EASC Study Tour 2003: Detailed Itinerary (as of 5/30/03)

Orientation: 5/3 5/4 | Pre-Departure Orientation: 6/11 | 6/12
Tokyo: 6/13 6/14 6/15 6/16 | Kyoto: 6/17 6/18 6/19
Himeji & Hiroshima: 6/20 6/21 6/22 | Osaka: 6/23 6/24
Okinawa:
6/25 6/26 6/27 6/28| Narita: 6/29 | 6/30
| Follow Up: 9/27 9/28

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Dates & Location
Hotel Information

Schedule (more details TBA)
Notes &
Your Expenses
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

Transportation to Bloomington

Sunday, May 4

See Orientation Agenda

Transportation from Bloomington

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

Wednesday, June 11

Afternoon

  • Individual check-in at hotel
  • Pre-departure orientation (starting at 2 pm): activities TBA

    Evening

  • Group dinner
  • Transportation to Chicago

    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)
  • 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

    Friday, June 13

    Afternoon

  • 2:55: Arrive Narita (Terminal 2)
  • Friendly Airport Limousine bus to hotel
  • Group check-in at hotel

    Evening

  • Free time
  • Dinner

    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
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Subway (total: 730 yen?)
    Lunch

    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)
  • Lunch
    Dinner

    Monday, June 16

    Morning, Afternoon, & Evening

  • Breakfast at hotel
  • Independent study day
  • Lunch
    Dinner
    Miscellaneous expenses

    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

    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)
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Use your JR Rail Pass

    Lunch (pick up ekiben at Tokyo Station!)
    Bus (220 yen?)

     

     

     

    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)
  • Lunch
    Dinner
    Miscellaneous expenses

    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


    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)
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Use your JR Rail Pass

    Lunch

    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)
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Streetcar (total: 300 yen?)
    Lunch
    Miscellaneous expenses & meals (during homestay)

    Sunday, June 22

    Morning, Afternoon, & Evening

  • Homestay
  • 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
  • Assignment for meetings TBA

    Use your JR Rail Pass

    Miscellaneous expenses & meals (during homestay)

    Train (total: 1,150 yen?)
    Lunch

    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

    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
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Lunch

    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
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Lunch
    Dinner

    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)
  • Lunch

    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
  • Lunch

     

    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
  • Assignment for meeting TBA

    Lunch

    June 30

    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)
  • 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

    Transportation to Bloomington

    Saturday, September 28

    Follow up schedule TBA

    Transportation from Bloomington

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