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Day 5 Travel overland to Hakone • A Day Following our cruise, we’ll enjoy an included
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hotel, then board a motorcoach for the trip and culture as we pass through the museum,
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Life experience. We’ll meet several Japanese discoveries.
housewives and we’ll explore the art of
We’ll enjoy dinner at our hotel this evening.
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noodles. After, locals will invite us into their Please note: Alternative activities may be
homes to get a glimpse of traditional life substituted for some of the visits described
here. Our small group size allows us to get above depending on weather conditions and
an authentic experience as we’ll have the museum hours.
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traditional meal.
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we’ll enjoy dinner at our hotel. transfer to the train station, where we
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high-speed train service that revolutionized
Japan travel.
Day 6 Hakone • Lake Ashi
The Japanese call this train the shinkansen.
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at our hotel, then we’ll visit Hamamatsuya, a
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the world, traveling at speeds of up to 200
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mph. For boarding, be prepared to stand at
who is the fourth generation in his family to
a precise location indicated by your coach
carry on this business. We’ll see the creation
and seat accommodations. The train stops
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exactly where indicated and sure enough, your
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coach is right in front of you. We’ll board the
complex inlaid designs. After, we’ll have the
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we may have. Later this morning, we
on the Limited Express train. We’ll enjoy
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views of Japan’s rolling countryside and
permitting—we may catch a glimpse of
modern cityscapes along our route. Lunch
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is on your own today and we suggest doing
destinations.
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