13-Nights Japan Cityscapes & Sacred Trails
Available Dates
12/27/2024
–
12/31/2025
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Additional Inclusions
- Accommodations
- Some meals
- Sightseeing per itinerary
- Airport transfers and much more
Kii-Katsuura
Osaka
Kurashiki
Kawayu Onsen
Hongu
Kyoto
Kiso Valley
Tokyo
- Explore the many facets of Tokyo from the frenetic modern shopping neighborhoods, to serene bonsai gardens, to the Buddhist temple Sensoji, and the fashion Mecca of Harajuku
- Follow in the footsteps of travelers, who, due to restrictions by the shogunate, were almost always forced to make the trip on foot along the 500-km-long Nakasendo, “path through mountains“, used for centuries as one of two routes between Edo and Kyoto
- Discover one of the best-preserved cities in Japan, Kyoto, with some 1,600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines, as well as palaces, gardens and 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Hike the historic Kumano Kodo, a UNESCO World Heritage Pilgrimage, a sacred route that runs from mountains through dense forests to rivers and waterfalls
- Ride the famous bullet train to Osaka for a final evening in the food capital of Japan and one of its most vibrant cities