Escape to Reflect

Sleep on board of the plane

• Arrival at Kansai International Airport.   
• After the customs formalities, reception by a Spanish-speaking assistant (or Portuguese depending on the size of the group). Transfer to the hotel with the assistant.
• Arrival at the hotel and rest of the day is free for your personal activities.  
• Check-in at the hotel in Kyoto is from 3:00 PM on. If early check-in is desired, an extra night is required pre-tour and availability cannot be guaranteed.  
• Accommodation at the hotel in Kyoto for 3 nights.

• Breakfast at the hotel. 
• Meet in the lobby and start the guided city tour to visit Sanjusangen-do Temple*, Nijo Castle*, Kinkakuji Temple (Golden Pavilion)*, Tenryuji Temple garden* and Arashiyama Bamboo Forest. Lunch at a restaurant.  
• After the tour, return to the hotel. 
• Overnight at your hotel in Kyoto.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day for your personal activities. 

OPTIONAL TOUR: Half-day tour to NARA and FUSHIMI INARI

Meet at the lobby and start the Nara city tour with a guide to visit the Todaiji Temple with its huge image of Buddha*, the Sacred Deer Park. We will visit the Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine on the way to Kyoto. 

After the visit, return to the hotel. 

Overnight at the hotel in Kyoto.

• Your luggage will be transported to the hotel in Hiroshima by courier service and will arrive the next day. Please prepare a backpack for 1 night without your bags.
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Meet in the lobby and transfer to Kyoto station.  
• Departure from Kyoto to Himeji by high speed train "Hikari". 
• Arrival in Himeji and beginning of the visit to Himeji Castle*, declared a World Heritage Site. 
• After the visit, departure by road to Kurashiki.  
• Lunch in a restaurant. 
• In the afternoon we will start the city tour, visiting the Ohashi* family's old residence and the "Bikan" historical district.  
• After the visit, departure to Hiroshima by road. Arrival in Hiroshima and transfer to the hotel.  
• Accommodation in hotel in Hiroshima for 2 nights.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Meet in the lobby and start the city and island tour of Miyajima with a guide to visit the Peace Commemorative Park and its museum*, The Atomic Bomb Dome and the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine* on Miyajima Island famous for the "torii" portal in the sea.
• After the visit, return to the hotel. 
• Overnight at the hotel in Hiroshima.

• Your luggage will be transported to the hotel in Osaka. Please prepare a backpack for 2 nights in Koyasan and Kawayu Onsen without your bags.
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Meet in the lobby and transfer to Hiroshima station.  
• Departure from Hiroshima to Shin-Osaka on the high-speed "Nozomi" train.  
• Arrival in Shin-Osaka and departure to Koyasan by road. 
• Lunch in a restaurant.
• Arrival at Koyasan and a guided tour of the sacred mountain begins, visiting the Kongobuji* Temple, Danjo Garan and the Okunoin Mausoleum.  
• After the visit we will go to shukubo (monastery).  
• Vegetarian dinner at shukubo. Accommodation in shukubo for 1 night.

• In the early morning, you can participate in the temple religious services.  
• Typical Japanese vegetarian breakfast in shukubo.  
• Meeting in the lobby and departure to the sacred place of Kumano by road with a guide.   
• Arrival in Kumano and lunch in a restaurant.  
• In the afternoon we will walk the ancient pilgrimage route Kumano Kodo for 60 minutes (4 km).  Finally, we will visit the Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine, which is the main enclosure of the pilgrimage route, and the Oyunohara (the ancient enclosure of Kumano Hongu Taisha).  
• After the visit, go to ryokan.   
• Dinner at ryokan.  
• Accommodation in ryokan in Kawayu Onsen for 1 night.

• Breakfast at the ryokan.
• Meeting in the lobby.  
• Depart from Kawayu Onsen to Osaka by bus. 
• Arrival in Osaka and start the tour of Osaka to see the "Floating Garden" Observatory in the Umeda Sky* building and the Dotombori district.  
• After the visit, departure to hotel.  
• Accommodation in hotel in Osaka for 1 night.

• Your luggage will be transported directly to your hotel in Tokyo. Please prepare a backpack for 2 nights in Kanazawa and Takayama without your bags.
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Meeting in the lobby and departure to Osaka station.  
• Depart from Osaka to Kanazawa by JR "Thunderbird" limited express train. 
• Arrival in Kanazawa and start the city tour with a guide to visit the Kenroku-en* Garden, the Oumicho Market, the Higashi Chayagai Quarter and the Nagamachi Quarter where we will visit the former residence of the Nomura* samurai family. 
• After the visit, transfer to the hotel.  
• Accommodation in hotel in Kanazawa for 1 night.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Meeting in the lobby and beginning of the tour to Shirakawago with a guide. Arrival in Shirakawago and beginning of the visit to the town declared a World Heritage Site to see one of the traditional houses of "Gassho-zukuri "*. 
• Departure from Shirakawago to Takayama by road.   
• Lunch in a restaurant.
• In the afternoon, start the city tour to visit the Yatai Kaikan (float showroom)*, and the Kami-sannomachi street. 
• After the visit, transfer to the hotel.  
• Dinner at the hotel.
• Overnight in hotel in Takayama for 1 night.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Meeting in the lobby. 
• Departure from Takayama to Nagoya by road bus. Arrival in Nagoya.  
• Departure from Nagoya to Odawara by JR "Hikari" high speed train.  
• Arrival in Odawara and transfer to Hakone. 
• Lunch in a restaurant.
• In the afternoon, start the visit to Fuji-Hakone National Park to visit Lake Ashi on a mini cruise* and the cable car*.  
• After the visit, departure to Tokyo by road.  
• Arrival in Tokyo and transfer to the hotel.  
• Accommodation in hotel in Tokyo for 3 nights.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Meeting in the lobby and beginning of the sightseeing tour of Tokyo with a guide to visit the Tokyo Tower*, the Asakusa Kannon Temple with its Nakamise shopping arcade and we do a sightseeing tour of the city of Tokyo in a bus. Lunch at a restaurant. 
• The tour ends at the restaurant and you are free to return to your hotel. 
• Lodging in a hotel in Tokyo.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day for personal activities. 

Optional Excursion to Nikko*

Meet at the lobby and start the guided tour to Nikko. 

Arrival in Nikko and start of the tour to visit the Toshogu Shinto Shrine(*), Chuzenji Lake and the Kegon Cascade up the zigzag "I-Ro-Ha" Road.  Lunch in a restaurant included.  

After the visit, return to the hotel in Tokyo. 

*Note: The means of transportation for this tour depends on the number of participants. We will use private bus/mini-bus, train, local bus, taxi, the regular tour is in English, but always with a guide who speaks Spanish or Portuguese depending on the case.