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TRIP TO JAPAN 27 Jul 2015 7 Aug 2015

DAY 1

Arrival to Japan 28 July 2015 1:15 p.m.

Millennium Mitsui Garden Hotel

Tokyo!CHECK-IN

28!JUL 2015 Sunday

4:15 p.m.

Tokyo Skytree!50 AED per Bcket Asakusa line ( from hotel to dist.)

5:00 p.m.

Trip duraBon: 15 minutes

Tokyo Skytree ( Tky Sukaitsur) is a broadcasBng, restaurant, and observaBon tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 metres (2,080 Y) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world aYer Burj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 Y).

ONLY View the City Line

Ginza Street!Asakusa line ( from skytree to Dist.)

6:30 p.m.

Trip duraBon: 20 minutes The Ginza () is Tokyo's most famous upmarket shopping , d in ing and entertainment distr ict , featuring numerous department stores, bouBques, art galleries, restaurants, night clubs and cafes. One square meter of land in the district's center is worth over ten million yen, making it one of the most expensive real estate in Japan. It is where you can nd the infamous $10 cups of coee and where virtually every leading brand name in fashion and cosmeBcs has a presence.

DAY 2

TOKYO Discovery 29 July 2015

Takeshita street!Yamanote Line ( from hotel to dist.) Trip duraBon: 34 minutes

9:00 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Takeshita Street ( Takeshita-dri) is a pedestrian-only street lined with fashion bouBques, cafes and restaurants in Harajuku in Tokyo, Japan. Stores on Takeshita Street include major chains such as The Body Shop, McDonald's and 7-Eleven, but most of the businesses are small independent shops that carry an array of styles.

Akhiharaba !Yamanote Line Trip duraBon: 37 minutes

Anime Street

12:00 p.m. >

Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town ( Akihabara Denki Gai) shortly aYer World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market. Nowadays, Akihabara is considered by many to be an otaku cultural center and a shopping district for video games, anime, manga, and computer goods. Icons from popular anime and manga are displayed prominently on the shops in the area, and numerous maid cafs are found throughout the district.

DAY 4

Going to OSAKA 30 July 2015

Millennium Mitsui Garden Hotel

Tokyo!CHECK-OUT

30!JUL 2015 Thursday

8:00 a.m.

Travel to OSAKA

Dist. Tokyo-Osaka Line Nozomi

Per passenger (adult) 450 AED

per passenger (child) 230 AED

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@ 9:00 a.m. (2 hr 30 min)

Mitsui Garden Hotel OSAKA!

CHECK-IN

30!JUL 2015 Thursday

12:00 p.m.

ask for early Check-in

1:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living !The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living, situated along the shopping street, presents a glimpse of the streets of Osaka during the Edo Period (1603-1867) through recreated houses which visitors can enter. English audio guides depict the housing condiBons in the past, and visitors can borrow kimono for a small fee and dress in them for picture taking or just strolling along the streets.

4:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

Osaka castle!Osaka Castle ( or , saka-j) is a Japanese castle in Ch-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and it played a major role in the unicaBon of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period.

It will be a good idea to take the boat tour to or from the castle

Dotonburi !

7:15 p.m.

Sakaisuji Line Trip duraBon: 19 minutes

A Street

Dotonbori is a large scale downtown along the south bank of the Dotonbori-gawa Canal. Osaka is known as the gastronomists' town, and thus the enBre area of Dotonbori is thronged with an unbelievable number of restaurants and amusement faciliBes, and is dearly loved by the Osakaites. There are theaters that play tradiBonal puppet shows Bunraku, storytellers' halls and other popular entertainment as well as a number of movie theaters.

DAY 5

USJ Day 31 July 2015

Umeda Sky Building!

9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.

