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From: Sent: To: Subject: Sent from my iPhone =br>Begin forwarded message: Friday, September 23, 2016 1:45 AM Fwd: Japan =rom Date: September 23, 2016 at 10:41:23 AM GMT+9 To Subject: Japan Wednesday 21st =span style="font-size:10.0ptfont-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial" class="">Flight Information Datec/=> 21 Sep 20164=pan> Airline Japan Airlines l=m Origin=/p> New York, John F Kennedy Internatio=al Destination</=pan> Tokyo, Narita International Airport=o:p class=""> Departing 09:30 AM EFTA_R1_01259998 EFTA02329841 Arriving 12:40 PM / 22 Sep 2016 Departure Terminalco:p> Terminal 1 Arrival Terminal Terminal 2 Estimated Time 14 Hrs 10 Mins Stops<=p> Non-stop Seats<=p> 10D, 10G Thursday 22nd Arrive Tokyo 12:40 PM Hotel Information Grand Hyatt Tokyo</=:p> Ms Karyna Shuliak and /span> Thursday, September 22, 2016 Monday, September 26, 2016=span style="font-size:10.0ptfont-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:&qu=t;Times New Roman"" class=""> Grand Executive Suite Twin and Gr=nd Club Room King - connecting room </=> 2 EFTA_R1_01259999 EFTA02329842 *Settle in — Lunch — Sight see — Bus tour ? Ginza? Knife sho=ping? Spa? *Dinner at Grand Hyatt top floor Friday 23rd=/i> *Tuna Auction — get tickets! 4 - Sam A basic map of Tsukiji Market: &=bsp; <=pan style="mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:none windowtext Oin;padding:Oin" class="">*=span style="font-size:10.0pt;font- family:Georgia;mso-fareast-font-family:=quot;Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font- family:Arial;color:#474747;background:white" class="">Tsukis=ima —a manmade island home to monjayaki (t AI l P ) , a kind of runny pancake w=th different ingredients, such as seafood, meat and vegetables, mixed into the batter. A large concentration of monjayaki restaurants is found along Nishinaka Street= just a few steps from Tsukishima Station. (Grasshopper) <=pan style="color:#303030;border:none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:none windowtext Oin;padding:Oin" class="">*Dome City *Edo Castle / Imp=rial Palace (Tokyo) (?) Japan's capital city manages to wrangle a s=ot in the list through a slight technicality, as Edo Castle was long ago absorbed into the Imperial Palace. *Ginza — Shopping district *Dinner Saturday 24th 3 EFTA_R1_01260000 EFTA02329843 *Check out themed hotels *Din=er Sunday 2=th <=:p class=""> •Cooking class: kaiseki cuisine ? <=span> *Sumo 2pm (Sumo has seasons — be sure to know when you're arriving and get ticke=s well in advance — they tend to sell out.) =Dinner Monday 26th Depart Tokyo — Arrive Kyoto4=pan>: Time TBD by train schedule. Hotel Information Hotel<=p> THE TAWARAYA Address Fuyacho Oike<=span> KYOTO 604 JAPAN Telephone Check In Date=/span> Mon 26 Sep 2016 4 EFTA_R1_01260001 EFTA02329844 Check Out Date Sat 01 Oct 2016 Confirmation Number=/o:p> MIYAKEPTS1 Base Rate JPY 136622 / per night, may be subj=ct to local taxes and service charges Confirmed *Settle in, walk around town. *Dinner </=pan> Tuesday 27th *Perhaps th= Tawaraya Hotel would have a guide to show us around the city? Take in the special nat=re of the accommodations. *Dinner th=/p> *Arashiyam= (30mins from Ky=to) http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3950_arashiyam= <http://www.japan- guide.com/e/e3950_a=ashiyama_full.html> - Monkey Park on the south of the Togetsukyo Bridge. It takes about 20 minutes to climb the mount=in to see the monkeys, and there are good views of Kyoto from the top. <=span>(90min= - Cross the Togetsuky= Bridge and spend a few minutes viewing the bridge. Some of the best view= are from downstream of the bridge. (20min) - Explore Tenryuji Temple (45min)<=pan style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman&quo=;; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class=""> 5 EFTA_R1_01260002 EFTA02329845 - Bamboo G=oves From=Tenryuji walk to Arashiyama Station and rent a bicycle. Then, head into the bamboo groves behind Tenryuji Temple. Turn right as you get to the entrance of =Okochi Sanso <http://www.japan- guide.com/e/e3912.html#ok=chi> =nbsp;and continue toward&nb=p;=span style="color:windowtexttext- decoration:none;text-underline:none" cl=ss="">Jojakkoji <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.htmltijojakkoji> . (30min)=/span> - Explor= Jojakkoji <http://www.japan-gui=e.com/e/e3912.html#jojakkoji> Temple - best in autumn =hen the leaves change colors. (30min) - (Opt: N=sonin Temple) - Contin=e north and stop off at Gioji, a sma=l, quiet temple