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Start from 8:05-8:45 ( Pick Up Service is available.
Detail, Please ask our staff. )
①NIJO CASTLE ⇒ ②GOLDEN PAVILION ⇒ ③KYOTO IMPERIAL
PALACE ⇒④LUNCH
After lunch at KYOTO HANDICRAFT
CENTER, experience making woodblock printing or cloisonne
making. Tour disbands at Kyoto Handicraft Center,
The Handicraft Center offers free shuttle services
to major hotels at 15:00 after which a transer service
is available on request.
Lunch : Buffet-style / No Breakfast
and No Dinner included. |
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★ Nijo Castle
On Tuesdays in Jul., Aug., & Dec., When "Nijo
Castle" is closed and you will visit "Ryoanji
Temple" or "Daitokuji Temple" instead.
★ Kyoto Imperial Palace
On Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and some other
days, When the Kyoto Imperial Palace is closed and you
will visit "Kitano Temmangu" instead.
Tours visit "Ryoanji Temple" or "Daitokuji
Temple" on May.25, Oct.25
You are required to fill out the form ( your name, sex,
age, nationality ), when you enter "Kyoto Imperial
Palace". |
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| NIJO CASTLE was built in 1603 as Kyoto residence
of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo
gaverment. Mian court was burnt down in 1788 so
only Second court is the original part. The present
Main court was built in 1827 modelling after one
which stood in the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace.
The castle has many cultural treasures including
Chinese Gate and Second Court buildings dating from
Momoyama Era ( 16th century ) , and is designated
a National Treasure for its splendid achitecture
and interior decoration. |
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| Golden Pavilion is located at the foot of Kinugasa
Hill. It si a famous structute of Muromachi period
( 14-16C ). It was originally designed as the villa
of a court noble. The second owner, Yoshimitsu Ashikaga,
the 3rd shogun, greatly improved it and spent the
latter part of his life there in retirement from
the cares of state. He built the Gold Pavilion and
laid out the garden in 1394. His will was followed
by his son as sucessor to change the villa into
a Buddhist temple down in 1950 and reconstruced
in under name of Rokuonji. It was burned 1955. |
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| Kyoto Imperial palace is famous for its elegant
simplicity and had been served as the Emperors's
palace until the capital was moved to Tokyo after
Meiji Restoration ( 1867 ). It was originally located
in the southwest part of the city. It was destroyed
by a fire in 1788, after which it was built, modelled
after the prior one, at the present site. This burned
down in 1854 again. The present builddings dating
from 1855, include Cerenial Hall, Study Hall and
Seiryuden. The Seiryuden ( Serene and cool hamber
) is named after the stream flowing beneath its
step. |
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| Handicraft Center offers you a complate Japanese
handicraft experience including shopping, demonstrations
and opportunities to join the creation of original
handicrafts. You may try doll-making, woodblock
printing, cloisonne making and others. Items on
sale include antiques, pearls, screen and scrolls,
dolls, woodblock prints, fans & swords, kimono
& yukatas, and even modern Japanese electronics.
Duty Free shopping is also available. The center
restaurant features buffet-style lunch and a Japanese
sushi bar. |
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■ Engligh-speaking
guide service is included.
■ Include free pick-up hotels service.
【Pick Up Time】 ★Kyoto Hotel Okura⇒8:25 am ★Karasuma Kyoto Hotel⇒8:35
am
★New Miyako Hotel⇒8:45 am ★Yoshi-ima⇒8:15 am
Times shown are actual bus or taxi starting
times. Please be ready 10 minutes before the departure time
in front of the hotel's Bell Captain Desk or in the hotel's
lounge.
( Times are subject to change without notice )
■ Itinerary is subject to change without notice. |
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details please call us !! (042)-530-4891 Night Flight/FarEast.inc★★★
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