7 Days Spectacular Alpine Route from CTC Travel

Highlights:

Nagoya - Gujo - Takayama - Kanazawa - Toyama - Matsumoto - Karuizawa - Tokyo

Attractive Highlights:

Nagoya
- Nagoya Castle
- Railway Museum

Gujo
- Food Replica
- Food Sample Making (DIY)

Takayama
- Old Town
- Kamikochi
- Kappabashi (Kappa Bridge)
- Shrikawago

Kanazawa
- Kenrokuen

Toyama
- Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Matsumoto
- Seasonal Fruit Picking

Karuizawa
- View of Mt Asama
- Onioshidashi Park
- Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza

Tokyo
- Asakusa Kannon Temple
- Nakamise Shopping Street
- View of Sky Tree
- Ameyoko
- Shinjuku
- Tsujiki Fish Market
- Ginza

7 Days Spectacular Alpine Route

SINGAPORE – NAGOYA

Your vacation begins with a pleasant flight from Singapore to the land of rising sun – Japan.

Meals: Meals On Board, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Meals On Board

NAGOYA – GUJO – TAKAYAMA

Begin the day with a visit Nagoya Castle (include admission). Thereafter, proceed to Railway Museum. This museum introduces the “advances in high speed railway” through rolling stock displays, which include the next-generation Superconducting Maglev, as well as the history of railway, among other features.
Continue the journey to Gujo where you can experience the Food Sample Making (DIY) at Food Replicas. Thereafter, drive along to Takayama. It’s a city in mountains.

Meals: Meals On Board, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

TAKAYAMA – KANAZAWA

After breakfast, visit Old Town where you can see the beautifully preserved with many buildings and whole streets of houses dating from the Edo Period (1600-1868). Especially the Sannomachi Street, survives in a particularly pretty state with many old homes, shops, coffee houses and sake breweries, some of which have been in business for centuries. Drive to Kamikochi (slender basin situated at 1500 meters above sea level) to see Japan’s most spectacular mountain scenery &feature vast virgin forests of birch trees and Japanese larch trees. Continue to symbolic bridge, Kappabashi (Kappa Bridge). It is a wooden suspension bridge and constructed in 1891. Thereafter, proceed to famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses and more than 250 years old – Shirakawa-go (UNESCO World Heritage Site). The architectural style developed over many generations and is designed to withstand the large amounts of heavy snow that falls in the region during winter. The roofs, made without nails, provided a large attic space used for cultivating silkworms. Continue the journey to Kanazawa. Upon arrival, take a stroll at Kenrokuen Garden. It’s one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

KANAZAWA – TOYAMA – MATSUMOTO

This morning, an exciting day awaits you. Visit Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. It is known as the “Roof of Japan”. The route passes through the dynamic scenery of Mt. Tateyama in the Japan Alps. It is traversed using a Variety of Vehicles (6 types) with an elevation change of 2400 meters. Thereafter, proceed to Matsumoto.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

MATSUMOTO – KARUIZAWA

After breakfast, enjoy the fun of Seasonal Fruit Picking at local fruit farm (strawberries, grapes, apples, etc). Thereafter, view of Mt Asama, is an active volcano in the mainland Japan. Continue the journey to Onioshidashi Park. It features a landscape of volcanic rocks that gives it an unique and rugged appearance. The park is shaped by volcanic sediment deposited here during the 1783 big eruption of Mount Asama. Next, enjoy the shopping leisure at Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza.
*Note: In the event, there is no fruit picking, it will be replaced by Wasabi Farm.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

KARUIZAWA – TOKYO

This morning, drive along to Tokyo. Upon arrival, visit Sensoji, known as Asakusa Kannon Temple. It has history of more than 1300 years. At the same time, visit Nakamise Shopping Street with a variety of traditional, local snacks and souvenirs. Continue to Ameyoko where you find various products such as clothes, bags, cosmetics, fresh fish, dried food, spices and etc. Thereafter, view of Sky Tree from Asakusa area. Spend the remaining day shopping at Shinjuku. It’s Tokyo most famous fashionable shopping, dining and entertainment district.

Meals: Breakfast

TOKYO – SINGAPORE

After breakfast, visit Tsujiki Fish Market to see the largest wholesale market for fish, fruits, and vegetables in central Tokyo. Thereafter, enjoy the shopping at Ginza until designed time to transfer to airport.

Meals: Breakfast

Agency: CTC Travel

7 Days Spectacular Alpine Route

Agency: CTC Travel

7 Days Spectacular Alpine Route

Agency: CTC Travel