High School Students to Japan: Itinerary
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Taking off
Our travel plan
Below is a table with the broad picture of our itinerary. Below that is a more detailed day-by-day description of the plan as of the date at the bottom of the page.
An itinerary is a plan as of a particular point in time of where to go, when, and how. But plans change, sometimes even from moment to moment. So our plans may change based on weather, surprise opportunities, changing interests, and factors beyond our control.
Tokyo, Takayama, Kyoto
| Day | Date | Itinerary |
| Wed | 7 June | Leave Denver 11:50 on UA 143, headed for Narita |
| Thu | 8 June | Arrive Tokyo Narita (NRT) at 14:40; hotel shuttle bus to our hotel Shinjuku Washington Hotel |
| Fri | 9 June | Site seeing in Tokyo |
| Sat | 10 June | Site seeing in Tokyo |
| Sun | 11 June |
To Takayama by way of Kanazawa: Shinkansen and Hida Express Students do homestay, chaperones staying at Hida-Takayama Washington Hotel |
| Mon | 12 June | In Takayama Takayama touring |
| Tue | 13 June | In Takayama Takayama touring |
| Wed | 14 June |
To Kyoto, Hida Express and Shinkansen staying at Utano Youth Hostel |
| Thu | 15 June | In Kyoto Kyoto touring |
| Fri | 16 June | In Kyoto Kyoto touring |
| Sat | 17 June |
Train to KIX (Osaka airport)
Depart for Denver; arrive early evening of same day(!) |
We're taking off
* Meet at DIA at 09:00, Terminal East, by Door 608
* Depart DEN on flight UA 143 at 11:50
We arrive in Japan
* Arrive Narita International Airport, Terminal 1, at 14:40
* Quarantine, Immigration (passport)
* Pick up bags, Customs
* Exchange currency
* Set JR passes to activate on Sunday, June 11
* Shuttle bus to our hotel, the
Shinjuku Washington Hotel
* Check in, explore neighborhood
* Dinner in neighborhood (or just crash!)
To Takayama:
* Breakfast in hotel
* 09:30 Check out of hotel
* 09:56 Hokuriku Shinkansen Kagayaki 523 to Kanazawa
* 12:30 Arrive in Kanazawa
* Sightseeing in Kenrokuen garden, lunch in Kanazawa
* 16:07 Hokuriku Shinkansen Hakutaka 570 to Toyama
* 16:30 Arrive in Toyama
* 17:14 Hida Express 20 to Takayama
* 18:41 Arrive in Takayama
* Students picked up by host families
* Chaperones check in to Hida-Takayama Washington Hotel
To Kyoto:
* 09:36 Hida Express 6 to Nagoya
* 12:04 arrive in Nagoya
* 12:43 Shinkansen Kodama 715 to Kyoto
* 13:12 arrive in Kyoto
* From Kyoto station to youth hostel, take local JR train to Hanazono Station
* Taxi to youth hostel
* Check into youth hostel Utano Youth Hostel