Date	Place and Hotel ♨=onsen	Activity	B	L	D
May 10 (Tue.)		Depart Honolulu to Kansai airport.
11 (Wed.)	KANSAI AIRPORT HOTEL NIKKO	After arriving at Kansai airport, go to hotel that's connected to the airport terminal. There is a convenience store and some eating place nearby.
12 (Thu.)	TOKUSHIMA CLEMENT HOTEL	From the hotel go to Awaji-Oshima. Visit the Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park, you can experience the magnitude 9 earthquake shake. Lunch is Awaji beef sukiyaki, a sukiyaki pot is set per person. Then go to see the Naruto Whirlpools, they are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto strait, a channel between Naruto and Awaji Island. Enjoy the viewing cruise of the Naruto Whirlpools. Next go to Awa-odori Kaikan and watch a performance on stage. Then go to hotel.	×	×	×
13 (Fri.)	KOCHI RICHMOND HOTEL	From the hotel go to a unique riverside town for the unexplored region of the world Nagoro Scarecrow Village. Filled with hundreds of life-sized dolls instead of residents who are the declining population. Then see the Ochiai Village Observatory where you can see the mountain village. During the old battle where the samurais that lost, it is said they hid & lived there. Next go to see Kazurabashi in Iya valley, a suspension bridge made of mountain vines. Lunch is Iya Soba. Then go to hotel in Kochi. The hotel is right next to the shopping arcade so you can enjoy walking & shopping. Dinner is at Hirome Ichiba with food stalls & shops lined up with Kochi’s specialties, select what you would like to eat.	×	×	×
14 (Sat.)	KOCHI RICHMOND HOTEL	From the hotel visit Ryugado Cave, it is a cave with various sculpture shapes that is naturally formed one after another throughout the endless time. Next visit Nishijima Farm, see how they grow the melons then you can eat their fresh, sweet melon. Visit a Katsuo Tataki Dojo (grilled bonito – skipjack tuna), experience making the seared bonito that you grill yourself and eat it freshly made. Visit Katsurahama, see a statue of the local samurai hero Sakamoto Ryoma with nice beach views. Next visit Kochi Castle. The castle is the Makiki Christian Church model. Then return to same hotel.	×	×
15 (Sun.)	UWAJIMA CLEMENT HOTEL	From the hotel go to Kochi's Sunday market, this weekly market has been a part of life in Kochi city for well over 300 years. There are varieties of shops & stalls, about 300 that lines the road. Lunch is your choice at restaurant. Next go to Tosa-Taisho station. From Tosa-Taisho station ride a sightseeing train, the Shiman Torokko trolley train that runs along the Shimanto river with a great scenery and go to Ekawasaki station. Then go to go to hotel in Uwajima. Dinner is Uwajima specialty Tai (sea bream) meshi teishoku (set meal).	×	×	×
16 (Mon.)	IMABARI KOKUSAI HOTEL♨	From the hotel visit a pearl farm famous in Uwajima, take a pearl culture experience tour. You can learn while actually experiencing the process of making pearls and how to distinguish pearls. You can take the pearl you took out during the tour as an accessory gift. Then go to Uchiko, the townscape is preserved and still exactly as it was in the old days. Uside over a length of about 600m as they were in old times. Visit Uchiko-za theater, Museum of commercial & domestic life, and paper-making workshop. Watch traditional craft masters & artisans and their paper making process. Lunch is Tonkatsu using Uchiko pork. Next go to Ishidatami area. In the unchanging scenic landscape of Ishidatami lies the memory of every Japanese person’s childhood, visitors from urban areas recall with some nostalgia the scenery they knew long ago when they visit Ishidatami.　Then go to hotel.	×	×	×
