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Japan Alpine Route

Japan Alpine Route

Overview

TOKYO: Visit Asakusa Kannon Temple & Nakamise Dori Street | Visit Team Labs | Visit Shibuya Sky and Shibuya Crossing

HAKONE: Lake Ashi Cruise (Weather Permitting) | Owakudani Ropeway (Weather Permitting) | Visit Owakudani Valley (Weather Permitting)

ALPINE ROUTE: Alpine Tour | Visit Shirakawago Village

NAGOYA: Visit Nabana No Sato (24 Apr – 31 May) | Visit Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (01 Jun – 30 Sep) | Visit SCMaglev and Railway Park

KYOTO: Visit Nara & Deer Park | Visit Todaiji Temple | Visit Arashiyama Bamboo Forest | Experience Japanese Tea Ceremony | Visit Kinkakuji Temple | Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine

OSAKA: Visit Naruto Whirlpool including Cruise (Weather Permitting) | Free Time at Shinsaibashi

HIROSHIMA: Bullet Train Experience (Osaka – Hiroshima – Osaka) | Visit Miyajima Island (Visit Itsukushima Shrine and Photostop at the Floating Tori Gate) | Photostop at Atomic Dome | Visit Peace Memorial Park | Visit Peace Memorial Museum

Highlights

TOKYO: Visit Asakusa Kannon Temple & Nakamise Dori Street | Visit Team Labs | Visit Shibuya Sky and Shibuya Crossing

HAKONE: Lake Ashi Cruise (Weather Permitting) | Owakudani Ropeway (Weather Permitting) | Visit Owakudani Valley (Weather Permitting)

ALPINE ROUTE: Alpine Tour | Visit Shirakawago Village

NAGOYA: Visit Nabana No Sato (24 Apr – 31 May) | Visit Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (01 Jun – 30 Sep) | Visit SCMaglev and Railway Park

KYOTO: Visit Nara & Deer Park | Visit Todaiji Temple | Visit Arashiyama Bamboo Forest | Experience Japanese Tea Ceremony | Visit Kinkakuji Temple | Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine

OSAKA: Visit Naruto Whirlpool including Cruise (Weather Permitting) | Free Time at Shinsaibashi

HIROSHIMA: Bullet Train Experience (Osaka – Hiroshima – Osaka) | Visit Miyajima Island (Visit Itsukushima Shrine and Photostop at the Floating Tori Gate) | Photostop at Atomic Dome | Visit Peace Memorial Park | Visit Peace Memorial Museum

Inclusions

What your tour price includes?

TOKYO: Visit Asakusa Kannon Temple & Nakamise Dori Street | Visit Team Labs | Visit Shibuya Sky and Shibuya Crossing

HAKONE: Lake Ashi Cruise (Weather Permitting) | Owakudani Ropeway (Weather Permitting) | Visit Owakudani Valley (Weather Permitting)

ALPINE ROUTE: Alpine Tour | Visit Shirakawago Village

NAGOYA: Visit Nabana No Sato (24 Apr – 31 May) | Visit Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (01 Jun – 30 Sep) | Visit SCMaglev and Railway Park

KYOTO: Visit Nara & Deer Park | Visit Todaiji Temple | Visit Arashiyama Bamboo Forest | Experience Japanese Tea Ceremony | Visit Kinkakuji Temple | Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine

OSAKA: Visit Naruto Whirlpool including Cruise (Weather Permitting) | Free Time at Shinsaibashi

HIROSHIMA: Bullet Train Experience (Osaka – Hiroshima – Osaka) | Visit Miyajima Island (Visit Itsukushima Shrine and Photostop at the Floating Tori Gate) | Photostop at Atomic Dome | Visit Peace Memorial Park | Visit Peace Memorial Museum

  • Return economy class airfare as per the itinerary.
  • Accommodation at the hotels specified above or similar.
  • Visa & Airport taxes (Any further increase in the same must be borne by the guest).
  • Services of a professional & multilingual Tour Manager/ local representative. (Subject to minimum 20 customers)
  • The tour will operate on SIC Basis if there are less than 15 passengers booked on tour.
  • Cost of the ticket taxes for the above itinerary as of 1st Dec 2023.
  • Medical insurance for the duration of the tour is included in the tour price. However, any passenger above the age of 60 years and those who wish to extend their stay will be required to pay additional charges.
  • Meals, transfers, entrances, sightseeing, and surface transport as mentioned in the itinerary.

