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Kagoshima Japan with Sakurajima Volcano © Sean Pavone - shutterstock HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS CONNOISSEUR TOURS
20 Days From £7,650pp

■ A 14-day First Class Japan Rail Pass for flexible
unlimited travel
■ Sightseeing in Tokyo, Beppu, Kagoshima, Kumamoto,
Nagasaki and Kyoto
■ Kamikaze Peace & Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museums
■ Travel by steam on Yamaguchi Go and Oigawa
Railways
■ Himeji Castle and Kinkaku-Ji UNESCO World
Heritage Sites
■ Travel on Japan’s famous Bullet Trains
Day 11 - Kumamoto & Aso Area Day 16 - Nijo Castle & the Golden Temple ■ Travel on the Aoniyoshi Luxury Train
Depart by ‘Sakura’ Shinkansen and head to A full day’s sightseeing in Kyoto with its wonderful ■ 1-night stay in a Traditional Japanese Onsen (Spa)
Kumamoto, our home for the next 2 nights. After temples and unspoiled Japanese architecture. We visit Hotel
dropping off our luggage at the hotel, we take the Nijo Castle with its very attractive gardens before
JR Kyushu’s Hohi Line to Tatento to travel on the continuing to stunning Kinkau-Ji (Golden Temple), just SELECTED HOTELS
Minami-Aso Railway, which has a ‘torokko’ (open) one of over 2,000 in the city, but probably the most Tokyo Keikyu EX Hotel Shinagawa
train operating through attractive scenery to its famous. You could choose to visit other cultural sites Kokura JR Kyushu Station Hotel
terminus at Takamori. or make a visit to Kyoto Railway Museum, the largest Beppu Kamenoi Hotel
in Japan, including a live roundhouse full of steam
Day 12 - Free Time in Kumamoto locomotives, several active and in full running order. Kagoshima JR Kyushu Hotel Kagoshima
A free day for sightseeing, further rail travel or you Kumamoto Tokyo Inn Kumamoto Eki-Mae
can explore the city’s tram system. We recommend Day 17 - Nara Sightseeing & Aoniyoshi Nagasaki JR Kyushu Hotel
a trip on the local Kumamoto Electric Railway and/ Luxury Train Kyoto Hotel Vischio Kyoto
or the Misumi line to its coastal terminus to be We travel from Kyoto to Nara, one of the former Sumatakyo Onsen Suikoen Hotel
rewarded with great views and seafood. capitals of Japan. While there, key attractions include Tokyo Keikyu Ex Hotel Takanawa,
Todaiji Temple, with its Daibutsuden Great Budda Shinagawa
Day 13 - Ferry & Rail to Nagasaki Hall, until recently the largest wooden building in Please note - hotels can be subject to change
We take an unusual and interesting route to the world, as well as the serene parkland with its
Nagasaki. First to Kumamoto Port and then by ferry numerous deer. We return to Kyoto on board the PRICE INCLUDES
to Shimabara. We join the third-sector Shimabara Aoniyoshi luxury sightseeing train. ■ Flights in Economy Class by scheduled airline
Railway and travel to Isahaya where we change to ■ 14 day First Class Japan Rail Pass
a JR ‘Kyushu’ train to our destination, Nagasaki for a Day 18 - Oigawa Railway & Sumatakyo Onsen ■ Accommodation in good quality hotels on a bed
2-night stay. We depart from Kyoto by ‘Hikari’ Shinkansen to and breakfast basis
Hamamatsu and transfer to the old Tokaido main line
Day 14 - Sightseeing in Nagasaki (3ft 6in gauge) before continuing east to Kanaya. This ■ Welcome dinner and dinner included on day 18
A full day’s sightseeing today in vibrant Nagasaki and is the point where we transfer to the famous Oigawa ■ Entrance fees and excursions as detailed
travel on the city’s tram system, with its mixture of Railway for a super journey up the Oigawa Valley by ■ Services of a tour leader from London and throughout
historic and modern trams including a visit to the steam. At Senzu, we transfer to the upper end of the tour plus local English-speaking guide
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park. Oigawa Railway and travel as far as Okuoikojo over

Day 15 - To Kyoto the Ikawa line, before arriving at Sumatakyo Onsen Price per person: £7,650
Escorted holiday
Travel by train via Fukuoka to Hiroshima where we for a 1-night stay in a typical Japanese-style Onsen Single room supplement £1,100
break for lunch before continuing by rail via Shin- Hotel on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. Deposit for this holiday £400
Osaka to Kyoto for a 3-night stay. Day 19 - Return to Shinagawa
Return by bus and train to Shin Kanaya, the
headquarters of the Oigawa Railway where we
have time to visit the locomotive depot and the
‘Plaza Loco’ Museum and shop. We continue to
Kanaya, where we change to a local JR service for
Shizuoka and onwards by ‘Kodama’ shinkansen for
Odawara. We depart from Odawara on the Odakyu
Electronic Railway and we expect to ride on one of
their ‘Romance car’ services to the railway’s Tokyo
terminus in busy Shinjuku. From there, it is a ride on
Umekoji Steam Museum © Bob Cable. the Yamanote Line round to Shinagawa.

Day 20 - Flight to London
Transfer to Haneda Airport using the Keikyu
Electric Railway for our flight home, arriving London
Heathrow same day.
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