Japan & South Korea Tour

Welcome to our South Korea and Japan Tour! Today you will be departing from USA to visit 2 beautiful countries which are rich in culture and heritage.

Upon flight to Incheon Airport in Seoul, you are met by our representative and transferred to your Hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.

Meals & Drinks : Dinner

Morning city tour of Seoul provides a facinating insight into ancient and modern Seoul. The tour includes Passing by the Blue House (Presidential residence), visiting Gyeongbok Palace (built in 1395 by the first King of the Joseon Kingdom), Folklore Museum and Jogyesa Temple.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast your guide will meet you in the hotel lobby for your tour to a traditional Korean folk village. The Korean Folk Village is a living museum where you can enjoy live performances where highlights the traditional customs and culture of 19th century Chosun Dynasty Korea. The hand crafted reconstructed village provides an unique glimse into the diverse architectural structures of the wealthy aristocrats and the humble dwelling of the farmers.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Our Driver will meet you at the hotel and transfer you to Incheon airport for your departure flight to Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo is a dynamically modern metropolis that nearly 12 million people call home. Exciting stimulating and safe, Tokyo offers a treasure trove of ever-unfolding surprises and discoveries that beguile the resident and visitor alike. Covering more than 800 square miles (2,000 square kilometers), it is an enormous, fascinating entity unto itself. Arrive at Narita Airport in Tokyo, you are met by your tour assistant and transferred to your hotel. The rest day is at your leisure.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Morning City tour of Tokyo visiting a number of the main highlights of this magnificent City. The tour includes a visit to the Tokyo Tower where you can enjoy panorama views across the city from the observation tower. We proceed to the peaceful picturesque setting of the Meiji Shrine considered to be one of the finest example of Shinto Architecture set in thick woodland. Next we visit the 'Akasaka Guest House'for a photo opportunity. The Guest House is a magnificent 'Western Style Palace' built in the Baroque Architectural style. We then drive alongside the imposing National Diet Building, which is home to the Japanese House of Parliament. Our tour continues across Tokyo to the Imperial Palace East Garden, where we enjoy a pleasant walk in the East Garden of the Imperial Palace, which is filled with scenic and historic beauty. (Alternatively for tours on Monday & Friday we will visit the Imperial Palace plaza and famous Double bridge instead of the East Garden, including a visit to the inner moat and towering Palace walls surrounded by pine trees). Our tour will continue with a drive and stroll along Ginza high street, the famous shopping area of Tokyo. Our tour will disband at Ginza giving you the opportunity for shopping (we also recommend you visit the Sony Centre building to see the futuristic electronics on display. Ginza is also convenient for the subway to explore further. Afternoon – We proceed for 30 minuteSumida river cruise to the famous Asakusa Kannon Temple, and then visit Ueno amusement & shopping district & Akihabara shopping district famous for selling all kinds of electronic products where bargaining is expected.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast we proceed for full day tour excursion to Nikko . The tour involves taking a Deluxe motorcoach to Nikko National park, a designated World Cultural Heritage site and home to some of the most spectacular examples of ancient 17th-century Architecture in Japan. The tour includes a visit to the magnificent Toshogu shrine, which houses the Mausoleum of the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. We will see the Five-Story Pagoda, Niomon Gate, Three Monkeys, Yomeimon Gate and Main Sacred Hall. We then travel along the scenic Irohazaka hairpin driveway for Japanese style lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch we travel to the spectacular Kegon waterfall which is 100 meters in height. We continue our tour with a scenic drive alongside Lake Chuzenji (reported to be 161.5 meters deep) and MT Nantai.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast we go by deluxe motorcoach on Mount Fuji. Along the way you will enjoy scenery of rural Japan, panoramic views of thePacific Ocean and mountainous peaks. From our vantage point on the 5th station on MT Fuji, we will enjoy spectacular views (weather permitting). Lunch will be provided at a Hotel/Restaurant in Hakone. In the afternoon we proceed to the Hakone National Park where we will take a cable car ride with the opportunity to see the magnificent volcanic Hakone mountain range below. We will then travel to the Owakudani Boiling Valley where you will see ancient volcanic craters with sulfurous fumes and clouds of steam spiraling from crevasses across the mountain side giving a truly mystical image. We then proceed with our tour for a boat cruise on Lake Ashi, which is set in serene natural beauty, where weather permitting spectacular views of Mount Fuji can be seen silhouetted in the lake. Proceed to Odawara and take the Shinkansen (Bullet train) to Kyoto.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast we go to Kyoto including a visit to the Kinkakuji temple (Golden Pavilion) centred around one of the best examples of a Japanese Zen gardens in the world, Nijo Castle residence of the Tokugawa Shogun built in 1603, Nijo Castle is noted for its Ornate interior and 'nightingale floor' designed to sing when stepped upon to warn of Ninja assassins. (When closed visit Ryoanji temple). We then travel to the Old Kyoto Imperial Palace (on Sat/Sun & national holidays visit Kitano Tenmangu Shrine or Hagashi Honganji temple instead). Finally we explore the Kyoto Handicraft Center where we enjoy demonstrations of Japanese traditional arts and crafts. Tour ends at the handcraft centre who provide an optional free return to your hotel in Kyoto or take optional tour to Nara (enquire at time of booking to include this tour in your itinerary). The afternoon tour included lunch at the Kyoto handicraft centre, visit to the Todaiji temple housing the Great Buddha, Kasuga Shinto Shrinewith 3,000 lanterns and Nara Deer Park.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast we go for tour to the colourful Heian Shrine and inner garden and ponds,Sanjusangendo Hall, a renowned long wooden hall housing all of 1,001 statues that date back to the 13th century and magnificent Kiyomizu Temple with spectacular views across the entire city.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast we go full day tour to Hiroshima. Visit the Peace Memorial Park, the Island of Miyajima and Torii Gate. The Abomb Dome stands in the northeast corner of Peace Park. The park is dotted with dozens of memorials and monuments. Each has a story to tell about the people who once lived here. In the center of the park lies the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims designed by TANGE Kenzo, the architectural designer of the park and museum. How he got involved in Hiroshima and how his design evolved is a fascinating story. Hiroshima Peace Center was his first major commission and is considered a masterpiece.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast Lunch Dinner

You will be met at the hotel and transferred to the futuristic Kansai International Airport in Osaka for your departure to the USA.

Meals & Drinks : Breakfast