Welcome to Japan! After your border and customs formalities an assistant (usually Spanish speaking, but sometimes in English) will be waiting for you. Transfer by SHUTTLE BUS to your hotel. Free time at leisure. In the afternoon you will receive information about the start of your tour.
In the morning, we will take a long tour, lasting about five hours, with our guide through this simply breathtaking city! Its frenetic activity, its avant-garde neighbourhoods coexist with peaceful areas. We will make a brief stop at Zojoji Temple to photograph the most beautiful image of the Tokyo Tower. The hundreds and hundreds of Jizos, deities carved in stone and considered guardians of children, adorn themselves with woollen hats, bibs and windmills. We will then head to the famous Shibuya crossing, said to be the busiest crossing in the world. We will go to the Meiji Temple dedicated to the spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife. We will continue our bus along the elegant Omotesando Avenue. We will drive through the most beautiful part of the Imperial Palace and gardens. We will stop to visit the famous Nijubashi Bridge. We will cross the district of Akihabara, the ‘Electric City’, the centre of Japanese Manga and Anime; we will pass the Kokugikan, the Sumo stadium, the Japanese sport. We will finish our tour in Asakusa, visiting the Sensoji Temple and the famous Nakamise Street. Lunch included at a local restaurant. Return to the hotel.
18.30 hrs.- Meet our guide at the hotel reception, we will take the underground (tickets included) to Shinjuku area. Afterwards, we will take a walk to the restaurant to discover this lively nightlife area. Dinner included at a local restaurant. Return to the hotel again by underground accompanied by our guide.
We travel towards the beautiful Mount Fuji area. Beautiful scenery on our route. We first visit ARAKURAYAMA SENGEN PARK, with its beautiful pagodas, from here we get the best and most famous views of Mount Fuji. After that we continue to KAWAGUCHIKO, an idyllic town of small houses, flowers and mountains next to its beautiful lake. Upon arrival we will visit the FUJI SENGEN SHRINE, a magical place where the pilgrimage to Mount Fuji traditionally began. We will give thanks at the shrine for being able to visit this magical place. Afterwards we will take a boat trip on Kawaguchiko Lake. Afterwards we start our ascent to Mount Fuji along the road that takes us to the ‘fifth station’, where we reach the height of 2305 metres, amidst spectacular forests and views.
Note: In winter the route to Mount Fuji is often closed due to snow or other weather conditions; at these times we will reach the point where we are allowed.
Return to Kawaguchiko, you will still have time to stroll around the lake. We will stay in a Ryokan (traditional Japanese hotels), enjoy your ONSEN (public bath). Dinner included.
Note: In the planned Ryokan some rooms are Japanese style, tatami mat accommodation and some are Western style. On some occasions, accommodation may be given in western style hotel.
In the morning, following beautiful road that contours lakes we meet IYASHI NO SATO NENBA, this small village was destroyed by a cyclone in 1966, later recovered as an open-air museum-traditional mountain village. Its typical houses have been transformed into handicraft shops, restaurants and traditional museums. We then admire the SHIRAITO WATERFALLS, considered to be one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Japan, with its 20-metre waterfall. Continue to the Nagoya region, including the entrance to the TOYOTA MUSEUM, a must for car lovers. Continuation to KYOTO, arrival and accommodation.
We will spend the whole day in the city that was the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868 and was the seat of the Imperial Court. This city, during the Second World War, was the only major Japanese city that was not bombed, for this reason it preserves its rich artistic heritage; in Kyoto was signed in 1997 the protocol that seeks to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. We will include a tour of the main sights of the city. During the tour we will visit Arashiyama, we will see the Togetsukyo Bridge, which means ‘bridge that crosses the moon’, from where you can admire a wonderful panorama. We will visit Tenryuji, one of the ‘five great Zen temples of Kyoto’, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, then walk through its mystical bamboo forest. We will visit the wonderful Shinto shrine of Fushimi Inari; the Imperial Palace and the temple of Kinkakuji, ‘the golden pavilion’ with its magnificent gardens (the order of the places visited can be changed).
Afterwards, time for a stroll through GION, the lively traditional quarter popular for its Geisha. Free time at leisure.
Departure to NARA, visit Todaiji, a magnificent Buddhist temple built in 752, with a giant Buddha, and enjoy photographing, caressing and feeding the fawns that roam the park. Lunch included in a local restaurant. Afterwards we will leave to visit the Buddhist temple of HORYUJI, a World Heritage Site, a complex of seminary, monasteries and temples, its main pagoda temple is one of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world, it is considered the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan and is an important place of worship.
Continue to OSAKA, arrival in the early afternoon. Stay in this modern city, the second largest in Japan. We will take a walk in Dotonbori, a district full of lights and activity at night.
After breakfast, end of our services.