Exclusions

What your tour price does not include?

  • Compulsory tips for tour guide and driver: USD 5 per person per day
  • The cost of deviation, in case you want to deviate from the group departure dates mentioned in the brochure.
  • City Tax or Tourism tax
  • Visa charges for NRI passengers. (If applicable)
  • Cruise Gratuity (applicable for cruise holidays)
  • Cost of deviation will be advised on confirmation of the deviation date, in case you want to deviate from the group departure dates mentioned in the brochure.
  • The tour cost does not include POE charges, porterage and passport charges.
  • Cost of Basic Travel Quota equivalent to USD 10,000.
  • Govt Taxes & Service taxes as applicable.
  • The cost of airfare included in the above tour cost is based on the fare structure existing as on 1st Dec 2023. Any further increase in the airfare due to an increase in the fuel price, change in Government regulations, taxes, etc., charged by the airline will have to be borne by the passengers. SOTC will not be held responsible for the same.
  • Any increase in the rate of exchange leading to increase in surface transportation and land arrangements which may come into effect prior to departure.
  • The tour price is subject to increase without notice if this rate of exchange changes substantially prior to departure.
  • Any expenses of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, food and drink not in the regular menus provided by us.
  • Tips to guides, hotel waiters, drivers etc.
  • Meals other than what is mentioned in itinerary.
  • Cost of excursions, city sightseeing, entrance fees and local guides availed of by the passenger other than those included in your itinerary.

Accommodation

  • 1 night in Hilton Hotel / Ana Crowne Plaza / Nikko Hotel or similar in Narita
  • 1 night in Shiomi Prince Tokyo Bay / JAL City Toyusu / Sheraton Grande or similar in Tokyo
  • 1 night in Hotel Metropolitan / Hotel Buena Vista / Hotel Iroha Grand or similar in Nagano/Matsumoto
  • 1 night in Hotel Grand Terrace / Double Tree by Hilton or similar in Toyama
  • 1 night in Nagoya Tokyu Hotel / Nagoya Strings Hotel or similar in Nagoya
  • 4 nights in Ana Crowne Plaza / Sheraton Miyako / Quintessa Osaka Bay / Agora Regency Sakai or similar in Osaka.
  • NOTE: Child above 6 years of Age in Japan needs to be booked under Child with bed. 

Meals

  • Daily American breakfast. (Except Day 1 and Day 9)
  • 6 Lunches at Indian Restaurants
  • 1 Local Lunch at Japanese Restaurant
  • 1 Packed Lunch during Alpine Tour
  • 9 Dinners at Indian Restaurants
  • Note: Packed lunches, if applicable, will be Jain/vegetarian
  • (B–Breakfast / PB-Packed Breakfast / BR – Brunch / L-Lunch / LL–Local Lunch / LC-Lunch coupon / PL–Packed Lunch / D-Dinner / LD-Local Dinner).

 

Tour program

DAY
1
Arrive at Narita

Upon arrival, welcome by the Tour Manager/local tour guide and transfer from the airport to the hotel for check in. (Standard check in time 1400-1500 hrs).

Dinner at Indian Restaurant.

Overnight in Narita. (D)

Note: Joining direct passenger / NRI can check-in on your own at the hotel. The standard check-in time is 1500 hrs. Packed dinner will be provided in case of late arrivals of flight or long queue at the immigration. 

DAY
2
Visit Asakusa Kannon Temple & Nakamise Dori Street - Visit Team Labs - Visit Shibuya Sky and Shibuya Crossing

After breakfast, we proceed to visit Asakusa Kannon which is one of Tokyo's most colourful and popular temples and Nakamise Dori street which is one of Japan's oldest shopping streets.

Later, we visit Team Labs, which is a popular, immersive museum known for its colorful, futuristic digital art installations & photo ops. We then visit Shibuya Sky where you can see views of Tokyo at this 360° open-air observation deck at the rooftop and then walk through the busiest crossing in Tokyo known as Shibuya Crossing.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant with Roll Cake Tasting. (What’s More)

Overnight in Tokyo. (B, L, D)

DAY
3
Lake Ashi Cruise – Owakudani Ropeway – Visit Owakudani Valley (All sightseeing are Weather permitting)

After breakfast, we proceed to Hakone region. We take a cruise on the Lake Ashi and Owakudani ropeway and visit the Owakudani Valley, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant.