Walking distance The Umeda Sky Building () is a spectacular high rise building in the Kita district of Osaka, near Osaka and Umeda StaBons. It is also known as the "New Umeda City". The 173 meter tall building consists of two main towers which are connected with each other by the "FloaBng Garden Observatory" on the 39th oor. The observatory oers a great view of the city for a 700 yen admission fee. The Takimi-koji restaurant mall, a replica of a Japanese street of the early Showa Period, can be found on the rst basement oor. Oces occupy most of the building's other oors.

Abeno Harukas !

11:00 p.m. 01:00 p.m.

Osaka Loop Line Trip duraBon: 37 minutes Standing at 300 meters, Abeno Harukas () in Osaka is the tallest skyscraper in Japan. The building stands on top of the Kintetsu Osaka Abenobashi StaBon and is conveniently located across from JR Tennoj i S taBon. I t houses a department store, an art museum, a hotel and an observaBon deck.

Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Department Store

Universal Stud. !

01:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Sakurajima Line > Osaka Loop Line Trip duraBon: 30 minutes

Universal Studios Japan currently has eight secBons: Hollywood, New York, San Franc i sco , Jurass i c Park , Waterworld, Amity Village, Universal Wonderland and The Wizarding World of Harry Pomer. Visitors are able to enjoy many amusement rides, ranging from child-friendly carousels to thrilling roller coasters and simulators based on popular movies such as Spiderman, Back to the Future, Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park.

Shinsekai Market & Tsutenkaku Tower !

7:30 p.m.

Osaka Loop Line > Sakurajima Line Trip duraBon: 35 minutes

DAY 5

KYOTO Day 1 Aug 2015

Mitsui Garden Hotel OSAKA!

CHECK-OUT

01!AUG 2015 Saturday

8:00 a.m.

UnBl 11:00 a.m.

Travel to KYOTO


@ 9:00 a.m.

Dist. Osaka-Kyoto

Line Tokaido Shinkansen (Hikari and Kodama

trains) per passenger (adult) 50 per passenger (child) 25

Aoi KYOTO Stay!

CHECK-IN

01!AUG 2015 Saterday

12:00 p.m.

ask for early Check-in

UnBl 14:00 -18:00

Ginkaku-ji (The Silver Pavilion) !

2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

Trip duraBon: 57 minutes Ginkakuji (, Silver Pavilion) is a Zen temple along Kyoto's eastern mountains (Higashiyama). In 1482, shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa built his reBrement villa on the grounds of today's temple, modeling it aYer Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), his grandfather's reBrement villa at the base of Kyoto's northern mountains (Kitayama). The villa was converted into a Zen temple aYer Yoshimasa's death in 1490.

Tea Ceremony in Goin !

4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.


Roaming in Gion !

5:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m.

Gion amracts tourists with its high concentraBon of tradiBonal wooden machiya merchant houses. Due to the fact that property taxes were formerly based upon street frontage, the houses were built with narrow facades only ve to six meters wide, but extend up to twenty meters in from the street.

Dinner at Kyo-Ryori !

7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.


Shopping on Shijo-Dori

09:30 p.m.

Kyoto features a unique mix of shopping, where modern, high end fashion shops can be found alongside stores with centuries of history selling tradiBonal Kyoto craYs or specia lty foods. This is wel l expressed in the city's largest shopping district along Shijo Street at the heart of central Kyoto.

DAY 6

KYOTO a new day 2 Aug 2015

Kinkaku-ji's golden

9:30 a.m. 11:00 p.m.

Kinkakuji (, Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two oors are completely covered in gold leaf. Formally known as Rokuonj i , the temple was the reBrement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and according to his will it became a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect aYer his death in 1408. Kinkakuji was the inspiraBon for the similarly named Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion), built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, on the other side of the city a few decades later

Kyoto Imperial Palace The Kyoto Imperial Palace (, Kyto Gosho) used to be the residence of Japan's Imperial Family unBl 1868, when the emperor and capital were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is located in the spacious Kyoto Imperial Park (, Kyto Gyoen), an amracBve park in the center of the city that also encompasses the Sento Imperial Palace and a few other amracBons.

