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Friday, September 23, 2016 9:41 AM
Karina
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Honeymoon 2.0 =APAN!

Wednesday 21st

Flight Information

Date

21 Sep 2016

Airline

Japan Airlines

Airline Record Locator

## Flight/Class

JL 3 X Business =lass

Origin

New York, John F Kennedy =nternational

Destination

Tokyo, Narita International =irport

Departing

09:30 AM

Arriving

12:40 PM / 22 Sep 2016

Departure Terminal

## Flight/Class (cont.)

Terminal 1

Arrival Terminal

Terminal 2

Estimated Time

14 Hrs 10 Mins

Stops

Non-stop

Seats

Thursday 22nd

Arrive Tokyo 12:40 PM

Hotel Information

Grand Hyatt Tokyo

Confirmation:=

Ms Karyna Shuliak and

Thursday, September 22, =016

Monday, September 26, =016

- connecting room

•Settle in — Lunch — Sight see — Bus tour ? Ginza? Knife =hopping? Spa?

## Flight/Class (cont.)

*Dinner at Grand Hyatt top floor

Friday 23rd

*Takashimaya Department Store (Nihonbashi) — Must =rrive there before opening (Approx 10:30a) and head down to the food court. Gather tastes =f different foods to try and head up to the roof to enjoy them and the =iew.

*Ginza — Shopping district

*Dinner —=Roppongi Robataya 8pm (be prompt)

Saturday 24th

*Koishikawa =orakuem Gardens

*Dome City =o:p class="">

*Lunch - Gyorai Ramen

*Kabuki 4pm Show — =abukiza Theater

*Dinner — Kyubey Ginza 9pm

Sunday 25th

*Tokyo National Museum

*Asakusa — =istrict with an atmosphere of old Tokyo

## Flight/Class (cont.)

*Sensoji =emple – located in Asakusa

*Rikugien =arden

*Kappabashi =/span>– Kitchen town

*Sumo 2pm (Sumo =as seasons – be sure to know when you’re arriving and get tickets well in advance – they =end to
sell out.)

*Dinner –

Monday 26th

Depart Tokyo — Arrive =yoto: 10:30a train (20mins by taxi, =0mins early arrival requested)

Hotel Information

Hotel

THE TAWARAYA

Address

Fuyacho Oike

KYOTO 604 JAPAN

Telephone

Check In Date

4

## Flight/Class (cont.)

Mon 26 Sep 2016

Check Out Date

Sat 01 Oct 2016

Confirmation Number

████████

Base Rate

JPY 136622 / per night, may be =ubject to local taxes and service charges

Confirmed

*Settle in, walk around town.

*Dinner --at hotel

Tuesday 27th

*Perhaps =he Tawaraya Hotel would have a guide to show us around the city? Take in the special =ature of the accommodations.

*Dinner -

Wednesday 28th

*Arashiyama (30mins =rom Kyoto)   http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3950_arashiyama_full.html

- Monkey Park on the south of the Togetsukyo Bridge. It takes about 20 minutes to climb the =ountain to see the monkeys, and there are good views of Kyoto from the top. =/span>(90min)

- Cross the Togetsukyo Bridge and spend a few minutes viewing the bridge. Some of the best =iews are from downstream of the bridge. (20min)

- Explore Tenryuji Temple (45min)

## Flight/Class (cont.)

- Bamboo Groves =/span>From Tenryuji walk to Arashiyama Station and rent a bicycle. Then, head into the =amboo <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.html#okochi> groves behind Tenryuji Temple. Turn and right =ontinue as you toward get to the Jojakkoji. entrance =/span>(30min) =f Okochi =anso

- Explore Jojakkoji <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.html#jojakkoji> Temple - best in autumn when the leaves change colors. (30min)

- =/span>(Opt: Nisonin Temple)

- Continue north and stop off at Gioji, a =mall, quiet temple known for its maple trees and moss garden. (45min)

- Continue along the main road until you get to Saga-Toriimoto Preserved =treet, a historic street lined by =raditional townhouses (machiya). Explore the shops and restaurants along the way. =his may be a good place to have lunch. (45min)

*Lunch

-(Opt: Adashino Nenbutsuji Not to =e confused with nearby Otagi Nenbutsuji, the Adashino Nenbutsuji is another interesting temple in the area. =t has hundred of stone statues as well as a small bamboo grove.)

