TEA TOUR ITINERARY + TEA & HOT SPRING EXTENSION
DAY ONE (May 6th)
Noon - Depart Seattle, U.S.A.
DAY
TWO
(May 7th)
8pm - Arrive Nagoya, Japan
9pm - Check in to Ryokan
Snack
DAY
THREE
(May 8th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Visit to Tokoname ceramics district
Noon - Lunch
2pm - Kouju-in (tea temple)
3pm - Jissou-ji (tea temple)
4pm - Matcha Factory Tour & Tea Tasting
8pm - Dinner
10pm - Return to Ryokan
DAY
FOUR
(May 9th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Bullet Train to Kyoto
noon - Check in to Guesthouse
1pm - Lunch in the neighborhood (on your own)
Afternoon: Visit to Daitoku Zen Temple Compound
2pm - Juko-in: Pilgrimage to grave of Sen Rikyu
3pm - Daisen-in: Zen rock garden
4pm - Koto-in: tea at the moss garden
6pm - Daiji-in: Buddhist Vegetarian Dinner
8pm - Public Bath (open until 1am)
DAY
FIVE
(May 10th)
8am - Breakfast
FREE DAY IN KYOTO
Suggested Activities:
Daitoku-ji for Zen meditation
Vegetarian lunch at Daiji-in
To-ji (temple and 5-tiered pagoda)
Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion), Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
Nishiki Koji food market (the "Kitchen of Kyoto")
Gion - historic Geisha district
7pm - Dinner
9pm - Public Bath
DAY
SIX
(May 11th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Train to Uji
10am - Byodo-in Temple
11am - Taiho-an Tea House
Noon - Lunch (Sushi Conveyor Restaurant)
1pm - Visit to tea chest workshop
3pm - Train to Wazuka
5pm - Check in to Ryokan
6pm - Dinner
DAY
SEVEN
(May 12th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Tea Picking
11am - Tea Processing
Noon - Box Lunch
1pm - Competition-Style Tea-Tasting
3pm - Tour of Mountain Tea Factory
6pm - Dinner
8pm - Public Bath
DAY EIGHT
(May 13th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Train to Kanazawa
Noon - Check in to Ryokan
1pm - Lunch (on your own)
2pm - Visit to Kutani Kiln
4pm - Visit to Gold Leaf Factory
(Golden Tea Ceremony Room)
6pm - Special Dinner
DAY
NINE
(May 14th)
8am - Special Breakfast
10am - Bullet Train to Nagoya
1pm - Special Lunch
2pm - Visit to Nagoya Castle
6pm - Check in to Ryokan
7pm - Farewell Dinner
DAY
TEN
(May 15th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Train to Airport
Noon - Depart Nagoya, Japan
(OPTIONAL)
DAY TEN (May 15th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Train to Kawabe
11am - Tea Ceremony Workshop (with lunch)
(Miyoko Hiraoka - Master of the Urasenke School)
2pm - Train to Shirakawa
3pm - Visit to Organic Tea Farm
4pm - Depart for Takayama
6:30pm - Dinner
8pm - Check in to Traditional Japanese Inn
DAY
ELEVEN
(May 16th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Visit ashinoyu (hot spring foot bath)
Noon - Lunch
2pm - Visit to Karukaya Hot Spring
5pm - Return to Inn
Free Time
7pm - Dinner
DAY
TWELVE
(May 17th)
8am - Breakfast
9am - Visit to riverside hot spring
Noon - Lunch
1pm - "Japanese Alps" cable car excursion
4 pm - Karukaya Hot Spring
7pm - Return to Inn
7:30pm Dinner
DAY
THIRTEEN
(May 18th)
6am - Train to Airport (Breakfast included)
Noon - Depart Nagoya, Japan
(PLEASE NOTE: Locations and activities not guaranteed. Itinerary subject to change.)
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