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Higashiyama District The streets in Higashiyama are lined by small shops, cafes and restaurants which have been catering to tourists and pilgrims for centuries. These businesses retain their tradiBonal design, although many have been renovated through the years, and they conBnue to serve customers today, selling local specialBes such as Kiyomizu-yaki pomery, sweets, pickles, craYs and other souvenirs.

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Pontocho Pontocho (, Pontoch) is one of Kyoto's most atmospheric dining areas. It is a narrow alley running from Shijo-dori to Sanjo-dori, one block west of Kamogawa River. The alley is packed with restaurants on both sides oering a wide range of dining opBons from inexpensive yakitori to tradiBonal and modern Kyoto cuisine, foreign cuisine and highly exclusive establishments that require the right connecBons and a fat wallet. Business hours and closing days of the restaurants, bars and shops along Pontocho vary by establishment, but most places are usually open from around 17:00 to 23:00. Some also open for lunch. An increasing number of establishments oer English menus.

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Aoi KYOTO Stay!

CHECK-OUT

02!AUG 2015 Sunday

11:00 a.m.

unBl 11:00

Back to TOKYO @ 5:00 p.m. (2 hr 30 min)

Dist. Kyoto-Tpkyo Line Nozomi

Per passenger (adult) 420 AED

per passenger (child) 210 AED


Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

CHECK-IN

02!AUG 2015 Sunday

7:00 p.m.

From 15:00

Ginza Street!Asakusa line ( from skytree to Dist.) Trip duraBon: 20 minutes The Ginza () is Tokyo's most famous upmarket shopping , d in ing and entertainment distr ict , featuring numerous department stores, bouBques, art galleries, restaurants, night clubs and cafes. One square meter of land in the district's center is worth over ten million yen, making it one of the most expensive real estate in Japan. It is where you can nd the infamous $10 cups of coee and where virtually every leading brand name in fashion and cosmeBcs has a presence.

9:00 p.m.

DAY 7

TOKYO Disney 3 Aug 2015

Full Day Adults Jonuir Child

AYer 6 p.m. 130 130 130 1 day pass 210 190 130

Keiyo Line


DAY 8


Tokyo Dome City

Tokyo Dome City is a leisure complex in central Tokyo consisBng of the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium, an amusement park, the LaQua spa, a variety of shops and restaurants and Tokyo Dome Hotel.

Tokyo Dome City ANracPons Hours: Daily 10:00 to 21:00 Closed: No closing days Admission: 3900 yen (1-day pass) An amusement park with various rides and entertainment faciliBes, including roller coasters, a ferris wheel and a tower that drops riders from a height of 80 meters.

10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

DAY 9


Ginza

9:00 a.m.

Ginza WakoShops: 10:30 to 19:00Built in 1932, the clock tower of the Ginza Wako building is the symbol of the Ginza, standing at the northwest corner of the district's centrally located Ginza 4-Chome juncBon of Chuo and Harumi Dori. Inside the building, jewelry and luxury items are sold.

Sony Building Showroom and shops: 11:00 to 19:00 Restaurants: typically 11:00 to 21:30 The newest products by Sony, including DVD recorders, televisions, cameras, audio sets, mobile phones, computers and Play StaBon products, are displayed to the public in the showrooms in this building. There is also a tourist informaBon desk on the rst oor as well as a few shops, restaurants and cafes.

Yurakucho Gado-shita Dining (more details)One of Tokyo's most interesBng dining districts is located beneath the elevated train tracks north and south of Yurakucho StaBon (in Japanese: Gado-shita from "below the girder"). Stretching over about 700 meters, dozens of restaurants are built into the brick arches below the Yamanote Line, ranging widely from small yakitori joints and izakaya to beer halls and slightly more upscale French wine bars.

Ginza

9:00 a.m.

DAY 10


Shuyiba Street & 109 Mall

9:00 a.m.

Dinner in Skytree

Sakura mochi

Yuki ichigo

Choux Creme

Tayaki

Parfait ( in cocos)

Zenzai

Coee jelly

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