Overnight in Nagano/Matsumoto. (B, LL, D)

DAY
4
Alpine Tour

After breakfast, we proceed to the Alpine Tour. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine (pronounced “Alpen”) Route is known as the “Roof of Japan”. The route passes through the dynamic scenery of Mt. Tateyama in the Japan Alps and uses various modes of transportation such as Electric Bus, Kurobe Cable Car, Ropeway, Trolley Bus, Highland Bus, Tateyama Cable Car, Railroad etc.  It is traversed using a variety of vehicles with an elevation change from Toyama Prefecture to Nagano Prefecture.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant.

Overnight in Toyama. (B, PL, D)

DAY
5
Visit Shirakawago Village – Visit Nabana No Sato (24 Apr – 31 May) or Visit Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (01 Jun – 30 Sep)

After breakfast, we visit Shirakawago village known for its unique architecture as no nails or any other metal materials were used during the construction of the houses. We then proceed to Nagoya.

Visit Nabana No Sato (24 Apr – 31 May)

We visit Nabana No Sato which is a landscaped flower field with colourful blooms, night time displays of LED lighting.

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium (01 Jun – 30 Sep)

We visit Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium which is home to Orca killer whales, dolphins and Beluga Whales, and featuring marine life from Japan to Antarctica.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant.

Overnight in Nagoya. (B, L, D)

DAY
6
Visit SCMaglev and Railway Park - Visit Nara & Deer Park – Visit Todaiji Temple

After breakfast, we visit SCMaglev and Railway Park which is a hands-on museum looking at the past, present and future of Japan's railway systems and rolling stock.

Later we visit Nara Deer Park which is home to hundreds of freely roaming deer also known as “Messengers of God” and the Todaiji temple where you can see the temple’s best known relic “Daibutsu”.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant.

Overnight in Osaka. (B, L, D)

DAY
7
Visit Naruto Whirlpool including Cruise (Weather permitting) - Free Time at Shinsaibashi

 

After breakfast, we visit Naruto Whirlpool which is a natural phenomenon that occurs because of the harsh tidal currents caused by the tidal variation. Get an up-close look of the impressive whirlpools of Naruto from a small tide-watching boat.

In the evening, we visit Shinsaibashi - one of the most famous shopping streets in Osaka and Japan.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant with Sushi Tasting. (What’s More)

Overnight in Osaka. (B, L, D)

DAY
8
Visit Kinkakuji Temple – Visit Arashiyama Bamboo Forest – Experience Japanese Tea Ceremony – Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine

 

After breakfast, we visit the Kinkaku-ji Temple - a pagoda made to house the sacred relics of the Buddha which has given this temple the popular name of Kinkaku-ji (“Temple of the Golden Pavilion”). We then visit the world famous Arashiyama Bamboo Forest where the thick green bamboo stalks seem to continue endlessly in every direction and Visitors can stroll paths lined with endless rows of towering bamboo. Later, experience the famous Japanese Tea Ceremony which is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation & presentation of “MATCHA” powdered green tea. We also visit Fushimi Inari Shrine famous for its thousands of vermilions torii gates.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant with Ramen Noodles Tasting (What’s More).

Overnight in Osaka. (B, L, D)

DAY
9
Day Trip to Hiroshima – Bullet Train Experience (Osaka – Hiroshima – Osaka) – Visit Miyajima Island – Visit Itsukushima Shrine – Photostop at the Floating Tori Gate – Photostop at Atomic Dome – Visit

Collect Packed Breakfast and proceed for a Day Trip to Hirsohima.

Today, we take a bullet train ride from Osaka to Hiroshima. Upon arrival in Hirsohima, we proceed to the pier to take the ferry to the Miyajima Island and visit the Itsukushima Shrine, the centuries-old Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, the shrine is known worldwide for its iconic “Floating Tori (Gate)”. Later, we visit the Hiroshima Peace Park, Museum, and the Atomic Bomb Dome which is a part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and a designated UNESCO World Heritage. We return to Osaka via a bullet train from Hiroshima.

Dinner at Indian Restaurant.

Overnight in Osaka. (PB, L, D)

DAY
10
Departure

 

Today, we check out and proceed to the airport for your flight back home. It’s time to say goodbye to all the new friends you have made. We hope you take back many happy memories of your holiday. We would like you to spare a few minutes of your time to write and tell us how you enjoyed your holiday and any suggestions you may have for the future. (B)

Note: The normal check out time is 11:00pm. 

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