Day 1:

• Depart for Japan

 

Day 2:

• Arrive in Tokyo and take a city bus tour

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Day 3:

• Take the bullet train to Osaka

• Visit Osaka Castle and Park

• Have lunch in the Kita District

• Explore the Dotombori area

• Walk over the iconic Ebisu-bashi bridge

• Visit the Hozen-ji Temple and see the moss covered Mizu-kake Fudo statue

• See the city from the Harukas 300 Observatory

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Day 4:

• Take a day trip to Nara

• Visit the Todaji Temple which houses the great Buddha and visit the museum

• See Kasuga Taisha Shrine, museum, and Botanical Garden

• Visit Nara Park where you will see tame deer roaming

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Day 5:

• Travel to Kyoto

• Visit Kinkakuji Temple and Nijo Castle

• Tour Kyoto Imperial Palace

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Day 6:

• Spend the day visiting Hiroshima

• See the Atomic Bomb Dome

• Find the hypocenter of the bombing, marked by a small marble monument on a side street

• Walk over the Ota River

• See the Children's Peace Monument and the Centaph

• Visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

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Day 7:

• Depart for home

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