5-Day COUNTRY HOME STAY NEAR KYOTO
Few westerners are privy to staying in an elegant traditional country home to experience the essence of Japanese hospitality. Your host will take you around Kyoto, one of the few cities that survived the bombings. Enjoy a private home concert and a Shiatsu massage. Learn to wear a kimono, cook Japanese food and particpate in a tea ceremony.

5-Day EXCLUSIVE HOT SPRING GET-AWAY
Leave the hustle and bustle of Tokyo to enjoy one of Japan's exclusive hot spring resorts. Relax in a gorgeous ryokan (Japanese inn) amidst scenic mountains. Have a delicious Kaiseki dinner and rejuvenate in a therapeutic bath in the privacy of your own room. Enjoy a boat ride, hike and view Mt. Fuji up close.

5-Day FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE & WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Relax and enjoy the beauty of Japan's seaside at a local fisherman's house in a small seaside village. You are amongst the lucky few to stay in a real home, learn healthy Japanese cooking and share dinner with the local people to experience authentic Japan! Luxuriate in an outdoor bath overlooking the sea. Observe children practicing the 8th century Kagura Dance. It is performed to give thanks for a good harvest and as a purification ritual. A special treat is a visit the quilt museum to see quilts made from antique kimonos. See gorgeous pottery at an authentic pottery workshop - known among artists the world over.

14-Day AUTHENTIC JAPAN: Festivals & Country Home Stay
Osaka * Kyoto * Kameoka * Kanazawa * Takayama * Himeji * Osaka

Stay in an ancestral country home and experience Japanese living first hand! Your host will take you along the back streets of Kyoto to buy wood-block prints and antique kimonos where the locals shop! Explore Kyoto's temples, palaces, shrine markets and the geisha district. Have lunch at a Zen garden, visit a cloisonne museum. Relax in a local hot spring, meet artists and take the bullet train to charming Takayama, tucked in the Japanese Alps where you can hike or bike to craft markets. View Himeji Castle - perhaps Japan's most beautiful surviving feudal castle.

10-Day TASTE OF KOREA
Seoul * Gyeongju * Mt. Sorak * Seoul

Visit superb gardens, palaces, museums in Seoul, and ancient temples and fortresses at Gyeongju. Venture into lush green valleys and granite peaks of Mt. Sorak National Park. Explore a temple built during the Shilla dynasty. Tour the DMZ – a legacy of the conflict between North and South.

13-Day SOUTH & NORTH KOREA
Seoul * Gyeongju * Andong * Mt. Sorak * North Korea * Seoul

Tour Seoul, South Korea's center for business, education, and modern culture. Visit the open air museum at Gyeongju with its Ginseng Chicken and rejuvenating body scrub. Andong Village has preserved its 16th century architecture and people live in the original houses. Visit the mask museum and depending on when you visit, celebrate a local festival. Explore Mt. Sorak's craggy mountains, and numerous trails. Cross the border in to North Korea and view stunning Diamond Mountain. With 12,000 mountain peaks, valleys, waterfalls, and ponds, it is truly a phenomenal vision of nature.