- Follow the road past the preserved streets to Otagi Nenbutsuji, a temple whose =rounds are covered in hundreds of small stone statues. (1hr)

- Explore Daikakuji. From the exit of Otagi Nenbutsuji, cross over to the larger, two lane =oad that parallels the road you arrived on. One block before the first traffic =ight, veer left and head through the rice fields and residential neighborhoods =oward Daikakuji <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3964.html> . Explore Daikakuji. =/span>(90min)

*Dinner

Thursday 29th

*Nara =/span>(Full Day? Half Day?) (55min from =yoto) http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4100.html

- Todaiji Temple =s one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the =ead temple of all provincial Buddhist <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2055.html> temples <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2058.html> . (7:30a — Sp)

## Flight/Class (cont.)

Horyuji Temple • =ounded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, who is credited with the early promotion =f Buddhism in Japan. Horyuji is one of the =ountry's oldest temples and contains the world's oldest =urviving wooden structures. (8a-5p)

- Isuien is an =ttractive Japanese garden with a variety of features, =uch as the use of Todaiji Temple's Nandaimon Gate and Mount Wakakusayama as "borrowed scenery". Isuien =eans "garden founded on water", and the garden's name is derived from the fact that its ponds are fed by the small adjacent Yoshikigawa =iver. (9:30a — 4:30p)

- Nara Park

- Isuien Garden — traditional garden =670

(Review: I usually leave Kyoto around 8 AM. I'd arrive in Nara around 8:30 and =alk to Kofukuji (5 story pagoda,) Great Buddha and Kasuga Shrine. I'd come back =ear Nara Station and have lunch and head to Himeji via Osaka. I'd see the Castle =nd be back to Kyoto by dinnertime. It's a easy day trip.)

*Dinner

Friday 30th

•Joi's Tea House

*Dinner

Saturday 1st

Depart Kyoto — Arrive =imeji

*Drop luggages off ???

*Himeji OM) is most famous =or its magnificent castle, Himeji Castle <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3501.html> , widely considered to be Japan's most =eautiful surviving feudal castle <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2296.html> The castle is designated both a national =reasure and a UNESCO world heritage site.

## Flight/Class (cont.)

Depart Himeji — Arrive =okyo

Hotel Information

Grand Hyatt Tokyo

Confirmation:

Ms Karyna =huliak and Ms

Check out: =ednesday, October 05, 2016

- connecting room

*Dinner

Sunday 2nd

*Dinner

Monday 3rd

*Tuna Auction – get tickets! 4 - 5am

A basic map of Tsukiji Market:

*Dinner — Goryububo 8:30p (K?)

## Flight/Class (cont.)

## Tuesday 4th

*Lunch — Narisawa 12p

*Tsukishima —a manmade island home to monjayaki (tivt:. .tsgt ), a kind of runny =ancake with different ingredients, such as seafood, meat and vegetables, mixed into the =atter. A large concentration of monjayaki restaurants is found along Nishinaka Street, =ust a few steps from Tsukishima Station. (Grasshopper)

"Dinner — Ginza Kojyu 8:30p

Wednesday =th

Final =ay! Conquer anything and everything we can — sleep is for amateurs.

Flight Information

Date

05 Oct 2016

Airline

Japan Airlines

Airline Record Locator



Flight/Class

JL = X Business Class

Origin

Tokyo, Narita International =irport

Destination

## Tuesday 4th (cont.)

New York, John F Kennedy =nternational

Departing
06:25 PM

Arriving
06:20 PM

Departure Terminal
Terminal 2

Arrival Terminal
Terminal 1

Estimated Time
12 Hrs 55 Mins

Stops
Non-stop

## Seats



Restaurants:

Ginza Kojyu

Tsujitome (k)

Akasaka Eigetsu

Ginza Okamoto

Goryukuto

Kagurazaka Ishikawa

Arashiyama Kiccho (k)

## Seats (cont.)

*(k) Kaiseki

*(s) Sushi

Other Ideas:

*Edo Castle / =mperial Palace

Japan's capital city manages to =rangle a slot in the list through a slight technicality, as Edo Castle was long ago absorbed into =he Imperial Palace.

*Ginza

*Omotesando — Meiji Shrine =Western Tokyo)

*Check out themed hotels

*Cooking class: kaiseki cuisine ?