DAY 1: DEPART

• Depart from your home airport

DAY 2: OSAKA

• Arrive in Japan
• Meet your KI Concerts tour manager
• Enjoy an orientation tour of the port city of Osaka, known for its modern architecture, hearty street food, and welcoming locals
• Check into hotel
• Dinner daily
• Overnight Osaka

DAY 3: OSAKA

• Breakfast daily
• Embark on a guided tour of Osaka seeing Nara Park, known for its deer that roam throughout the park, the Dotonbori, an area of towering neon lights and extravagant signage, the Tōdai-ji Temple, and the Osaka Castle, one of Japan's most famous landmarks
• Overnight Osaka

DAY 4: KYOTO

• Transfer to Kyoto, Japan’s most traditional city, boasting a feast of people wearing kimonos and reliving ancient Japanese practices
• Enjoy a guided tour of Kyoto's sites including the Kiyomizu-dera Temple, the Fushimi Inari Shrine, and Ninen-zaka and Sannen-zaka, ancient stone-paved streets lined with traditional buildings and shops
• Exchange program (tbd)
• Concert
• Overnight Kyoto

DAY 5: KYOTO AND TOKYO

• Embark on a tour seeing the stunning Golden Pavilion, a Zen temple of which the top two floors are covered in gold leaf, and visit Arashiyama, filled with temples and shrines and featuring its world-renowned bamboo grove
• Ride one of Japan's famous shinkansen trains to Tokyo at up to 160MPH
• Check into hotel
• Overnight Tokyo

DAY 6: TOKYO

• Guided tour of Tokyo, which is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. We will pass by famous sites including the Imperial Palace, the national parliament building (the Diet), and the Senso-ji Temple
• Enjoy a river cruise on the Sumida River, Tokyo’s gateway to the sea since ancient times
• Exchange program (tbd)
• Concert
• Overnight Tokyo

DAY 7: TOKYO

• Embark on a guided city tour of Tokyo seeing the imposing Meiji-jingu Shrine, the Tokyo Tower, Shibuya Crossing (Tokyo’s Times Square) and the Roppongi Hills and Midtown
• Explore Ginza, a popular shopping area considered one of the most expensive, elegant, and luxurious streets in the world, before walking the narrow streets of Harajaku, Tokyo’s trendiest area
• Overnight Tokyo

DAY 8: TOKYO

• Exchange program (tbd)
• Concert
• Enjoy a Taiko (Japanese drum) workshop
• Farewell dinner
• Overnight Tokyo

DAY 9: DEPART

• Transfer to the Tokyo airport and begin your journey home