ASIA Traveling Well Includes…
• Multiple-night stays in premier hotels in Tokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, and at a hot springs resort and spa in Hakone
• Tokyo’s Edo-Tokyo Museum, Shinto music, Kagura dancing, taiko drums, and sumo wrestling
• Kyoto – a private home visit with tea ceremony and Origami demonstration, explorations with a local Geisha expert, visits to Nijo Castle, Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Kiyomizu Temple
• A cruise on Lake Ashi beneath Mt. Fuji; ceramics, glass-blowing, or flower arranging workshops or a whisky distillery tour in Hakone; sake tasting in Takayama; a guided tour of Kanazawa’s Kenroku-en Garden, one of Japan’s most revered landscaped gardens
• Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 29 meals, gratuities to local guides, service charges, admission fees, taxes and porterage
surrounded by mountains; the sculptures, many by famous artists including Rodin and Picasso, are thoughtfully juxtaposed against nature’s ever-changing landscape. Following your guided visit at the sculpture park, have lunch on the shore of Lake Ashi in advance of your boat cruise on the lake, an opportunity, weather permitting, for viewing Mt. Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain and a sacred Shinto site that for many is an enduring symbol of Japan. This afternoon settle into your hotel, where dinner, with your choice of Japanese or French cuisine, is served this evening at your leisure. Meals BLD
4. EXPLORING TRADITIONS IN HAKONE Today you have a choice of activities that will provide a glimpse into Japanese traditions. One possibility is to visit Gora Park, designed in 1914 in the French style, and attend a ceramics workshop or try your hand at glassblowing. Another possibility is to stay at the hotel and learn ikebana – Japanese flower arranging – with a teacher who gives a class and demonstration. You also have an opportunity to tour the Fuji-Gotemba Distillery, the world’s largest whisky distillery, sitting at the foot of Mt. Fuji. After lunch, spend a free afternoon enjoying Hakone according to your own inclinations. You might indulge in some pampering at your hotel’s spa or, doing as the Japanese do, take a dip in the healing hot springs (onsen). Tonight put on your yukata and relax over a special “homey” dinner at your hotel. Meals BLD
5. THE JAPANESE ALPS AND MATSUMOTO Travel north through the “Japanese Alps,” through winding valleys dotted with rice farms, lakes, rivers, and villages. In Kawaguchi, visit the Itchiku Kubota Art Museum to view a display of exquisite kimonos. Continue inland to the hot springs town of Matsumoto, where you’ll visit 400-hundred-year-old Matsumoto Castle, Japan’s oldest castle and a national treasure, also known as the “Crow Castle” because of its black exterior. Your hotel combines the authenticity of a traditional Japanese inn with the comforts of a luxury hotel. You may choose either a western or Japanese room, and dinner is a choice of French or Japanese cuisine. Meals BLD
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6. OLD TAKAYAMA AND A SAKE BREWERY Early this morning, head for Takayama, a mountain city long famed for its artisans and woodworkers. Do some sightseeing along the narrow lanes of its historic center followed by a lesson in sake making and a tasting at a local brewery. After lunch at a local restaurant known for its Hida beef, depart Takayama and continue on to Kanazawa, just inland from the Sea of Japan. Arriving here marks your having crossed all the way from one side of Japan’s main island of Honshu to the other. Meals BLD
7. GARDENS, ART, AND A SAMURAI HOME A full day’s sightseeing begins with a guided stroll through celebrated Kenroku-en Garden, considered among the country’s top three landscaped gardens. Then it’s off to the circular 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring experimental
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