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Sukiya Living Tours Sample Itinerary
DAY 1 TRAVEL DAY (Sat/Sun) travel - on airplane or train to the Kansai International Airport the date switches from Saturday to Sunday at the Intl. Date Line lodging - in a convenient hotel located at (or near) the airport relax - at your hotel, even though you're so excited to get going!
travel - by chartered coach to Fushimi garden visit - to Sambo-in, a famous Momoyama period garden lunch - in Fushimi at the Ume-no-Hana Restaurant cultural - visit to a sake brewery in Fushimi cultural - visit to a model home village in Kyoto check-in - to the Kyoto Hotel that will serve as our home base experience - a neighborhood walk and dinner in the vicinity of our hotel
DAY 3 SHISENDO (Tuesday) experience - a neighborhood walk in northeastern Kyoto garden visits - to Enkoh-ji and Kompuku-ji extended home & garden visit - at Shisendo cultural - visit to to the home of a calligraphy master lunch - at the Heihachi Chaya Inn cultural - visit to a tatami mat company experience - a visit to a local home and garden center
early morning garden visit - to Ginkaku-ji, the "Silver Pavilion" garden visit - to Honen-in's beautiful gate experience - Philosopher's Walk green tea - and architectural talk at the Yoji-ya Cafe private home & garden visit - to Mrs. Andoh's house. lunch - at Junsei, a Nanzen-ji area garden resturant visit - the family home and spectacular warehouse of a bamboo merchant.
DAY 5 NIJO CASTLE (Thursday) garden visit - to Nijo Castle and Ninomaru Palace garden visit - to Seiryu-en, a semi-private garden near Nijo lunch - at the Kokusai Hotel's garden restaurant cultural - visit to Kyoto's textile district free afternoon - to relax, go shopping, or visit an indigo dye workshop experience - an evening stroll through Kyoto's downtown area dinner - downtown in a "family style" Japanese pub
experience - a beautiful stroll beside the river in Arashiyama experience - a visit to Arashiyama's famous bamboo forest garden visit - to Tenryu-ji, on of Japan's oldest gardens shopping - at Sagano village shops "romantic" train ride - through the torokko gorge lunch - at the Raku-raku-soh beer garden in Kameoka exclusive visit - to a professional tree nursery and stone yard
DAY 7 NARA DAY TRIP (Saturday) travel - by train to Nara garden visits - to Yoshiki-en and Isui-en walk - through Nara's deer park learn about - Edo period townhouses lunch - at Harishin restaurant cultural - visit to the home and studio of a sumi ink craftsman shopping - in Nara's shopping district
DAY 8 FREE DAY (Sunday) relax - or visit the cultural attractions of your choice.
travel - by bus on spectacular mountain roads up into the countryside experience - a mountainside walk through the village of Ohara relax - and enjoy drinks at the foot spa in Ohara cultural - visit to an O-hara koi breeder's farm lunch - at the Tamba Chaya neighborhood restaurant private home & garden visit - to Mrs. Shimizu's rice farm garden visit - at Renge-ji
DAY 10 MARUTAMACHI (Tuesday) garden visit - to the ALTI concert hall garden cultural - visit and lecture at a traditional incense shop garden visit - to the Heian Kaikan garden learn - and talk with a master garden builder "basket" lunch - at the Hobune Restaurant private home & garden visit - to Shusui-tei Villa cultural - ikebana demonstration at Shusui-tei
garden visit - to the Shirakawa-in teacher's retreat garden visit - to Murin-an cultural - hands-on kimono lesson at Kokoka cultural - tea ceremony lesson at "En" experience - a stroll through the stunning Ishibe-koji neighborhood lunch - at the Okutan Restaurant in Kiyomizu desert - at the Raku-sho "koi cafe" shopping - in the Kiyomizu area
DAY 12 KATSURA / FREE DAY (Thursday) special independent visits - to the Katsura Imperial Villa free afternoon - relax, go shopping, or visit the cultural sites of your choice evening farewell dinner - at the Ganko Nijo-en Restaurant downtown
DAY 13 CHECK-OUT / AIRPORT (Friday) travel - Sukiya Living Tours arranges transport to KIX airport logistics - Sukiya Living Tours helps tour guests plan further side trips
Sukiya Living Tours is a Division of SUKIYA LIVING MAGAZINE (JOJG), P.O. Box 1050, Rockport, ME (USA) 04856 (tel/fax) 207-273-2907 |
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