Day 01: SINGAPORE
Assemble at Changi International Airport for your check in.
Day 02: SINGAPORE / OSAKA(KANSAI) / WAKAYAMA (L / D)
Depart for your pleasant flight to Osaka. Upon arrival at Kansai International Airport, you will be met and welcomed by our local representative. Start your tour by traveling to Wakayama. Proceed to visit Wakayama Castle, built in 1585 and whose castle tower commands a view of the whole city. Thereafter continue to Wakayama Marine City, an amusement theme park with wholesome entertainment for the entire family. Here you can visit Porto Europe, a theme park modeled after a Mediterranean sea port. Then visit Kuroshio Fish Market, the largest fisherman’s wharf serving fresh seafood from Wakayama and around the world. Take your catch home, or cook it here on one of the many charcoal barbeque pits located on the seaside terrace. Tonight accommodation is at Nanki Shirahama, a hot spring area facing the Pacific Ocean, where you will get to enjoy the natural hot spring facilities (onsen bath) in the hotel.
Day 03: WAKAYAMA / KATSUURA (B / L / D)
After breakfast, visit Engetsu-jima Island, an uninhabited rock isle with a round sea cave open in the middle of it. See Sandan-beki, a three tier wall with 60 meters high precipitous rock walls extending about 2km from south to north. Another must see is the Senjo-jiki, a huge rock whose multiple layers are created by the erosion of soft sandstone by raging waves, hence its name “a thousand tatami mats”. Continue to Kushimoto Kaichu-koen Park, the first designated sea park in Japan and over 300 kinds of sea creatures living in the sea around here. You can get to watch tropical fish swimming from the glass window of the sea observation area 140 meters from the shore. Next proceed to tour Nachi Waterfall, which has a height of 135 meters, and then to Yoshinokumano National Park. In 2004, the National Park was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the evening, you could enjoy the hot spring facilities (onsen bath) in the hotel. Tonight stay overnight at a Japanese-style tatami accommodation.
DAY 04: KATSUURA / ISE (B / L / D)
This morning, you will have a lovely journey along the breathtaking saw-toothed coastline as you make your way to Ise. Enroute we will visit the Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine. Then proceed to the holy Ise Grand Shrine. This is the sacred place of Japan, succeeding a history of over a thousand years. You may shop along the Okageyokocho Street for Japanese souvenirs. This afternoon enjoy a specially arranged lunch of Matsuzaka beef, a high quality beef selected from the Kuroushi breed of cattle, which are fattened on beer and massaged to enhance the meat texture. Next proceed to Nemuno Sato, a resort for both the young and the old. This evening, relax yourself in the “Shiosai-no-yu”, a natural hot spring which is medically acknowledged as a healing hot spring. You can also enjoy the after-bath facilities, such as the sound aroma theatre or the Star dust sauna.
DAY 05: ISE / HAKONE / LAKE KAWAGUCHI (B / L / D)
Today visit the Mikimoto Pearl Island where Kokishi Mikimoto succeeded in producing the world’s first cultured pearls. You may see “ama” (woman divers) diving for the pearl oysters near the shore. This afternoon board a short ferry to Toyokawa. Upon arrival, continue our journey to Hakone. Visit the Owakudani Boiling Valley, a crater created in the last eruption of Mount Hakone 3000 years old. Next proceed to Lake Ashi and enjoy the beautiful scenery surrounding you. Today, the lake with Mt Fuji in the background is the symbol of Hakone. Thereafter, transfer to Lake Kawaguchi, where you get to enjoy the hot spring facilities (Onsen bath) in the hotel.
DAY 06: LAKE KAWAGUCHI / MT FUJI / TOKYO / NARITA (B / L)
After breakfast, coach to Mt. Fuji (3776m), Japan’s highest and most prominent mountain. Ascend to the 5th station (subject to weather condition) of Mt. Fuji where you will be treated to the scenic views of the Fuji Five Lakes District. Next transfer to Tokyo city and proceed to the famous Ginza district for shopping. This evening you can shop at Aeon Plaza, the largest shopping mall in Narita. After a day of shopping, enjoy a well-deserved rest at your hotel in Narita.
DAY 07: NARITA / SINGAPORE (B)
After breakfast, transfer to Narita International Airport for your flight back home.