visit: Jusarang Community Church • dinner at a local restaurant. hour-long ride on the train to Ujiyamada Station. district, including the Tenryuji Temple, the
your fellow travelers, including those who took Controversial Topic: South Korean baby B,L,D — Pacific Hotel or similar Then, visit the Ise Shrine complex, structures Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and the sprawling
our Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar & the Gobi Desert or boxes • Home-Hosted Lunch dating back 2,000 years. Dinner is at our hotel, Nijo Castle Complex. This evening, enjoy a
or Vietnam: Hanoi & Halong Bay Cruise pre-trip Visit the Jusarang Community Church—supported DAY • Seoul • Visit the DMZ Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant.
To learn more about
extension. in part by Grand Circle Foundation—to Drive into the Demilitarized Zone (or “DMZ”) B,L,D — Dormy Inn Premium Kyoto Ekimae or similar this adventure, scan the
Pacific Hotel or similar learn how their services are making a between North and South Korea, and visit an QR code at right.
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