Japan Tour 8 Nights – 10 Days with Miat Airlines

1. DAY. Istanbul – Ulan Bator-Tokyo 16:20 14:30+1 Today at 13:00, we meet with our representative at Istanbul Airport, International Departures Terminal. After ticket and passport procedures, we depart at 16:20 with MIAT Airlines' scheduled flight to Tokyo, Japan via Ulan Bator. We spend the night on the plane. 2. DAY. Arrival in Tokyo (NARITA) 14:30 Upon arrival in Tokyo at 14:30, we will be met at the airport and transferred to the city center. We start our city tour of Tokyo. Our sights include ASAKUSA Temple and Ginza Street. At the end of the tour, we will proceed to our hotel. Overnight stay at our hotel. OUR HOTEL: APA Hotel Tokyo 3* vb 3. DAY. FUJI MOUNTAIN-HAKONE TOUR [ extra ] After breakfast at our hotel this morning, we have free time. For our guests who wish, we have an Extra Tour. HAKONE-FUJI VOLCANO-ASHI LAKE FULL DAY 200 USD LUNCH INCLUDED (Japanese Cuisine) Our tour starts at 07:30 from our hotel with our private bus. The trip will last all day as we head towards Hakone/FUJI mountain, where we receive information about Japan from our guide, reaching the foothills of Fuji Mountain. We will ascend to the point known as 5th Station, from where we will view the FUJI scenery. Afterward, we will have a LUNCH break, featuring special flavors of JAPANESE cuisine. We will move to the shores of ASHI LAKE, which is one of Japan's sacred lakes and protected by UNESCO, where we will participate in a boat tour. At the end of the tour, we will return to TOKYO in the evening. Overnight at our hotel. OUR HOTEL: APA Hotel Tokyo 3* vb 4. DAY. TOKYO KAMAKURA - BAMBOO GARDENS After breakfast at our hotel this morning, it will be a free day. Guests can join our extra tour if they wish. Kamakura Great Buddha - Hokoku-ji Temple | Bamboo Gardens Full Day 145 USD Lunch Included * Traditional Japanese Tea service. After breakfast at our hotel, we will depart with our guide. We will head to Kamakura in the Tokyo Bay area, where we will visit the Great Buddha statue. After our visit, we will tour the Hokoku Temple, which holds significant importance in Japanese beliefs, where we will taste traditional Japanese tea, and we will enjoy our lunch featuring special flavors of Japanese cuisine. In the final part of our tour, we will visit the Kamakura Bamboo Gardens and conclude our tour by returning to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel. OUR HOTEL: APA Hotel Tokyo 3* vb 5. DAY. TOKYO After breakfast at our hotel this morning, it will be a free day. Overnight at our hotel in TOKYO 6. DAY. FLIGHT FROM TOKYO TO OSAKA 08:30 09:25 This morning, we will check out from our hotel. We will proceed to the airport. We will take our flight to OSAKA. We will have a panoramic tour of Osaka, which will last about 2 hours, after which we will arrive at our hotel. After checking into the hotel, overnight stay at our hotel. OSAKA NIGHT TOUR (dinner) 100 USD Tonight, we will explore the streets known for their bustling atmosphere in Osaka. We will have dinner at a local Japanese restaurant. HOTEL: APA Hotel Osaka 3* vb 7. DAY. OSAKA - KYOTO- NARA TOUR This morning after breakfast, we will have a free day. Guests can join our extra tour. FULL DAY / LUNCH INCLUDED * KYOTO- NARA TOUR 175 USD This morning at 07:30, we will depart from our hotel, visiting three important cities surrounding Osaka with our tour bus. Our first stop will be the city of KYOTO, where upon arrival, we will tour the city panoramically. We will visit the Kinkakuji Temple, also known as the GOLDEN TEMPLE, built according to Zen beliefs for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. After that, a buffet-style lunch featuring Japanese cuisine awaits us; in the continuation of our tour, our second stop will be NARA city where we will visit the TODAIJI temple, listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site, where we can also see the Nara deer in its garden, roaming freely. Overnight at our Osaka hotel. HOTEL: APA Hotel Osaka 3* vb 8. DAY. OSAKA This morning after breakfast at our hotel, we will have a free day. FULL DAY * ARIMA ONSEN HOT SPRINGS AND FULL DAY KOBE TOUR * 220 USD * Lunch Included, including Japanese cuisine Today we will visit two important places. We will start our journey at Arima Onsen, one of Japan's three ancient hot springs, believed to have healing and rejuvenating properties. After spending time in the hot springs, we will continue our tour. We will take a tour of Kobe. The places we will see include Kobe Port Earthquake Memorial Park, Chinatown, and the Hakutsuru Museum famous for sake production. It will be a long tour. In the evening, we will return to Osaka. Overnight at our hotel in OSAKA. 9. DAY. OSAKA - TOKYO HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (SHINKANSEN) 08:00 - NARITA AIRPORT* Flight to Ulan Bator (15:30) This morning we will proceed from our hotel to the train station. Using the SHINKANSEN High-Speed train, which can reach speeds of 300 km/h, we will arrive in TOKYO in 2 hours. Here, we will switch to the local train line NARITA EXPRESS (transfer). This train will take us to NARITA International Airport. Our flight to Ulan Bator is scheduled for 15:30 today. We will complete our check-in procedures. In the evening we will arrive in Ulan Bator with MIAT AIRLINES at 20:25. We will transfer to our hotel for one night's stay in the city. Overnight at our hotel. OUR HOTEL: ULAN BATOR INN 4* vb 10. DAY. ULAN BATOR- ISTANBUL 10:00 14:30 This morning we will head to the airport. We will take our flight to ISTANBUL with MIAT Airlines. Arrival in Istanbul is at 14:30. Our tour concludes. FLIGHT TIMES; (EXAMPLE)* changes may occur Tuesday IST UBN 16:20 05:40+1 Wednesday UBN NRT 08:55 14:30 Wednesday NRT UBN 15:30 20:25 Thursday UBN IST 10:00 14:30