Day 2: Arrive in Osaka. Meet your tour director and check into hotel. Dinner with the group. Orient ourselves to Osaka
Day 3: Osaka. Osaka guided sightseeing tour. Visit Osaka Castle. Visit the Cupnoodles Museum. Visit a game center to experience a Japanese arcade. Tour director led walking tour of Osaka's Dotonburi canal street.
Day 4: Day trip to Nara. Travel to the Nara region. Explore Nara with our tour director. Visit the Todaiji Temple. Take a Taiko drumming lesson.
Day 5:Travel to Tokyo by bullet train. Expret local guided tour of Tokyo. Visit the Meiji Shinto Shrine. Visit the Harajuku shopping district. Explore Shibuya Ward and visit the Pokemon Center.
Day 6: Tokyo. Visit the Suginami Animation Museum and participate in an anime workshop. Enjoy a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Prepare dinner at a cooking class led by a local Japanese chef.
Day 7: Day trip to the Fuji-Hakone-Izu region. Visit Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Take a cruise on Lake Ashi. Ride the Mount Komagatake cable car (weather permitting). See Mt. Fuji.
Day 8: Tokyo. Visit the Hamarikyu Japanese Gardens. Explore the Asakusa Kannon Temple. Time to explore Odaiba. Karaoke evening .
