Customized Tour
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Group Leader's name: Paul Pettie
Requested return date: 5/23/2018
The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from local restaurants to cultural discoveries has been customized by your professor for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Japan
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Day 2: Tokyo
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Receive your included Tokyo Museum Grutt Pass
Enjoy a tempura dinner
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Day 3: Tokyo
Attend a Japanese language and culture orientation
Take a guided tour of Tokyo
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Imperial Palace Plaza
- Harajuku neighborhood
- Shibuya crossing
- Shinjuku district
Visit the Meiji Shrine
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Day 4: Tokyo
Explore Ueno Park on your own
Take part in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony
Visit the Tokyo National Museum
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Day 5: Tokyo • Mount Fuji • Lake Ashi
Visit the Fujisan World Heritage Center
Explore Mount Fuji's 5th station on your own
Visit Hakone National Park
Enjoy a boat cruise on Lake Ashi
Ride a cable car up Mount Komagatake -
Day 6: Tokyo
Spend the day exploring Tokyo on your own or
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Day 7: Tokyo
Take a tour of the Tsukiji fish market
Attend a sushi-making class
Enjoy a sushi lunch
Spend a half day exploring Tokyo on your own
Enjoy a farewell dinner in Tokyo
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Day 8: Tokyo • Kyoto
Travel by bullet train to Kyoto
Tour Kyoto with an expert local guide
Visit Nijo CastleVisit the Gold Pavilion
Enjoy dinner in Kyoto
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Day 9: Kyoto
Add this in-depth excursionNara
Today, join a half-day excursion to Nara, one of Japan’s ancient capitals. Visit the Todaji Temple and see the Daibutsu, the world’s largest bronze Buddha. Then walk through the wooded Nara Park, also known by the nickname of “Deer Park” because of its many four legged inhabitants. Just outside the park, you will visit Kasuga Shrine, one of the most famous Shinto shrines in the country. Twice a year, some 3,000 lanterns are lit here simultaneously during the Lantern Festival. (Please note: comfortable walking shoes are recommended.)
Visit Gion Corner
Enjoy a farewell dinner in Kyoto
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Day 10: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Japan
-
Day 2: Tokyo
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Receive your included Tokyo Museum Grutt Pass
Enjoy a tempura dinner
-
Day 3: Tokyo
Attend a Japanese language and culture orientation
Take a guided tour of Tokyo
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Imperial Palace Plaza
- Harajuku neighborhood
- Shibuya crossing
- Shinjuku district
Visit the Meiji Shrine
-
Day 4: Tokyo
Explore Ueno Park on your own
Take part in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony
Visit the Tokyo National Museum
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Day 5: Tokyo • Mount Fuji • Lake Ashi
Visit the Fujisan World Heritage Center
Explore Mount Fuji's 5th station on your own
Visit Hakone National Park
Enjoy a boat cruise on Lake Ashi
Ride a cable car up Mount Komagatake -
Day 6: Tokyo
Spend the day exploring Tokyo on your own or
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Day 7: Tokyo
Take a tour of the Tsukiji fish market
Attend a sushi-making class
Enjoy a sushi lunch
Spend a half day exploring Tokyo on your own
Enjoy a farewell dinner in Tokyo
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Day 8: Tokyo • Kyoto
Travel by bullet train to Kyoto
Tour Kyoto with an expert local guide
Visit Nijo CastleVisit the Gold Pavilion
Enjoy dinner in Kyoto
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Day 9: Kyoto
Add this in-depth excursionNara
Today, join a half-day excursion to Nara, one of Japan’s ancient capitals. Visit the Todaji Temple and see the Daibutsu, the world’s largest bronze Buddha. Then walk through the wooded Nara Park, also known by the nickname of “Deer Park” because of its many four legged inhabitants. Just outside the park, you will visit Kasuga Shrine, one of the most famous Shinto shrines in the country. Twice a year, some 3,000 lanterns are lit here simultaneously during the Lantern Festival. (Please note: comfortable walking shoes are recommended.)
Visit Gion Corner
Enjoy a farewell dinner in Kyoto
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Day 10: Depart for home
Building skills for a global world
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| 97% growth in the number of students who were confident navigating unfamiliar places post study abroad.1 | 93% of students who studied abroad and entered the workforce were employed within 6 months of graduation, compared to 49% who did not study abroad.2 | Students who studied abroad saw 100% greater improvement in GPA.3 |
*Sources: 1: EF Study Abroad Program Impact 2018; 2: IES Abroad 2015; 3: Georgia Learning Outcomes of Students Studying Abroad Research Initiative 2010
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