-Member Only- GEO PARADISE Japan Trip 2023

Itinerary

Day 1 ｜Dec.19.Tue.

Tokyo Haneda Airport

Welcome to Tokyo! You will be met at the arrival gate by our representative greet you at the arrival exit over holding a name sign.

*Please ask for a breakfast option at the check-in if you needed.

Hoshinoya Tokyo Dining Infomation: 　https://hoshinoya.com/tokyo/en/dining/

7:00pm-🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Hoshinoya Nippon Cuisine

🅗 Hoshinoya Tokyo

Day 2｜Dec.20.Wed.

Tokyo Day Tour with English Speaking Guide with Private Vehicle

(Asakusa Sensoji Temple /Imperial Palace / Akihabara/ Harajuku etc…)

In the morning, you will be taken to the Imperial Palace, the current residence of Japan's Imperial Family and former site of the Edo Castle. It is surrounded by moats and stone fortifications, located in the heart of Tokyo.

Continue to Asakusa Kannon Temple, an active place of worship where you can see the largest paper lantern in Japan. You will also be able to explore the Nakamise Market, which is located right after the temple's outer gates. It is a traditional-style shopping street with several centuries of history.

Afterwards, make your way to the Tsukiji Outer Market, filled with shops and restaurants where you can try fresh produce and other food-related goods.

In the afternoon, we will visit TBA

5:00pm-🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Yakiniku Jumbo Shirokane

🅗 Hoshinoya Tokyo

Day 3｜Dec.21. Thur.

Tokyo Day Tour with English Speaking Guide with Private Vehicle

7:00pm-🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Tsukiji Sushi Iwa Tsukiji Branch

🅗 Hoshinoya Tokyo

Day 4｜Dec.22. Fri.

Tokyo - Kyoto

Kyoto 1day Tour ( Fushimi Inari /Kiyomizu Templ/Golden Pavilion)

Please check out the hotel by 7:50am and your tour guide will pick you up at the lobby.

We will depart to Kyoto on a Shinkansen bullet train ride, which can reach speeds of up to 300 km/hr.

Along the way, enjoy the changing scenery includes Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain of Japan.

After arriving Kyoto Station, meet your tour guide, we will start our tour of Kyoto, the former capital of Japan that holds priceless historical values. We will first visit the Fushimi Inari Shrine. The shrine is famous for its thousands of stunning vermilion torii gates that are lined along a 4km long tunnel, which was even featured in the film "Memoirs of a Geisha".

Afterwards, we will make our way to the Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavilion), known for its two top floors covered entirely in 18 carat gold leaves.

Tour ends at Arashiyama, Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel

7:00pm-🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Mama Arashiyama

🅗 Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel

Day 5｜Dec.23. Sat.

Nara Private Guided Tour -8hr. (Todaiji Temple, Kasugataisha Shrine, Nara Park)

Today, we will travel to Nara, where we will go to Todaiji Temple, the largest wooden building in Japan. The temple also houses one of the largest bronze statues of Buddha at 15 meters (49 feet) tall. Nearby, explore the surrounding Deer Park, filled with over 1,000 Sika Deer.

8:30pm 🍴Dinner (Pre-paid for Omakase Course): Giro Giro Hitosara

🅗 Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto

Day 6｜Dec.24. Sun.

Kyoto Free Day

Maiko Dinner (@Tokanso Restaurant)

Today,enjoy a pleasant walk through the attractive Arashiyama, known for its natural scenery such as Sagano Bamboo Forest, walking along Hozu River. Visit the Zen garden of the Tenryuji Temple, ranked first among Kyoto's five great Zen Temples.

<Point of interest>
Arashiyama Monkey Park

Toei Uzumasa Studio Park

Tea celemony experience

*Please ask for admission or advanced reservation.

*The private car driver will pick you up at the Hotel lobby at 5:00pm head to “Tokanso” traditional Japanese restaurant.

6:00pm 🍴Dinner: Maiko Performance with Kaiseki Dinner

Enjoy dinner with a maiko in a private room of an authentic Japanese restaurant savour a luxurious kaiseki multi-course dinner with all-inclusive drinks

Be entertained by a charming maiko dance show, enjoy playing traditional games geisha and maiko and take photos with the maiko

After dinner, same driver will be waiting at the fromt of the restaurant and drives to the hotel.

🍴Dinner (Tokanso)

🅗 Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto

Day 7｜Dec.25. Mon.

Kyoto - Himeji - Kurashiki

Please check out the hotel by 8:50am and your tour guide will pick you up at the lobby at 9:00am.

We will head to Himeji with private car. Enjoy a private, half-day tour of Himeji with a government-licensed guide. The nation's biggest and best-preserved feudal-era castle, Himeji-jo, is a landmark of the town. Many consider it to be the finest in the country, making it a worthy focus for a day trip to the area. Then, Stroll through Koko-en, a Japanese garden next to the castle.

After lunch, we will continue the road trip to next stop, Kurashiki.

7:000pm- 🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Kurashiki Kichou

🅗 Kurashiki Toutou

Day 8｜Dec.26. Tue.

