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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!
DAY 2 FUSHIMI DAY TRIP (Monday) travel - by chartered coach to Fushimi primary garden visit - Sambo-in lunch in Fushimi at the famous Tori-sei Restaurant cultural - boat ride and visit to Sake brewery secondary garden - Tohfuku-ji (on way back from Fushimi) check-in - to the Kyoto Hotel that will serve as our home base experience - Kyoto's Kawaramachi street at night dinner - at an informal restaurant in downtown Kyoto
DAY 3 WESTERN KYOTO (Tuesday) primary garden - Tenryu-ji experience - a stroll through Arashiyama neighborhoods experience - see and learn about a bamboo forest secondary garden - O-kochi Sanso visit to a special bamboo crafts store lunch and shopping in Sagano exclusive - visit to a tree nursery and stone yard
DAY 4 MARUTAMACHI (Wednesday) Half of our group visits palaces such as Katsura Rikyu. Some of our group visits the famous moss garden at Saiho-ji. Everyone else: primary garden visit - Nijo Castle primary garden visit - Seiryu-en primary garden visit - Fumin Hall Lunch at Heian Kaikan cultural - tea and ikebana demonstration at Shusui-tei free time - in the afternoon and evening
secondary garden - Ginkaku-ji secondary garden - Honen-in secondary garden - Yoji-ya Cafe experience - Philosopher's Walk private home - Ando-san no ie lunch - at a Nanzen-ji area resturant cultural - visit to the home of a noh mask carver
DAY 6 NARA DAY TRIP (Friday) travel - by train to Nara secondary garden - Yoshiki-en secondary garden - Isui-en experience - Imanishi-ke Shoin house lunch at Harishin cultural - visit to sumi ink workshop travel - by train back to Kyoto cultural - visit to Junji Kagata's bamboo warehouse
DAY 7 SHISENDO (Saturday) cultural - visit to fusuma door shop secondary garden - Manshu-in primary garden - Shisendo secondary garden - Konpuku-ji cultural - visit to home of calligraphy master lunch at Heihachi-jaya half day free
DAY 8 FREE DAY (Sunday) relax or visit the cultural attractions of your choice.
DAY 9 OHARA DAY TRIP (Monday) travel - by bus on spectacular mountain roads up into the countryside experience - a mountainside walk through the village of O-hara secondary garden - Jijun-an exclusive - visit to O-hara koi breeder's farm secondary garden - Sanzen-in lunch at mountaintop garden restaurant secondary garden - the Renge-ji "hospital" garden primary garden visit - Renge-ji (along return route from O-hara)
DAY 10 MARUTAMACHI II (Tuesday) Half of our group visits palaces such as Katsura Rikyu. Some of our group visits the famous moss garden at Saiho-ji. Everyone else: primary garden visit - Nijo Castle primary garden visit - Seiryu-en primary garden visit - Fumin Hall Lunch at Heian Kaikan cultural - tea and ikebana demonstration at Shusui-tei free time - in the afternoon and evening
DAY 11 MURIN-AN (Wednesday) secondary garden - Hyotei Restaurant primary garden visit - Murin-an DMR lecture - "What is Sukiya Living?" primary garden visit - Shirakawa-in stroll through Ishibe-koji area lunch at Okutan visit to private home in Kiyomizu shopping at Kiyomizu
DAY 12 FREE DAY (Thursday) relax or visit the cultural sites of your choice evening farewell dinner at Ganko Sushi
DAY 13 CHECK-OUT / AIRPORT (Friday) travel - JOJG arranges transport to KIX airport logistics - JOJG 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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