TENTATIONS OF JAPAN

Arrival at Narita or Haneda International Airport.

NARITA (NRT): After immigration and customs procedures, you will be met by a Spanish-speaking assistant who will help you take the Airport Limousine Bus (shared regular service) to the hotel. *The assistant will not board the bus with the passengers or escort them to the hotel. *Depending on the flight arrival time, there may not be a direct Airport Limousine Bus to the hotel; in such cases, you will take a bus to Tokyo Station and then a taxi. *If the Airport Limousine Bus is not operating, we will provide an alternative transfer (train + taxi, etc.).

HANEDA (HND):If arriving at Haneda Airport, an additional supplement of approximately 56 USD per passenger applies, as a taxi will be used instead of the Airport Limousine Bus. For a single traveler, the supplement will be 112 USD.

After immigration and customs procedures, you will be met by a Spanish-speaking assistant. Transfer to the hotel by taxi. *The assistant will not board the taxi with the passengers or escort them to the hotel.

Room availability is from the check-in time (15:00hrs).

*On Tuesday at the hotel, there is an information desk staffed by a Spanish-speaking guide from 14:00 to 20:00. The information desk is located in the Sofa Lounge (the area with sofas and chairs near the main reception of The Main Tower). Accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. At 08:20, meet in the Lobby on the ground floor / 1st floor of the main tower The Main for a half-day group tour of Tokyo with a Spanish-speaking guide. We will visit the Meiji Shrine (dedicated to Emperor Meiji), the Imperial Palace Plaza (entrance to the palace grounds is not included), Senso-ji Temple & Nakamise Street with rows of souvenir shops. The tour will end around 13:00 in Ginza. The rest of the afternoon is free. Return to the hotel on your own (the guide will explain how to return to the hotel).

In the free afternoon in Tokyo, we offer an optional city tour for those who prefer not to explore on their own. Between July and mid-September, when it's very hot in Japan, the tour will operate by private bus (Version 2). For the rest of the year, it will operate (Version 1).

• OPTIONAL TOKYO TOUR (VERSION 1):** Minimum number of participants required: (5 passengers). The optional tour may be canceled in case of rain or if the guide is unavailable. This option is available on-site at a price of approximately 5,000 JPY (about 50 USD) per person. The tour will be conducted using public transportation and on foot: Odaiba (an artificial island with futuristic buildings) – boat ride is not included. Shibuya Scramble Crossing, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (viewing platform at 202 meters). Return to the hotel around 20:30. Lunch NOT included.

• OPTIONAL TOKYO TOUR (VERSION 2):** This tour is only available on-site at a price of approximately 10,000 JPY (about 100 USD) per person. We will visit by private bus: Odaiba (an artificial island with futuristic buildings) – boat ride is not included. Zojo-ji Temple (where you can take photos of the temple with Tokyo Tower). Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (viewing platform at 202 meters). Return to the hotel around 18:30. Lunch NOT included. (The itinerary of the optional Tokyo tour available on-site is subject to change.)

Breakfast at the hotel. At 07:50, meet in the Lobby for a full-day group excursion to Hakone with a Spanish-speaking guide. We will visit Lake Ashi (boat ride), Owakudani Valley (on clear days, we can admire Mt. Fuji both from Lake Ashi and Owakudani Valley), and the Hakone Open-Air Museum.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the boat ride is not operating due to heavy rain and wind, we will visit Hakone Sekishoato (a reconstruction of a checkpoint on a medieval road) as an alternative. *Depending on volcanic gas density, we might not be able to visit Owakudani Valley; also, if there are severe traffic jams on the roads, we might not be able to visit the valley. In such cases, we will visit Hakone-Jinja Shrine. Around 17:00 – 18:00, after the visit, return to the hotel. Lunch at a restaurant is included that day. Accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. *One suitcase per person will be sent separately by truck from the hotel in Tokyo to the hotel in Kyoto.

At 08:15, meet in the Lobby and transfer to Tokyo Station with a Spanish-speaking assistant. Around 09:21, departure from Tokyo to Kyoto on Nozomi Bullet Train #215, arriving at Kyoto Station around 11:32, where a Spanish-speaking guide will meet you. (Train schedule is subject to change). Begin the group excursion to Nara, where we will visit: Todai-ji Temple (with its colossal Buddha statue) and Nara Park (home to many deer). In Kyoto, we will visit Gion (a geisha district). Arrival at the hotel in Kyoto around 18:30 – 19:00 for check-in. Lunch is NOT included (free time for lunch).

NOTE:** The order of visits in Kyoto may change. It is possible that one of the sites mentioned in the itinerary for the next day will be visited that day. In such cases, we will visit Gion the following day.

Breakfast at the hotel. At 08:20, meet in the Lobby and depart for a full-day group tour of Kyoto with a Spanish-speaking guide. We will visit: Sanjusangendo Temple (home to a thousand statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy), Fushimi Inari Shrine (famous for its thousands of “torii” gates), Kinkaku-ji Temple (the Golden Pavilion), Tenryu-ji Temple (featuring a beautiful Japanese garden), and the Sagano Bamboo Grove in Arashiyama. Return to the hotel around 17:30. Lunch at a restaurant is included that day. Accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. The entire day is free for personal activities.

OPTIONAL TOUR TO HIROSHIMA & MIYAJIMA (500 NET USD PER PERSON): At 07:30, meet in the hotel lobby with the Spanish-speaking guide and transfer to Kyoto Station. At 08:26, depart from Kyoto on Nozomi Bullet Train #3, arriving in Hiroshima around 10:01 to begin the visit. (If there are fewer than 10 passengers, the visit will be conducted using public transportation; if there are 10 or more passengers, the optional tour will be conducted by private bus). We will visit: Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum, and the Atomic Bomb Dome. The tour will end with a transfer to Hiroshima Station and departure around 17:57 on Nozomi Bullet Train #52 back to Kyoto. The tour concludes upon arrival at Kyoto Station around 19:37. Transfer from the station to the hotel is at the passengers' expense, either by hotel shuttle bus or taxi. Lunch is NOT included. Accommodation.

Breakfast at the hotel. Meet in the lobby with an MK Skygate Shuttle driver and transfer to Kansai (KIX) or Itami (ITM) airport.

NO SPANISH-SPEAKING ASSISTANCE.The vehicle may make stops at various hotels and may not go directly to the airport. * Only one suitcase per person is allowed; if you bring more than one suitcase, the driver will charge an additional fee of 1,000 JPY (approximately 10 USD) per extra suitcase at the destination. Each passenger can carry one additional small piece of luggage, such as a backpack, provided that the total dimensions of the three sides of each piece do not exceed 100 cm.

Pickup time will be informed to the hotel reception the afternoon before (around 17:00). Please speak with a receptionist to confirm the pickup time. * The room must be vacated before check-out time (11:00 a.m). Arrival at the airport and check-in at the airline counter will be at your own expense.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If the MK Skygate Shuttle is not full or operational, the transfer will be via Airport Limousine Bus, departing from the bus stop in front of Kyoto Station, or by Haruka Express train departing from Kyoto Station. In this case, an English-speaking assistant will accompany passengers to the bus stop or to the Haruka Express train platform from the Hotel Kyoto Tokyu shuttle bus or by taxi. The assistant will not accompany you to the airport. * The MK Skygate Shuttle cannot reach Kansai (KIX) or Itami (ITM) before 06:00, so if your flight departs before 08:00, you will need to take a reserved taxi with an additional fee of 15,000 JPY (approximately 150 USD) per passenger. (If traveling alone, the supplement will be 30,000 JPY (approximately 300 USD).