EASC Study Tour 2002
Japan and Korea
Itinerary
April 20
Bloomington
- Orientation
April 21
Bloomington
-
Orientation
June 13
Chicago
- Pre-departure orientation
- Group dinner
- Morning
- Depart O'Hare
June 15
- Arrive Narita
- Free time after arrival
- Tokyo orientation
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Free time in Shinjuku
June 17
- Guided bus tour of Tokyo: National Diet Building, Imperial Palace Plaza, Asakusa District (lunch), Yasukuni Shrine
- Group dinner in Shinjuku area
- Tour leaders available to help plan Independent Study Day
- Independent Study Day
June 19
- Edo-Tokyo Building Museum
- Visit Tochigi Prefectural Government
- Group dinner and meeting at hotel
June 20
- Guided bus tour of Nikko: Nikko Toshogu Shrine, group lunch, Chuzenji Lake, Kegon Falls
- Group meeting at hotel (dinner)
June 21
- School visit (public middle and high school): class observation, school lunch, discussion with Japanese teachers, etc.
- Banquet with Tochigi government, and school officials and host families.
- Homestay
June 22
- Free time with host family
June 23
- Guided bus tour of Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji Temple, Ryoan-ji Temple, Nijo-jo Castle, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, group lunch
- Free time (optional: tea ceremony in ryokan)
- Tour staff available to help plan Independent Study Day (at ryokan)
June 24
- Independent Study Day
Nara and Osaka
- Guided walking tour of Nara
June 26
- National Museum of Ethnology and Museum of Japanese Houses
- School visit (public elementary school): school lunch, class observation, discussion with Japanese teachers, etc.
- Group dinner
Himeji
- Optional guided tour to Osaka Wholesaler Market
- Group lunch and guided tour of Himeji Castle
June 28
- Group meeting
- School visit (private middle and high school for girls): class observation, etc.
- Peace Memorial Park: presentation of paper cranes, free time (lunch, museum and park), a talk with an atomic-bomb survivor
- Guided tour to Itsukushima Shrine, Senjo-kaku, etc.
- Depart Hiroshima
- Arrive Incheon
- Group dinner at Korea House
- Guided bus tour of Seoul: Gyeongbokgung Palace, National Folk Museum, National Museum of Korea, group lunch, and Changgyeonggung Palace
- Independent Study Day (recommended sites: Namdaemun, Dongdaemun, Ich'on, Deoksugung Palace,
Unhyeongung Palace, Bongwonsa Temple, Jongmyo Shrine, Changdeokgung Palace)
- School visit (public middle and high school): class observation, discussion with Korean teachers, etc.
- Guided bus tour of Gyeongju: group lunch, Cheomseongdae Observatory, Posukjung Watercourse, Anapji Pond
July 5
- Guided bus tour of Gyeongju: Bulguksa Temple, Seokguram Grotto, group lunch, Gyeongju National Museum
July 6to Seoul
- Guided bus tour to DMZ and War Museum: group lunch
- Farewell banquet
- Group meeting at hotel
- Depart Incheon
- Arrive Narita
July 8Narita
- Depart Narita
- Arrive O'Hare
Last updated:
06/14/2006
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