May 29, 2006   

Winter Wonderland IV

December 2010 program:
Below we will describe, in short, the possibilities of this holiday package.
Please note that this is in no way a definite. Shiranai Travel believes in freedom to roam on your holiday. The only thing definite about this holiday is that we will meet at the airport at a pre-arranged time, fly to Japan together, go to the hotel/apartment together, check-in together and on the final day, go to the airport together and fly home from there as a group. Anything in-between is up to you! Below are just some possible examples of what you could do during the time we'll spend in Japan.

On 04/04/2010

KLM 747 landing at Schiphol Airport (C) Wikimedia

At a decent time in the morning on the First dat of Christmas, you'll have to depart for Schiphol Airport to catch a KLM flight to Tokyo. The flight departs around 13:00 (subject to change) and we'll be meeting at the airport at 10:30, checking in around 11:00. Arriving in Japan around 09:00 the day after (Flight takes 11 hours approx.).

On 05/04/2010

Immigrations at terminal 2, Narita Airport (C) NAA.

We're arriving at Narita airport! After picking up our luggage and going through customs, the Shiranai staff will take all our passports to the JR office while all of you use the ATM's to get money, the guide will pick-up your Japan Railpasses. After having picked them up, we'll head straight for the Keisei Line trains or possibly a chartered bus to our Hotel.

From Sunday 26/12 2010 ~ Tuesday 29/12 2010
We'll explore Tokyo and it's surroundings. We'd like to reccomend places like Nikko or Sendai for a longer trip and Kamakura if you want to stay closer. Optional visit to the Ghibli museum started by Hayao Miyazaki who is considered the Japanese Walt Disney. Tickets for this museum can be bought in Japan as well for only 1/3 of the fee. However, you may not be able to attend in the period we're there as the museum is hugely popular. Also, these tickets are for a set period of time only, where as the advance tickets assure you entrance for the entire day of choice!

Ghibli Museum map (C) Mitaka no Mori Ghibli museum


From Tuesday 29/12 2010 ~ Sunday 09/11 2011
We are in Osaka, near the famous castle. From Osaka you can visit famous places like Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Okayama and the isle of Shikoku through the longest railway bridge on earth (Seto Ohashi bridge). You can also relax in a temple at Koya-san or do whatever else you may want to do.

Osaka-Jo (C) Shiranai Travel / Niels Viveen

Main cemetary at Koyasan (C) Shiranai travel / Niels Viveen

Torii in the sea at Miyajima island (C) Shiranai Travel / Niels Viveen

Himeji-jo (C) Shiranai Travel / Niels Viveen

Main temple at Konpira-san (C) Shiranai Travel / Niels Viveen

You may want to visit the a-bomb museum in Hiroshima.

Church at Ground Zero, Hiroshima (C) Adam


Optional Side-trips 06/01 - 09/01
You can make an additional Side-trip to either Okinawa or Kagoshima for 3 days (nights). On the 6th you will fly, early in the morning, from Kobe Airport to either Okinawa or Kagoshima (You can also train there in about 5 hours) and on the 9th you will fly back to Kobe, taking the High Speed ferry there to Kansai Airport to catch your flight to Amsterdam. For more information or details on these side-trips, please contact Shiranai travel on e-mail or Facebook.

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Sunday 09/01 2011
Bright and early at a few minutes to 7, we'll start out return journey to Amsterdam, arriving there at around 16:30 on the same day.



Schiphol Airport (C) unknown


For more information or subscription to our holiday package, please write to: travel at shiranai.com

Posted by  niels