Date

Place and Hotel

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Activity

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APR.

4

(Thu.)

Depart Honolulu to Narita.

5

(Fri.)

NARITA

VIEW HOTEL♨

After arriving at Narita airport go to hotel not far away. You can go to Aeon Mall for shopping, buying dinner.

6

(Sat.)

KINUGAWA

ASAYA♨

Leaving Narita go to Ibaraki pref. Visit Ushiku Daibutsu, a tall Buddha statue which you can go up inside with the elevator. Next visit Oya History Museum in Utsunomiya, once a old mining site for Oya stone during the Edo period has now been turned into a historical museum with event space built inside.  Then go to onsen hotel within Kinugawa Hotspring district in Nikko.       

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7

(Sun.)

KINUGAWA

ASAYA♨

First visit Tobu World Square, a theme park with smaller scale models of world famous buildings, including Unesco-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites. Next visit Nikko Edomura, a japanese cultural theme park showing the life and culture of the Edo period. Next is the Kinu-Tateiwa Otsuribashi suspension bridge, quite a long bridge you can walk across with a beautiful view of the Kinugawa river.  Next is the Kinugawa onsen Ropeway / Osaru no Yama, see monkeys at the peak and nice view of the surrounding mountains. Next go to a strawberry farm where you can enjoy picking & eating fresh & sweet strawberries. Then go back to same hotel.

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8

(Mon.)

HOTEL BELNATIO♨

After check out of the hotel visit Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine and the final resting place of the founder and first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. One of the stunning features of this shrine are the colorful, decorative wood carvings with some gold leaf, that's at the gates and exterior walls of several buildings.  Next go to see Kegon Falls, one of the Three Great Waterfalls of Japan. Next go to Gunma pref., see Fukiware Falls, some call it the Japanese Niagara Falls. Then go to hotel with onsen.

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9

(Tue.)

HOTEL BELNATIO♨

After leaving the hotel go to Tanigawadake Ropeway in Minakami, Gunma and see the mountain views, you can still see snow. Next visit Takumi no Sato, with traditional farmhouses and craft shops, you can do hands-on experience making washi japanese paper.  Then go back to same hotel.

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10

(Wed.)

NIIGATA

DIASMONT NISHI♨

From the hotel visit Nishikigoi Village, see lots of carps in the viewing aquarium and in the garden pond. Ojiya's beautiful water and centuries of selective breeding have created the Nishikigoi carps. Next visit Hotokusan Inari Taisha, a very big shrine in Nagaoka which has history dating back to the Jomon period. Next visit the Niigata Furusato Village, a large tourism facility where there are shops selling Niigata specialities and a corner providing historical and cultural information. Next visit Imayotsukasa Sake Brewery that still uses the traditional way of brewing sake. Then go to hotel.

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11

(Thu.)

SADO

FAMILIO HOTEL♨

After leaving the hotel go to Niigata port to ride the ferry and go to Sado island (Ryotsu port). After arriving on Sado island visit Toki no Mori (Toki Forest Park), a conservation park and museum where you can see the crested ibis(toki).  Next visit Sado Kinzan(Sado gold mine), it is the remains of a once flourishing large gold and silver mine on the island.  Then go to see Kitazawa Flotation Plant Ruins, it is the site where the final stages of gold mining takes place, an ore beneficiation plant facility.  Next go to Mano Park, one of the best sakura viewing spots on Sado.  Then go to hotel. 

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12

(Fri.)

HOTEL SELAN♨

From the hotel go to Shukunegi, with it's wooden houses, narrow alleys and canals. Take a walk in this old and well-preserved fishing village, famous for shipbuilding. Next go to Ogi port, you can ride the Taraibune (big wooden tub-shaped boat). Next ride the ferry back to Niigata (Naoetsu port), then go to hotel at Yomase onsen.

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13

(Sat.)

HOTEL SELAN♨

After check out of the hotel visit Ueda Castle Remains, was built by Sanada Masayuki in 1583, during the Sengoku period by the Sanada clan. Ueda Castle Park is one of Nagano's top sakura viewing spots. For lunch at Kinoko Mura Miyama, a place famous for kinoko (mushroom) ryori. Next visit a Hokusai Museum featuring paintings & wood-block prints by the famous ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. Next visit the Suzaka City Zoo, not that big but you can see many kinds of animals. You can see the Capybaras (a cute large rodent) taking a bath in open-air onsen. Then go back to same hotel.

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14

(Sun.)

KARUIZAWA

PRINCE HOTEL

After leaving the hotel visit Zenkoji temple, it houses the first Buddhist statue to come to Japan and one of the most important and popular temples in Japan. It is Japan's primary center of Buddhist faith. Next go to Nagano station, ride a Shinano Railways luxurious train Rokumon and go to Karuizawa. Then go to hotel.

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15

(Mon.)

KARUIZAWA

PRINCE HOTEL

After check out of the hotel go to Kusatsu onsen, watch Yumomi a centuries-old method used to cool down the hot spring water to bathing temperature without diluting cold water and reducing its special qualities. Stirring the water using large wooden paddles by the Yubatake (hot water field).  Next go to Onioshidashi Park, features a landscape of volcanic rocks that gives it a unique and rugged appearance. The park is shaped by volcanic sediment deposited here during the 1783 big eruption of Mt. Asama.  Next go to see Shiraito Falls, a peaceful natural area featuring a small arc-shaped waterfall framed by mountain slopes.  Then go to hotel.

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16

(Tue.)

After leaving the hotel go to Naritasan Omotesando Street, the path that leads up to the Naritasan Shinshoji temple is lined with traditional shops and eateries. Next go to Aeon Mall before going to the airport for any last minute shopping.  Then go to Narita airport for your departure flight to Honolulu.

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