Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Japan Travel

Itinerary
May 12 (Fri) 8:00-8:15am Driving to JFK

  • 12:47pm Leaving New York (JFK)
May 13 (Sat) 3:35pm Arriving Narita Airport
May 14 (Sun) Tokyo
May 15 (Mon) Full day excursion English bus tour
  • Tour No.F300 Nikko – World Heritage Full day by Motorcoach
  • Yaesu Fujiya Hotel (tel: 011-81-3-3273-2111)
May 16 (Tue) Full day excursion English bus tour
May 17 (Wed) Tokyo
May 18 (Thr) Leaving to Kansai by a Bullet Train
  • Either AM Tokyo sightseeing  PM leaving to Kyoto (2.5~3 hour train ride)
  • Or AM leaving to Kyoto  PM Kyoto sightseeing?
  • Kyoto Hotel Granvia (near Kyoto Station) (tel.: 011-81-7-5344-4333)
May 19 (Fri) Kyoto
  • AM City bus tour in English
  • PM Kyoto Hotel Granvia (tel.: 011-81-7-5344-4333)
May 20 (Sat) Kyoto
May 21 (Sun) Osaka
  • AM
  • PM
  • Eve.: leaving to Kawachinagano
  • Kawachinagano-so* tel.: 011-81-7-2162-6666 (Japanese style)
May 22 (Mon) Driving to Kobe / Awaji Island / Arima hot spring resort

May 23 (Tue) Driving to Miyajima (World-Heritage site of a big torii, shrine gate) /
  • Hiroshima (Genbaku Dorm, an atomic-bomb site and peace memorial park, etc.)
  • Hotel: Riga Royal Hiroshima (tel. 011-81-8-2502-1121)
May 24 (Wed) Driving to Okayama Korakuen (traditional Japanese garden) /
May 25 (Thu) Driving to Himeji (most beautiful samurai castle) ~
May 26 (Fri) Nara and/or Wakayama
May 27(Sat) AM: Kawachinagano (1:30pm driving to Kansai Airport)
  • 5:55pm Leaving from Kansai Airport
  • 4:03pm Arriving Chicago
  • 5:50pm Leaving Chicago to Hartford
  • 8:53pm Arriving Hartford