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Dates & Location
Hotel Information
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Schedule (more details TBA)
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Notes &
Your Expenses
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May
3-4
Bloomington, IN
Indiana
Memorial Union Hotel
900 E. 7th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812- 856-6381
Fax: 812-855-3426
imuhotel@indiana.edu |
Saturday, May 3
See Orientation
Agenda
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Transportation to Bloomington |
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Sunday, May 4
See Orientation
Agenda
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Transportation from Bloomington |
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June 11-12
Chicago, IL
Hilton
Chicago O'Hare Airport
OHare Intl Airport
P.O.B. 66414
Chicago, IL 60666
Phone: 773-686-8000
Fax: 773-601-2873
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Wednesday, June 11
Afternoon
Individual check-in at hotel
Pre-departure orientation (starting at 2 pm): activities TBA
Evening
Group dinner
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Transportation to Chicago |
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Thursday, June 12
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel & Airport Transit to Terminal 5
Meet Mr. Takashi Hara (our travel agent from JALPAK
International Chicago)
Check-in at JAL
counter at Terminal 5
12:00: JAL 009 Chicago
O'Hare -> Tokyo
Narita (will arrive next day)
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Snack/Lunch |
June
13-16
Tokyo
Shinjuku
Washington Hotel
(Annex)
3-2-9 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8336
Tel: (81)3-3343-3111
Fax: (81)3-3342-2575
webmaster@shinjyuku-wh.com |
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Friday, June 13
Afternoon
2:55: Arrive Narita
(Terminal 2)
Friendly
Airport Limousine bus to hotel
Group check-in at hotel
Evening
Free time
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Dinner |
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Saturday, June 14
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Group meeting: Tokyo orientation
Tour of Tokyo
Metropolitan Government Building observation deck
Subway Toei Oedo Line: Tocho-mae -> Ryogoku
Tour of Edo-Tokyo
Museum
Toei Oedo Line: Ryogoku -> Kuramae & Toei Asakusa Line: Kuramae
-> Higashi Ginza
Evening
Kabuki Performance in Kabuki-za
Theater with makunouchi
bento-box dinner
Toei Asakusa Line: Higashi Ginza -> Daimon & Toei Oedo Line:
Daimon -> Tocho-mae
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Subway (total: 730 yen?)
Lunch
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Sunday, June 15
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Guided bus tour of Tokyo: Meiji
Shrine, Imperial
Palace East Garden, Asakusa
District (lunch), Yasukuni
Shrine, Supermarket tour (shop for your own dinner!), etc.
Evening
Group dinner (bring your dinner), tour leaders available to help plan
independent study day (at Shinjuku NS Building)
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Lunch
Dinner |
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Monday, June 16
Morning, Afternoon, & Evening
Breakfast at hotel
Independent study day
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Lunch
Dinner
Miscellaneous expenses |
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June 17-19
Kyoto
Gion
Yoshiima
Shin-monzen St. Gion
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, 605
Tel: (81)75-561-2620
Fax: (81)75-541-6493
info@yoshi-ima.co.jp
Kyoto
Centnovum Hotel (Japanese only)
19-1 Higashi-Sanno-cho
Higashi-Kujo, Minami-ku
Kyoto 601-8004
Tel: (81)75-682-8777
Fax: (81)75-682-8787
kanribu@centnovum.or.jp
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Tuesday, June 17
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel & send luggage to Kyoto (will arrive next day)
Group meeting: Tokyo wrap-up & Kyoto orientation
JR
Chuo Line Kaisoku: Shinjuku -> Tokyo
JR
Tokai
Shinkansen ("bullet
train"): Tokyo -> Kyoto
Kyoto
City Bus: Kyoto Station -> Kyoto kaikan bijutsukan mae
Free time: Heian
Shrine, Museum
of Traditional Crafts, etc.
Group check-in at ryokan (traditional inn)
Evening
Kaiseki-ryori
dinner in your room
Free time (optional: family
bath, tea ceremony in ryokan)
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Use your JR
Rail Pass
Lunch (pick up ekiben
at Tokyo Station!)
Bus (220 yen?)
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Wednesday, June 18
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast in your room
Check-out ryokan
Guided bus tour of Kyoto: Nijo
Castle, Ryoan
Temple (group lunch: shojin-ryori),
Kiyomizu
Temple, Philosopher's
Path, etc.
Evening
Group check-in at hotel & pick up luggage
Group dinner, tour leaders available to help plan independent study
day (at hotel)
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Thursday, June 19
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Independent study day
Evening
7:20 pm: Traditional Japanese Art Performance at Gion
Corner (optional)
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Lunch
Dinner
Miscellaneous expenses |
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June 20 - 22
Hiroshima
(via Himeji)
Hotel
New Hiroden (Japanese only)
14-9 Osuga-cho, Minami-ku
Hiroshima 732-0821
Tel: (81)82-263-3456
Fax: (81)82-263-3784
h.n.hiro@d7.dion.ne.jp
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Friday, June 20
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel & send luggage to Hiroshima (will arrive same
day)
Group meeting: Kyoto wrap-up & Himeji orientation
JR
Shinkansen:
Kyoto -> Himeji
Tour of Hyogo
Prefectural Museum of History & Himeji
Castle
JR
Shinkansen:
Himeji -> Hiroshima
Group check-in at hotel
Evening
Group dinner at Mitchan (Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki)
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Use your JR
Rail Pass
Lunch
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Saturday, June 21
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel (leave luggage at hotel)
Group meeting: Hiroshima & homestay orientation
Hiroshima Dentetsu: Hirosshima Station -> Genbaku Dome-mae
Visit to Peace
Memorial Park: Peace
Memorial Museum, an atomoic-bomb survivor's testimony by Ms. Miyoko
Matsubara (representative of the
Spirit of Hiroshima), presentation of paper crane, etc.
