15 Days
Osaka * Kyoto * Country Home Stay * Tokyo * Himeji or Kakunodate * Fuji or Soma * Tokyo

The ancient culture of the samurai in Japan created extremes of immense beauty and brutality. Experience ultimate Japanese hospitality while staying in an ancestral country home and learn about the brave and honorable samurai warriors. Explore the contrasts of Japan from Tokyo's ultramodern high rises to Kyoto's ancient pathways. Visit shrine markets and the old geisha district and new Japan's hi-tech, pop culture and cutting edge art and architecture. Enjoy a private koto (Japanese harp) performance and kendo (Japanese fencing) passed down from the samurai. Visit temples and shrines dedicated to famous samurai lords and legends. See the courtly masked noh (musical drama), stay in a ryokan, a Japanese style inn and learn proper sushi etiquette. Admire the cherry blossoms while relaxing in an invigorating hot spring bath with up close views of Mt. Fuji and Himeji - perhaps the best castle architecture in all of Japan! Or rejuvenate in the therapeutic baths in the Japanese Alps and tour an Edo-period town with original, well preserved samurai residences.

TOUR CODE: JS
TOUR DATES:
2010: Apr 25 - May 9, Jul 11 - 25
2011: Apr 27 - May 11, Jul 11 - 25

2010 TOUR PRICES:
Land Package: $7560 (6+ members)
+$80 (4-5 members)
+$320 (3 members)
+$730 (2 members)
Single Supplement: $1050

Approx. International Air: $1690 (Los Angeles / Osaka, Tokyo / Los Angeles)

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