Day 1: Fly overnight to South Korea
Day 2: Seoul
Meet your Tour Director at the airportDay 3: Seoul
Take a tour of Seoul
With your Tour Director, you will:
- See the Blue House—the residence and office of the President of South Korea
- Visit Gyeongbokgung Palace
Visit the Bukchon Hanok Village
Take a walking tour of the Ikseon-dong neighborhood
Add this in-depth excursion:
Taekwondo class
Learn all about Taekwondo in the country this highly recognizable martial art originates from. Learn from professional instructors and discipline your body and mind as you learn principal moves like jireugi (first strike), makgi (defense), chagi (kick), and jjikgi (strike).
View Seoul from the top of N Seoul Tower
Day 4: Seoul • Busan
Travel by bullet train to Busan
Explore the white sands of Haeundae Beach
Visit Dongbaekseom Island and the Nurimaru APEC House
Visit Haedong Yoggungsa Temple
Explore the UN Memorial Cemetery and Peace Memorial Museum
Day 5: Busan
Visit Gamcheon Culture Village
Visit Taejongdae Park
Enjoy a cable car ride over Songdo Beach
Day 6: Busan • Seoul
Travel by bullet train to Seoul
Visit the Odusan Unification Observatory and learn about the division of North and South Korea
Participate in a Korean cooking class, including a kimchi tasting
Day 7: Seoul • Osaka • Kyoto
Fly to Osaka, and then travel to Kyoto
Take a guided tour of Nara
Visit Todaiji Temple
Visit the Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
Day 8: Kyoto
Take a guided tour of Kyoto
Visit Nijō Castle, where the Tokugawa shogunate kept a second home
Explore the Golden Pavilion, a Zen Buddhist temple
Take a tour of the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Day 9: Kyoto • Tokyo
Travel by bullet train to Tokyo
Tour Tokyo with an expert local guide
Visit the Meiji Shinto Shrine
Explore the Asakusa Kannon Temple
Day 10: Tokyo • Fuji-Hakone-Izu region
Enjoy views of the awe-inspiring Mount Fuji (weather permitting)
Visit Lake Saiko, one of the Fuji Five Lakes, and the reconstructed village of Iyashi no Sato Nenba
Explore the Fugaku Fuketsu wind cave and Narusawa Hyoketsu ice cave
Day 11: Depart for home
Add 3 more days
Day 11: Tokyo • Sapporo City
Fly to Sapporo City
Take a tour of Sapporo City
With your Tour Director you will visit:
- Asahiyama Observatory
- Sapporo TV Tower
Stop for a photo at Japan's oldest clock tower
Stop for a photo at Lake Shikotsu
Day 12: Sapporo City
Take an in-depth tour of Shikotsu-Toya National Park
Visit the Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park and learn about Ainu history and culture in Japan
Visit the Nijo Seafood Market
Explore Noboribetsu Hell Valley and Oyunuma Pond, a natural hot spring
Day 13: Sapporo City • Otaru • Tokyo
Visit a local dairy farm in Otaru
Fly back to Tokyo
Day 14: Depart for home
