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Tour Costs Include:
If you travel
with us on a Sukiya Living Tour, your trip cost includes the following items:
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ACCOMODATIONS Accommodations at a modest Kyoto hotel that is conveniently located. Tour accommodations are based on single occupancy (one person per room). 2-person rooms can be booked on request.
REST AFTER A LONG FLIGHT Your first night's stay will be at an Airport hotel at the Kansai International Airport (KIX), with bus transfers to Kyoto the following day.
MEALS Breakfast and one major meal per day - usually lunch at a restaurant or inn with a noteworthy garden.
TRANSPORTATION In-country travel by a combination of public transport, taxi, and walking.
ENTRANCE FEES Admission fees to approximately 20 high-quality gardens and Sukiya Living Environments.
SPECIAL RESERVATIONS Special visits to difficult-to-visit sites such as the Imperial Villa at Katsura and Kyoto's famous moss garden at Saiho-ji.
DAY TRIPS Our group will travel outside Kyoto on several day trips to Fushimi, Nara, Fukui, and Ohara. Each of these destinations has special high-quality gardens that regular tourists rarely see.
CULTURE Daily "cultural"
activities. Examples include a visit to an indego dye workshop,
lessons in ikebana and tea, a visit to a master calligrapher's home, and the
chance to be entertained by shamisen and shakuhachi musicians.
SPECIAL "THEME" EVENTS All of our Kyoto tours include garden visits. Some tours also have sub-themes such as Architecture, Bonsai, or Textiles. When there is a sub-theme we will be certain to schedule visits to special theme-oriented spots that Kyoto tourists never visit. For example, if the primary theme is hands-on gardening, we might visit a tree nursery, a stoneyard, a koi breeder's farm, and Junji Kagata's awe-inspiring bamboo warehouse. We might witness a special pruning demonstration and have several chances to speak with professional gardeners.
INSTRUCTION Free daily Japanese lessons are available the hotel. Your tour also includes lessons in the Tea Ceremony, Ikebana, and how to wear the Japanese Kimono. The tour also features a few on-site lectures by Mr. Roth, Ms. Goda, and other experts.
POST-TOUR LOGISTICS Travel advice and logistical assistance for post-tour travel in Japan. Foe example, this could include a side trip to Kanazawa, or a trip to visit the Adachi Museum, in Shimane Prefecture.
Sukiya Living Tours is a Division of SUKIYA LIVING MAGAZINE (JOJG), P.O. Box 1050, Rockport, ME (USA) 04856 (tel/fax) 207-273-2907