Kurashiki Free Day

The main attraction in Kurashiki is its atmospheric Bikan quarter, an area of historic buildings along an old willow-edged canal, laneways lined with old wooden houses and shops, and perfectly preserved Edo period mills. Visiting Kurashiki Bikan is like takling a step back in time!

<Point of interest>

Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter

Canals were built to allow boats and barges to navigate between the city's storehouses and the nearby port. A central section of the city's former canal system has been preserved in the Bikan Historical Quarter (倉敷美観地区). The weeping willow trees that line the canal and the stone bridges that cross over the water make for a picturesque scene.

Ohara Museum of Art

The Ohara Museum of Art (大原美術館) was Japan's first museum of Western art. It is a private museum consisting of three adjacent buildings next to the canal and a separate building located in Ivy Square. The Main Gallery building was constructed when the museum was founded, and features most of the museum's highlights. On display are masterpieces of Western art by Picasso, El Greco, Gauguin, Modigliani, Rodin, Klee, Pollock and Kandinsky among others.

Kurashiki Denim Street

Okayama has been Japan's denim capital since the 1970s, and Kurashiki's textile heritage lives on in vintage-styled denim, especially in this quirky lane of popular Japanese clothing brands. Denim fanatics should come for the denim-hued ice-cream, burgers (¥350) and steamed buns – all tinted with natural blue dyes. Even the benches and bathroom are jeans-inspired.

7:00pm 🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Japanese Cuisine Kumo 

🅗 Kurashiki Toutou

Day 9｜Dec.27. Wed.

Kurashiki(Okayama Sta.) - Hiroshima - Miyajima

Please check out the hotel by 8:30am. The guide will you meet at Hotel at 8:45am for Okayama Station.

10:06am Okayama 🚅 10:42am Hiroshima ( Shinkansen Nozomi #7 Okayama - Hiroshima)

Hiroshima Private Guided Tour -(Peace Memorial Museum, Origami Crane Tower,etc)

After sightseeing Hiroshima city, please take ferry to Miyajima since car service is not allowed to enter the island.⛴ Miyajimaguchi Port to Miyajima Ferry terminal.

*Please ask to the guide to call Iwaso TEL:0829-44-2233 for a hotel shuttle transfer at Miyajima Ferry terminal before on boad.

6:00pm- 🍴Dinner (at Iwaso)

🅗 Miyajima Iwasho

Day 10｜Dec.28. Thur.

Miyajima Free Day

“Mother Ocean and the Island of the Gods” World Heritage

Itsukushima Shrine

Torii The shrine is located in a small inlet, while the torii gate is set out in the Seto Inland Sea. Paths lead around the inlet, and visitors enjoy walking along them while looking out onto the sea. After sunset, the shrine and the torii gate are illuminated daily until 23:00, providing a perfect backdrop for ryokan guests to enjoy an evening walk in yukata and geta sandals. It is not possible to enter the shrine after sunset though.

Miyajima Ropeway

Connects Momijidani Park with Shishiiwa on Mt. Misen, operates two types of aerial rope systems, both a circulatory and a reversible system. As the gondola proceeds over the primeval forest, passengers can enjoy a wonderful view of the Seto Inland Sea and on a clear day the faraway mountain ranges of Shikoku.

Omotesando Shopping Street

Offering many restaurants, souvenir shops, and various trial workshops, Omotesando, meaning "the main approach road to the shrine," is the best shopping street and trying the various food in Miyajima.

6:00pm- 🍴Dinner (at Iwaso)

🅗 Miyajima Iwasho

Day 11｜Dec.29. Fri.

Miyajima - Hiroshima - Osaka

After breakfast, please check out the hotel by 8:30am

9:00am Leaving hotel to Miyajima Ferry Port by Hotel shuttle

9:30am Miyajima⛴ Hiroshima🚌Hiroshima Sta.🚅 Shin Osaka Sta.

(Nozomi #92 Hiroshima 11:06AM - Shin Osaka 12:28PM)

12:40pm Drop off at the hotel

After checking in at the hotel, It’s a free time in an enchanting city Osaka!

Osaka Info

6:00pm- 🍴Dinner (Reservation only): Bifuteki Kawamura Premium Kitashinchi

🅗 Conrad Osaka

Day 12｜Dec.30. Sat.

Tour Ends

After breakfast, Please check out the hotel your own by 9:00am, and ahead to Shin-Osaka Station via Taxi. (Applox. 30 min.)

10:30am Shin-Osaka Station (Bullet Train Nozomi #10) 12:37pm Shin Yokohama Station

🍴Breakfast (Conrad Osaka)

Additional Information

Transport

• Travel by private coach/Bullet Trains between destinations.

• Ferry to/from Miyajima Island, because it’s not allowed to enter by hired car.

Meet and Greet

• At the Haneda international Airport Arrival gate

Accommodations

<Tokyo> Hoshinoya Tokyo

<Kyoto> Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel

＜Kurashiki＞ Toutou

＜Miyajima＞Iwaso

<Osaka> Conrad Osaka

Meal Requests

• Vegetarian or special meals may be arranged.