Japan and China Highlights Tour

Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrival, Tokyo

  On your arrival at Narita International Airport, our airport assistant will then guide you to take the public transportation to get to your hotel. The rest of the day will be free to rest and recover from your journey or explore Japan's capital at your own pace.

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• Day 2: Tokyo

  Get up early to explore the world's biggest fresh fish market - Tsukiji Fish Market (closed on Sundays and some Wednesdays). This is also a great place to try some delicious sushi. Later, you will visit the famous Senso-ji Temple, Meiji Jingu Shrine, and Harajuku nearby. After that, you can stroll along the Shibuya area, where Hachiko Dog Statue is located.

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• Day 3: Tokyo - Kyoto

  This morning, you will travel to Kyoto by express train. Your local private guide in Kyoto will meet you and escort you to your hotel by public transportation. You will visit the distinguished Nijo Castle this afternoon, and then you can enjoy your free time at Gion District. You might encounter some beautiful Geisha at Hanami-koji Street if you are lucky.

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• Day 4: Kyoto

  Enjoy a full-day guided tour by public transportation in Kyoto, including Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Sanjusangendo Hall. Continue by visiting the glittering Kinkaku-ji Temple, and the Fushimi-Inari Shrine, famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates. 

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• Day 5: Kyoto - Hiroshima

  Enjoy free time on your own in the morning. At noon, you will make your way to take Shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima. Arriving in Hiroshima, you will be met by a local assistant and guided to your hotel. 

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• Day 6: Hiroshima - Miyajima - Hiroshima

  At 9:00 in the morning, your private English-speaking guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel. You will then be escorted to Miyajima by local train and ferry boat.

  After arriving at Miyajima, you will pay a visit to the Itsukushima Jinja, also known as Itsukushima Shrine on the sea when the tide rises at Miyajima. Afterward, you will be escorted back to Hiroshima, and visit the Peace Memorial Park, Atomic Bomb Dome and Hiroshima Castle.

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• Day 7: Hiroshima - Shanghai

  Today you will take public transportation to the airport for your flight to Shanghai. On your arrival in Shanghai, China's most modern city, your Shanghai tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax.

  Note: You will have a private guide and driver in each city in China.

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• Day 8: Shanghai

  After breakfast, your private guide will pick you up from the hotel lobby at the appointed time to start your city exploration from the Bund and the former French Concession. While walking on the streets full of Western flavor, a vivid picture of this cosmopolitan city in old times may come to mind.

  Later, you will visit Yu Garden and stroll around Yuyuan Market, and then visit a silk workshop to see how the small cocoons are transformed into elegant silk. After that, get on the top of Shanghai World Financial Center to enjoy a bird-view of the skyline of the city.

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• Day 9: Shanghai - Zhujiajiao Water Town - Guilin

  After breakfast, firstly head to Zhujiajiaoto visit the well preserved ancient town and enjoy its unique water features by boat before going to the airport for your flight to Guilin. On your arrival in Guilin, the most scenic city in China, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

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• Day 10: Guilin - Yangshuo

  Today, you'll go on a leisurely Li River Cruise, which sails downstream to Yangshuo County. During this journey, enjoy the breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and picturesque pastoral views of rice paddies and water buffaloes. After disembarkation, transfer to your hotel in Yangshuo. Later, take a countryside tour and feel the laid-back ambiance by a bicycle or a private car at your pleasure.

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• Day 11: Yangshuo - Guilin - Xi'an

  After breakfast, drive back to Guilin to have a relaxing walk along the Banyan Lake and Cedar Lake to taste the pleasant atmosphere of this beautiful city. Later, continue to South China Sea Pearl Museum and Reed Flute Cave, and then go to the airport for your flight to Xi'an. On arrival, be met and transferred to your hotel.

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• Day 12: Xi'an

  The highlight of today is the awe-inspiring Terracotta Warriors. You will have enough time to marvel at the grand array of thousands of life size and lifelike clay soldiers, horses and chariots in life size. After that, you will visit Xi'an Art Ceramics Factory, Muslim Street and the Great Mosque.

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• Day 13: Xi'an - Beijing

  After breakfast, you will be escorted to visit the Ancient City Wall.As a well-preserved ancient fortress, the city wall is so thick that you can cycle on the top to get a better view of both the old and new Xi'an. Later, set off to the railway station for your high-speed train to Beijing. On your arrival in Beijing, a local tour guide will meet you and transfer you to your hotel.

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• Day 14: Beijing

  On this day you will first visit Tiananmen Square. Then, passing through the iconic Tiananmen Gate, you will enter the splendid Forbidden City, China's No.1 palace complex, famous for its grand royal buildings, exquisite ornaments and priceless treasures. When leaving the royal palace, continue to Jingshan Park and climb to the top of the hill to enjoy the best panoramic view of the Forbidden City.

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• Day 15: Beijing, Great Wall Tour

  No Beijing tour is complete without a visit to the Great Wall. Today you will tour the magnificent Mutianyu Great Wall with cable car up and down, the 8th Wonder of the World. Walking on the venerable ramparts, you will be amazed at the unbelievable construction and appealing landscape that surrounds the Wall.

  Descending from the Great Wall, you will stop by a jade gallery and then take a leisure stroll along the Sacred Road, a royal path noted for vivid stone statues and afterlife stories.

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• Day 16: Beijing, Departure

  After breakfast, you will visit Beijing's spectacular Temple of Heaven where emperors in ancient times worshiped heaven each year for a national good harvest. Here you can also enjoy watching locals doing their special morning exercises. Later, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to your next destination.

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