VIVID COLOR FLOWERS TOUR
(Wisteria, Nemophila, Azalea, Shibazakura, etc)
Apr. 18 ~ 27 (8 nights, 10 days)

Date	Place and Hotel ♨=onsen	Activity	B	L	D
Apr. 18 (Sat.)		Depart Honolulu to Narita airport.
19 (Sun.)	NARITA NIKKO HOTEL	Arrive at Narita airport, then we go to the hotel.
20(Mon.)	MITO TERRAS GARDEN	From the hotel we visit Fukasaku Farm and enjoy strawberry picking. Then we visit the Aqua world-Oarai Aquarium, is One of Japan's biggest aquariums, its contain nearly 70,000 sea creatures, representative of around 580 different species. The main attraction is the performance “Iwashi life” of 20,000 sardines. After lunch we go to see Kamiiso Torii Gate, a famous scenic spot that faces the Pacific Ocean, it is said that’s where God had landed long, long ago. Then we go to the hotel.	×	×	×
21 (Tue.)	MITO TERRAS GARDEN	From the hotel we go to Hitachi Seaside Park, where you can see the main Nemophila (blue ground-covered flower) and Canola flower. (It is one of 31 Japan’s most beautiful places selected by CNN). Then we visit the Nakaminato Fish Market. Popular among locals and visitors alike, this fish market is known for its affordable prices and restaurants serving up local seafood. Lunch is sushi made with fresh fish. After lunch we visit the Museum of Umeshu and Sake Bessyun-kan, is the sake brewery which continues from the Edo Period. We can buy Sake, Shochu, Umeshu (Plum wine). Umeshu warehouse was established together with it, so it's possible to observe Umeshu warehouse. Then we go back to the same hotel.	×	×
22 (Wed.)	UTSUNOMIYA URBAN GRACE HOTEL	From the hotel we go to the Ryujin Suspension Bridge, is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in Japan. Thrilling is looking down at the Ryujin Dam Lake through the transparent peephole set in the middle of the bridge. Then we go to see the Fukuroda Falls is one of the three most beautiful in Japan. We can go through the Fukuroda Falls Tunnel to enjoy a special view of the waterfall. Lunch is the famous Gamecock Oyakodon. After lunch we visit the Ichikai-machi Shibazakura Park. A must-see is the panoramic view of the floral carpet from the observatory, where various shades of red, white, mauve and pink lawn cherry blossoms form beautiful patterns. Next go to Mashiko town, famous for its pottery. Visit the Mashiko Pottery Cooperative Selling Center. A sales facility that sells a wide range of pottery from high-end ones made by famous artists to more wallet-friendly ones. Then we go to the hotel.	×	×	×
23 (Thu.)	UTSUNOMIYA URBAN GRACE HOTEL	From the hotel we go to the Great Wisteria Festival in Ashikaga Flower Park. A must-see is the park’s magnificent 150-year-old wisteria tree, it has a canopy covering about 1,000sqm and features a jaw-dropping 80,000 individual purple blossoms. Also, during this time, more than 5,000 azaleas bloom in Ashikaga Flower Park. Then we visit the Kanuma City Kaboku Center to see about 30,000 lupines. After lunch we visit The Oya history museum. It is a museum built inside a massive former stone quarry in northwestern Utsunomiya. Next go to Bamboo Grove Wakayama Farm. Unlike Bamboo Grove of Arashiyama in Kyoto, you can enter the middle of the bamboo grove. Then we go back to the same hotel.	×	×
24 (Fri.)	TACHIKAWA HOTEL EMISIA	From the hotel we visit the Bonsai Museum. Many precious bonsai are displayed at this Bonsai Art Museum. Some bonsai are nearly 1000 years old and the bonsai that was owned by the past prime minister is displayed here. Then we go to the Kinbue Soy Sauce Park, is a soy sauce-themed interactive facility opened by Fueki Syoyu Brewing Co., Ltd, a long-established soy sauce manufacturer since 1789. lunch is try the specialty homemade Udon noodles with brewery-fresh soy sauce with a side of soy sauce malt. After lunch the factory tour learn you the process of making soy sauce. Next go to the Kawagoe Town, known as Little Edo. Its main street, lined with Kurazukuri (clay-walled warehouse-styled) buildings, retains an ambience reminiscent of an old town from the Edo Period (1603-1867) and allows us to imagine the streets from past centuries. We take a rickshaw ride around the town of Kawagoe.	×	×	×
25 (Sat.)	TACHIKAWA HOTEL EMISIA	From the hotel we visit the Shiofune Kannon Temple Azalea Festival. The 1,300 years old site is renowned for its myriads of multicolor azaleas (or rhododendrons) blooming in mass from mid-April to early May. Then we go to the hotel. After lunch we visit Kadokawa Culture Museum. One of the highlights will surely be the Bookshelf Theater Library a double-height space occupying sections of the 4th and 5th floor. With 8-meter (26 ft) floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, the soaring space will accommodate 50,000 books. Then we go back to the same hotel. After check-in hotel then you can enjoy shopping at places like, Isetan, Takashimaya, Mega Donki, Daiso, Uniqlo, etc. near the hotel.	×	×
26 (Sun.)	KAWAGUCHI HOTEL REGINA♨	From the hotel we visit the Fuji Fugaku Wind Cave. It is surrounded by the abundant greenery of the Aokigahara Jukai forest, the course of a 15 minutes sightseeing tour, one can see lava shelves, rope-like lava, and ice pillars that do not melt even in summer. Then we go to the Iyashi no Sato, stands on the site of a former farming village on the western shores of Lake Saiko. The village was destroyed by a landslide during a typhoon in 1966. Forty years later the village's traditional thatched roofed houses were reconstructed. Enjoy Yamanashi's specialty hoto for lunch. After lunch we visit the Ichiku Kubota art Museum, is three Michelin star art museum exhibits the kimono of textile artist Itchiku Kubota. Next go to the Fuji Sakura Mitsuba Azalea Festival. Fuji Sakura is a particularly beautiful and petite cherry tree that blooms at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The contrast between the pale pink of Fuji Sakura and the bright red-purple of Azalea It's really beautiful. And if the weather is good, you can also see with Mt. Fuji. Then we go to the hotel.	×	×	×
27 (Mon.)		From the hotel we go to the Fuji Shibazakura Festival, it is one of the most beautiful events in Japan celebrating spring, displaying the breathtaking scenery with 500,000 pink moss phlox against the backdrop of Mt Fuji. Next go to see Shiraito Falls, known as the Greatest Waterfalls in Japan. Clear water is gushing out of precipices between aged Fuji volcano layers and new Fuji volcano layers. Then we go to we go to Narita airport.	×

 HOTELS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO SAME OR BETTER CLASS
DUE TO THE WEATHER SITUATION THE TOUR COURSE MAY CHANGE
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