known for its maple trees and moss garden. (45min= - Contin=e along the main road until you get to Saga-Toriimoto Preserved Street<=a> <http://www.japan- guide.com/e/e3912.htmlfisagatoriimot=> , a historic street lined by tradit=onal townhouses (machiya). Explore the shops and restaurants along the way. This m=y be a good place to have lunch. (45min) *Lunch -(Opt: Adashino Nenbutsuji <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.htm=#nenbutsuji> Not to be c=nfused with nearby Otagi Nenbutsuji, the Adashino Nenbutsuji <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/=3912.html#nenbutsuji> is another interesting temple in the area. It h=s hundred of stone statues as well as a small bamboo grove.)=/o:p> - Follow=the road past the preserved streets to Otagi Nenbutsuji, a temple whose grounds ar= covered in hundreds of small stone statues. (lhr) = Explore Daikakuji. From the exit of Otagi Nenbutsuji, cross over to the larger, two lane road=that parallels the road you arrived on. One block before the first traffic light,=veer left and head through the rice fields and residential neighborhoods tow=rd Daikakuji <http://www.japan•guide.com/e/e3964.html> . Explore Daikakuji. (=0min) *Dinner Thursday 29 <= class="">&n=sp; *Nara (Full Day? Half Day?) (55min from Kyoto) &n=sp; http://w=w.japan-guide.com/e/e4100.html <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4100.html> Todaij= Temple is on= of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the head=temple of all provincial Buddhist <http://www.japan-guide.com/e=e2055.html> temples <http://www.japan-guide.com/e=e2058.html> . (7:30a — 5p) 6 EFTA_R1_01260003 EFTA02329846 Horyuj= Temple - fou=ded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, who is credited with the early promotion of&n=sp;Buddhism in Japan. Horyuji is one of the country's=oldest temples and contains the world's oldest surviving=wooden structures. (8a Sp) - Isuien is an attractive&nb=p;Japanese garden with a variety of features, such as=the use of =span style="mso•bidi-font- family: Arial;color:windowtextbackground:white;text-decoration:none;text-underline:=none" class="">Todaiji Temple chttp://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4100.html>'s Nandaimon Gate and Mount Wakakusayama as "borrowed scenery". Isuien means="garden founded on water", and the garden's name is derived from the fact that its ponds are fed by the small adjacent Yoshikigawa River. (9=30a — 4:30p) - Nara Park Isuien Garden — traditional garden 1670=o:p class=—> (Review: I usually leave Kyoto around 8 AM. I'd arrive in Nara around 8:30 and walk t= Kofukuji (5 story pagoda,) Great Buddha and Kasuga Shrine. I'd come back nea= Nara Station and have lunch and head to Himeji via Osaka. I'd see the Castle and be=back to Kyoto by dinnertime. It's a easy day trip.) • Di nner</=pan> Friday 30th<=:p class=""> •Joi's Tea House =span style="font-size:10.0ptfont-family:Georgia" class="">•Dinner <= class="">Saturday 1st Depart Kyoto — Arrive Himeji<=:p class=""> •=rop luggages off ??? •Himeji (kf =B7) is most famous for=its magnificent castle, Himeji Castle <http://www.japan-guide.com/e=e3501.html> , widely considered to be Japan's most beautifu= surviving feudal castle <http://www.japan-guide.com/e=e2296.html> . 7 EFTA_R1_01260004 EFTA02329847 The castle is designated both a national trea=ure and a =span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:windowtextbackground:white;text-decoration:none;text-underline:=none" class="">UNESCO world heritage site <http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2251.html> . Depart Himeji — Arrive Tokyo<=:p class=""> Hotel Information Grand Hyatt Tokyo</=:p> Ms Karyna Shuliak a=d Check out: Wednesda=, October 05, 2016 Grand Executive Sui=e Twin and Grand Club Room King - connecting room *Dinner</=> &nbs=; Sunday 2nd<=o:p> *Dinner =span style="font-family:Georgia" class="">Monday 3rd *Dinner Tuesday 4th *Dinner 8 EFTA_R1_01260005 EFTA02329848 th<=p> Final day! C=nquer anything and everything we can — sleep is for amateurs. Flight Information Date</=> Airline Japan Airlines 05 Oct 2016</=pan> Flight/Class<=span> JL 4 X Business Class Origin=/p> Tokyo, Narita International Airport=o:p class=""> Destinationg=pan> New York, John F Kennedy Internatio=al Departing 06:25 PM Arriving 06:20 PM Departure Terminalco:p> Terminal 2 Arrival Terminal Term nal 1 Estimated Time 12 Hrs 55 Mins Stops<=p> Non-stop Seats<=p> 2D, 2G=/p> 9 EFTA_R1_01260006 EFTA02329849 Restaurants: G=nza Kojyu &=bsp; To Do / Prep List: 10 EFTA_R1_01260007 EFTA02329850