Hiroshima Dentetsu (street car): Genbaku Dome-mae -> Hirosshima
Station
Tea with homestay families and Hiroshima International Homestay Club
members (at hotel)
Evening
Homestay (take overnight bag only; your suitcase will be sent to Osaka)
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Streetcar (total: 300 yen?)
Lunch
Miscellaneous expenses & meals (during homestay)
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Sunday, June 22
Morning, Afternoon, & Evening
Homestay
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Miscellaneous expenses & meals |
June 23-24
Osaka
New Hankyu Hotel
1-1-35, Shibata, Kita-ku
Osaka, 530-8310
Tel: (81)6-6372-5101
Fax: (81)6-6374-6885
web-ms1@newhankyu.co.jp |
Monday, June 23
Morning & Afternoon
Meet at Hiroshima Station
JR
Shinkansen:
Hirsohima -> Shin Osaka
Osaka City Subway Midosuji Line: Shin Osaka -> Esaka, Kita Osaka
Kyuko Dentetsu: Esaka -> Senri Chuo, & Osaka Mororail: Senri
Chuo -> Banpaku Kinen Koen
Visit to National
Museum of Ethnology
Osaka Mororail: Banpaku Kinen Koen -> Senri Chuo, Kita Osaka Kyuko
Dentetsu: Senri Chuo -> Esaka, & Osaka City Subway Midosuji Line:
Esaka -> Umeda
Group check-in at hotel
Evening
Group dinner (bento-box)
& meeting (at hotel): Hiroshima wrap-up & school visit orientation
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Assignment for meetings TBA
Use your JR
Rail Pass
Miscellaneous expenses & meals (during homestay)
Train (total: 1,150 yen?)
Lunch
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Tuesday, June 24
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Meet Osaka
Prefectural Education Board staff (Mr. Shingo Matsumiya, etc.)
School visits (public elementary, middle and high schools) & school
lunch
Evening
Group dinner with Osaka Prefectural Education Board staff
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June 25-28
Okinawa
Okinawa
Fuji Hotel (Japanese only)
1-6-1, Nishi
Naha, Okinawa 900-0036
Tel: (81)98-868-1118
Fax: (81)98-868-2189
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Wednesday, June 25
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel
Group meeting: Osaka wrap-up & Okinawa orientation (culture &
history)
Osaka
Kuko Kotsu Bus to Itami Airport
Check-in at JAL
counter
2:45: JAL 807 Osaka Itami -> Naha
(will arrive at 4:50)
Chartered bus to hotel
Group check-in at hotel
Evening
Group dinner (Okinawan
cuisine) & Okinawa traditional art performance in the Teahouse
of the August Moon
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Lunch
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Thursday, June 26
Morning
Breakfast at hotel
School visits in Kadena
(high & middle schools)
Afternoon
Guided bus tour of Okinawa I: Ie-jima island, Nakijin
Castle, Yomitan Beach landing
Evening
Group meeting: Okinawa orientation (security issues)
Free time
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Lunch
Dinner
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Friday, June 27
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Drive by Futenma
Marine Corps Air Station, Kadena
Air Base, Yomitan
Auxiliary Airfield
US
Marine Corps briefing on Special Action Committee on Okinawa issues
US
Consul General briefing
Free time
Evening
Group dinner at hotel with Prof. Gabe from the University
of the Ryukyus (specialist on US military presence in Okinawa)
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Lunch
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Saturday, June 28
Morning & Afternnon
Breakfast at hotel
Guided bus tour of Okinawa II: Peace
Prayer Memorial Museum, Himeyuri
Monument, Shuri
Castle, Ryukyu-mura
Village, Okinawa
Prefectural Museum
Evening
Group dinner at Sam's
by the Sea
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Lunch
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June 29
Narita
Holiday
Inn Tobu Narita
320-1 Tokko
Narita, 2860106
Tel: (81)476-32-1234
Fax: (81)476-32-0617
nrt.room.rsvn@tobuhotel.co.jp |
Sunday, June 29
Morning & Afternoon
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel
Group meeting: Okinawa wrap-up
Chartered bus to airport
Check-in at JAL
counter
12:00: Naha -> Tokyo
Haneda (will arrive at 2:20)
Friendly
Airport Limosine bus to Narita
Airport
Hotel shuttle to hotel
Group check-in at hotel
Evening
Farewell banquet: tour wrap-up
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Assignment for meeting TBA
Lunch
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June 30
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Monday, June 30
Morning
Breakfast at hotel
Check-out hotel
Hotel shuttle to airport
Check-in at JAL
counter
11:05: JAL 010 Tokyo
Narita -> Chicago
O'Hare (will arrive at 8:20 am on the same day, Terminal 5)
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Transportation from Chicago |
September 27-28
Bloomington, IN
Indiana
Memorial Union Hotel
900 E. 7th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812- 856-6381
Fax: 812-855-3426
imuhotel@indiana.edu |
Saturday, September 27
Follow up schedule TBA
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Transportation to Bloomington |
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Saturday, September 28
Follow up schedule TBA
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Transportation from Bloomington |