TOKAIDO POP CULTURE TOUR
For curious travelers
Mar. 8 ~ 18 (9 nights, 11 days)

Date	Place and Hotel ♨=onsen	Activity	B	L	D
Mar. 8 (Sat.)		Depart Honolulu to Haneda airport.
9 (Sun.)	SHINAGAWA PRINCE HOTEL	Arrive at Haneda airport, then we go to the hotel.
10 (Mon.)	SHINAGAWA PRINCE HOTEL	From the hotel we go to the teamLab Borderless, opened in February, 2024, in Azabudai Hills, near Roppongi. With two never-before-seen exhibitions, plus old favorites, there’s a lot to see. Then we visit to the Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai opened in February, 2024, is a new facility that aims to carry on and further develop the unique excitement of Tsukiji. In collaboration with Toyosu Market, this destination will offer invigorating, exciting times unique to Toyosu. Enjoy your favorite lunch from one of our many restaurants. After lunch we go to Asakusa. Enjoy riding the rickshaw. Then we go to Akihabara to visit Maid Café. These cafes, themed around the concept of maids attending to their guests offer a slice of an otaku culture that's both intriguing and endearing. We think you can think of it as modern-day geisha play. Then we go to the same hotel.	×
11 (Tue.)	HAKONE YUMOTO FUJIYA HOTEL♨	From the hotel we go to Shinjuku Station by Yamanote line. On the way, you will get off at Shibuya Station. At Shibuya Station, after seeing Hachiko and the Shibuya Crossing, we go to Shibuya Sky opened in 2019. At Harajuku Station, we visit Takeshita Street, is known for wacky, youth-driven shops selling colorful and crazy clothes and accessories. Then we go to Sinjuku Station. After seeing Godzilla Head, we will go to Kabuki Yokocho in Kabukicho Tower opened in 2023 for lunch. There are "Soul food" from all over the world, from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu and Okinawa in the south, to neighboring Korea, is gathered here. After sightseeing in Shinjuku, we will take a limited express train Romance Car to Hakone. During the ride there, you will see some of Japan's best scenery, such as the panoramas of Katase-Enoshima overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the seasonally changing beauty of the countryside and mountains, and on clear days, the majestic Mount Fuji. After arriving at Hakone Yumoto Station, go to the hotel.	×		×
12 (Wed.)	HAKONE YUMOTO FUJIYA HOTEL♨	From Hakone Yumoto Station, take the Hakone Tozan Railway and the ropeway to Owakudani, it is one of most famous viewpoints in Hakone, where you can observe the intense volcanic activity from up close. Then we go to lake Ashi, enjoy a sightseeing boat on Lake Ashi. After lunch we visit the Hakone Open Air Museum successfully attempts to create a harmonic balance of nature and art by exhibiting various sculptures on its grounds in combination with views of the surrounding valley and mountains. Then we go back the same hotel.	×	×	×
13 (Thu.)	SHIZUOKA KAWANE ONSEN HOTEL♨	From the hotel we head to Shizuoka pref. If the weather is nice on the way, we can see Mt. Fuji. We visit the Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art is featuring over 1400 ukiyo-e, traditional woodblock prints. Then we visit Miho-no-Matsubara. Most visitors come to this beach for its stunning view of Mt. Fuji. Ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hiroshige used the expansive scene in his woodblock prints. After lunch we visit to Mt. Kunozan, which is known as the sacred place for strawberry picking. Enjoy the 100-year-old tradition of Ishigaki strawberry picking. Then we go to the hotel.	×	×	×
14 (Fri.)	KAKEGAWA TSUMAGOI RESORT♨	From the hotel we visit to Okuoikojo Station, a scenic and unexplored station in the middle of a lake that won the COOL JAPAN AWARD 2019. After arrive Okuoikojo Station we walk on the Rainbow Bridge & enjoy the nice view. Then we go to the Sumata Gorge to cross the Yume no Tsuribashi (Dream Suspension Bridge), a spot that as it’s name suggests, is called so from a fantastic landscape that is likely to appear in the dream world as well. The Bridge is Japan's most beautiful suspension bridge and was named one of Trip Advisor's Top 10 Walking Suspension Bridges in the World to Cross Before You Die. (Walk for about 30 minutes) After lunch we visit Kakegawa-kachoen, it is a theme park where you can enjoy spending time with birds and/or looking at various flowers in full bloom. Then we go to the hotel.	×	×	×
15 (Sat.)	INUYAMA HOTEL INDIGO♨	From the hotel we go to the Kasuisai Hina Matsuri, the temple is decorated with about 1,200 dolls on a doll stand with 32 tiers he largest such display in Japan. It is said that this stunning scene also embodies a sense of gratitude to the dolls themselves. After lunch we go to see Honen Festival. The festival is held every March 15, and in it a phallus, newly carved every year from Japanese cypress, is carried on a portable shrine and offered to said Tagata Shrine with prayers for a good harvest and prosperous of descendants. The festival has become widely known as one of the strangest festivals in the world. Then we go to the hotel.	×	×	×
16 (Sun.)	INUYAMA HOTEL INDIGO♨	From the hotel we visit Inabe Plum Festival. There are 4500 plum trees of 100 kinds blooming, that when you look down from the top of the hill, it looks as if white and pink carpets were spread out. Then we visit the Chiyobo Inari Shrine. It is one of the three major Inari (God of harvest) in Japan, and two million people come to worship here every year. The shrine is said to generate business prosperity. Worshipers purchase sake and fried tofu at a shop near the entrance of the shrine and make offerings to the gods. There are no less than 150 stores on Monzenmachi Street, which leads to Chiyobo Inari Shrine. After lunch we visit Site of Reversible Destiny, it is a theme park that makes you feel as though you accidentally stumbled inside of a work of art. The park is specifically designed to make you lose track of your sense of balance, so please be careful not to fall. Then we go back to the same hotel.	×	×	×
17 (Mon.)	OSAKA NIKKO HOTEL	From the hotel we visit the Inuyama Castle, was initially constructed in 1537, and its donjon is one of Japan's oldest extant. It is one of only twelve original castles left in Japan. Next visit the Sekigahara battlefield and Sekigahara Museum, in 1600 the West Army led by Ishida Mitsunari and the East Army led by Tokugawa clan had their Great Battle. The battle of Sekigahara was to decide who would rule Japan. Enjoy Theater with its wind, vibrations, and light and sound, it recreates the Battle of Sekigahara with a visceral sense of presence. After lunch we go to the hotel. Enjoy shopping as the hotel is near Shinsaibashi-Suji, Dotonbori, and Daimaru Department Store. Or if you would like to see Sumo after check-in, we will take you. Sumo ticket is a separate cost (chair seat about $ 60), please request at time of signing up for this tour.	×	×
18 (Tue.)		We will leave the hotel at a leisurely time of 10:00 and visit the ShinSekai area. At the district's center stands Tsutenkaku Tower, the nostalgia-evoking symbol of Shinsekai. Afterwards, enjoy shopping at Costco and Aeon before heading to Kansai 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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