17 (Tue.)	IMABARI KOKUSAI HOTEL♨	From the hotel take a tour of the Shimanami Kaido which between Shikoku & Hiroshima there is 6 islands and is connected with 7 bridges. Next go to Oshima Mt. Kiro Observatory Park, the best view spot of the Shimanami Kaido. Then go to Murakami Pirate Museum, it presents the maritime history of the pirates known as “the lords of the sea" who were in control of the Seto Inland Sea during the Sengoku period. Then go to Omishima to see a Salt Factory. Then from Mori port ride a ferry and go to Okunoshima Rabbit Island, presently is inhabited by a large population of rabbits. You can feed the rabbits. Next return to Mori port. Lunch is your choice at restaurant. Go to Ikuchijima, see Lemon Valley – a big stretch of lemon fields and the lemon blossoms in bloom during this season, and to Miraishin no Oka (Hill of Hope), a stone park made of carved Italian marble, and to Kosanji – a unique temple of replicas of famous temple buildings put together. Then return to same hotel.	×	×
18 (Wed.)	TAKAMATSU DAIWA ROYNET	From the hotel go to Imabari Towel Labo, you can learn about the Imabari towel 5-second rule about a precipitation method of placement in water. Next go to see Besshi Copper Mine Ruins, was once a rich source of copper in Niihama, Ehime pref. It is known as the Machu Picchu of the East. It is a unique copper mining theme park, you can ride a small scenic train on a tiny train line. Lunch is special Sanuki Udon. Then visit Takaya Shrine, famous as a Torii (gate) in the sky. Also the location was used in a anime. Next visit Ritsurin Garden, one of the most famous beautiful historical gardens in Japan. Then go to hotel.	×	×	×
19 (Thu.)	TAKAMATSU DAIWA ROYNET	From the hotel cross over the Seto Ohashi bridge that connects Okayama and Shikoku and go to Kojima, a cotton town. In the beginning started from socks to school uniforms then changed to making jeans so now it is known as a Jeans town. Visit Jeans Street and a School Uniform Museum, you can try on the school uniform and take picture. Lunch is at Tamano City Hall cafeteria, you can select whatever you’d like to eat. Experience what the usual meals that the salaryman eats. At 12:15 Uno port ride the ferry and go to Naoshima island known as Japan's Art Island. Art House Project. In this project, artists take empty houses scattered about residential areas and turn the spaces themselves into works of art, weaving in history and memories of the period when the buildings were lived in and used. Next at 17:00 catch a ferry and go to Takamatsu and return to same hotel.	×	×
20 (Fri.)	SHODOSHIMA BAY RESORT HOTEL♨	From Takamatsu port ride a ferry and go to Shodoshima. See the Angel Road which you can see and walk across at low tide. Then go to see Nakayama rice fields, there are about 800 large and small rice fields that have been selected as one of the "100 Best Rice Terraces in Japan". Next visit the Olive Garden, Shodoshima is the birthplace of olive cultivation in Japan. Then go to ride Kankakei ropeway. Kankakei is one of Japan's three major canyon beauty, a symbol of Setonaikai National Park. Lunch is your choice at restaurant. Next visit Yamaroku Soy Sauce, it’s made the old-fashion way with high quality, all natural ingredients and a long fermentation period. After a short tour of the shoyu factory, you can try their shoyu pudding. Then go to hotel.	×	×	×
21 (Sat.)	KOBE CROWN PALAIS HOTEL	From the hotel visit Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village, the scenery of the early Showa period is waiting for you. Take a step into the village, and slip back into the nostalgic Showa era. At 11:20 from Shodoshima port catch a ferry and go to Kobe, about 3 hours ride enjoy the scenery of the Seto Inland Sea. Lunch is Shodoshima bento on the ferry. In Kobe check-in to the hotel then you can enjoy shopping, places like Aeon, Daiso, Uniqlo, etc. near to the hotel.	×	×
22 (Sun.)		From hotel go to Minatogawa market. 2 one market and 3 one shopping street are connected, and it is crowded as "the largest market in Kobe" where stores of about 400 shops line up. There are shops in various genres. Is it consistent with the market price, the price is cheap as a whole, it is very convenient for you to shop separately according to the item. It is a bit different from the image of modern and stylish Kobe, people fascinated by the nostalgic feel and downtown feeling drifting downtown feeling. Lunch is world famous Kobe beef steak. Then go to Kansai airport for your departure flight to Honolulu.	×	×