Japan

Japan:
(Tokyo - Osaka)

Trip Highlights:
* Visit Expo 2025 in Osaka with a full day pass.
* Experience Japanese culture in all its forms, from the time of Ninja to the cutting edge of modernity.  
* Visit an Anime Studio and learn how animations are made.
* Attend a Sumo Practice and see how they practice fighting for their next Championship match.
* Try your hand at Wagashi (Japanese Sweet) with a professional chef.
* See exotic kinds of seafood at the fish market.
* Learn fighting and self-defense techniques with a real Ninja.
* Take part in a traditional Tea Ceremony and learn the proper way to enjoy Matcha.
* Stroll through famous Tokyo neighborhoods such as Shibuya, Ginza, and Akihabara.
* Get inspired by the fashion-forward youth of Japan at Harajuku.
* Discover Kawagoe area and visit Hikawa shrine, Kitain Temple, Kuranomachi Street.

Hotels:
Tokyo: Ibis Styles Tokyo Ginza East
Osaka: Aloft Osaka Dojima
 
Itinerary:
Date Time Activities

April 9 (Wednesday)
10:00-17:00 (7hours)
10:00-10:00 Meet at the hotel
10:00-10:30 Move
10:30-12:00 The East Garden of the Imperial Palace
12:00-13:30 Lunch & Move to Asakusa
13:30-15:30 Kimono Tea Ceremony
15:30-16:30 Asakusa (Sensoji Temple & Nakamise Street)
16:30-17:00 Back to the hotel

April 10 (Thursday)
7:00-15:00 (8hours)
7:00-- Meet
7:30- TBD Sumo Morning Practice
after Sumo -14:40 Lunch + Hamarikyu Japanese Garden
14:40-15:00 Back to the hotel

April 11 (Friday)
10:00-17:00 (7hours)
10:00-10:00 Meet
10:30-12:00 Tsukiji + light Lunch
12:00-13:00 Move to Wagashi Experience
13:00-15:00 Wagashi Experience
15:00-16:00 Back to the hotel

April 12 (Saturday)
9:30-16:30 (7hours)
9:00-- Meet
9:30-10:00 Move to Nakano
10:00-11:30 Anime Experience (Nakano)
11:30-14:00 Nakano Broadway and Lunch
14:00-14:30 Nakano-Akihabara
14:30-15:30 Akihabara -town of electric and pop culture
15:30-16:00 Back to the hotel

April 13 (Sunday)
9:00-17:00 (8 hours)
9:00-11:00 Meet at the hotel and move to Ninjya
11:00-13:00 Ninju Experience
13:00-13:30 Move to Lunch (Yokohama)
13:30-14:30 Lunch at Yokohama
14:30-15:00 Move to Shibuya
15:00-16:30 Shibuya Crossing, Meiji Jingu
16:30-17:00 Back to the hotel

April 14 (Monday)
9:00-17:00 (8hours)
9:00-- Meet
move to Kawagoe
10:30-- Kawagote
Hikawa shrine, Kitain Temple, Kuranomachi Street
15:30-- Back to Tokyo
--17:00 Hotel

April 15 (Tuesday)
- Free Day

April 16 (Wednesday)
- Travel to Osaka
- Hotel check in

April 17 (Thursday)
- Visit Expo 2025 (full day)

April 18 (Friday)
- Transfer to Osaka international Airport.

Price includes:
• 8 nights accommodation in a 3-star hotel in Tokyo
•2 nights accommodation in 4-star hotel in Osaka
• Breakfasts
• Professional Japanese guide services
• Workshops
• Admission fees
. Private Ninja practice
•Sumo morning practice entering fee
• Cooking class with a professional chef
• Anime studio entry fee
• Entrance fees for all historical sites and temples
• Domestic-Flight to Osaka (By approved travel company)
• Farewell Dinner
• Airport pickup and drop off**
 
Price does not include:
• International Airfare Tickets
• Visa fees
• Travel or health insurance
• Personal expenses and purchases
• Early check in / Late check out fees
 
Sign up before: 7 March 2025
 
 
Note: For payments made by credit card, a 3% charge will be added to the total cost.  Customers who prefer to make a bank transfer may do so, but must bear the cost of the transfer fee.
 
*Customers who wish to stay in a shared room must bring their travel partner with them.  Blue Book will never room two strangers together in one room.
**Airport pickups and drop offs are priced for Haneda Airport, which is closer to central Tokyo.  If your flight departs or arrives from Narita, an extra KD 20 will be charged each way.