- 14 Day Japan Rail Pass
- JPY 1,500 Pasmo Card for use on the non JR trains
- Full Day Tokyo Guided Tour
- Kyoto Guided Morning Tour
- 4 nights at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel - Tokyo
- 2 nights at the Hotel Mystays Premier Kanazawa - Kanazawa
- 2 nights at the JR Clement Inn Takamatsu - Takamatsu
- 2 nights at the Matsue Excel Hotel Tokyu - Matsue
- 3 nights at the Miyako Hotel Kyoto Hachijo - Kyoto
Discover some of Japan's finest gardens and popular art destinations including Naoshima Island, home to the Benesse Art Site, and the Adachi Museum of Art whose gardens are said to be a "living Japanese painting".
*inclusions shown in the bullet points - package does not include airfares
Ritsurin Gardens, Takamatsu
Check-out of the Hotel Mystays Premier Kanazawa and from Kanazawa Station board a Limited Express Thunderbird train to Shin-Osaka Station. (155 mins) Change trains and board a Sakura bullet train to Okayama Station. (45 mins) At Okayama Station change trains and board a Marine-Liner train to Takamatsu Station. (53 mins)
Your accommodation at the JR Clement Inn Takamatsu is one minute walk from Takamatsu Station.
After check-in, visit Ritsurin Koen (06:00 - 17:30/JPY410), a beautiful landscape garden set in front of the wooded Mt. Shiun, which provides a lovely backdrop to the scenic gardens. The gardens feature many ponds and pavilions across the Japanese-style gardens in the south, and the western-style gardens in the north. Stroll through the park and visit the folk museum and shops, or stop for some tea on the verandah of the Kikugetsu-tei teahouse which overlooks the pond. To get there, board a local train from Takamatsu Station to Ritsurinkoen-Kitaguchi Station. (5 mins) The garden's entrance is a 5 minute walk from here.
Walk back via the shopping arcade which stretches between the gardens and Takamatsu Castle. At nearly 2.7km, it is claimed to be the longest shopping arcade in Japan. The stretch between Kawaramachi and Kataharamachi is paralleled by Lion Dori, a street containing mostly restaurants, including many that serve Kagawa prefecture's specialty - Sanuki Udon - a firm, chewy noodle served cold with a dipping sauce or hot in a soup.
Stay: JR Clement Inn Takamatsu - 1/2
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