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| twin room
per person |
single room per person |
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2480 EUR |
2781 EUR |
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Includes:
ticket JAPAN AIRLINES, transfer
Airport to hotel, all the accommodations include breakfast,
JR Pass (ordinary 7days), transportation cost, train
expert joins in Kyushu, entrance fee of the train museums,
2 dinners in Aso, luggage transfer between Hakata -
Beppu.
Not
included> all
the lunches and dinners (except 2days dinner in Aso)
, travel / cancellation insurance, new environmenttax
for flights from the 1st of July 2008
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| Voorwaarden |
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prijzen onder voorbehoud |
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aanmelding per e-mail / fax of brief |
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aanbetaling 150 Euro per persoon, binnen 2 weken
te
voldoen na inschrijving. De rest dient te zijn voldaan
6 weken voor vertrek. Indien reis niet doorgaat
krijgt men aanbetaling volledig retour. |
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6 weken voor vertrek van de Trein tour wordt besloten
of de reis doorgang kan vinden. |
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minimale deelname bij de Trein tour is 10 personen. |
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de ANVR annulerings- en reisvoorwaarden zijn van
toepassing. Bij alle pakketten is een bijdrage inbegrepen
van het Calamiteitenfonds. |
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Kijk voor de vliegbelasting die
wordt geheven na 1 juli 2008 en mogelijke brandstoftoeslag
naar de informatie in
About us. |
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| Highlights |
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Railway Museum
in Omiya
A must of rail buffs and great
for kids, the museum features 36 engines on display
(including Japan's first steam loco), train cab simulators,
Japan's largest HO-gauge miniature railway and more.
You can even eat your lunch in a restored dining car.
Go to the website The
Railway Museum (Japanese)
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Seto-Ohashi Bridge
The Great Seto Bridge,
or Seto-Ohashi Bridge, is a series of double deck
bridges connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures
in Japan across a series of five small islands in
the Seto Inland Sea. Built over the period 1978 |
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1988, it is one of the route connecting Honshu and
Shikoku islands. At 13.1 km long, it ranks as the
world's longest two-tiered bridge system. Crossing
the bridge takes about 20 minutes by train.
The bridges carry two lanes
of highway traffic in each direction on the upper
deck and one railway track in each direction on
the lower deck. The lower deck was designed to
accommodate an additional Shinkansen rail line
in each direction.
Learn more?
>Go to "Seto-Ohashi
Bridge" on Wikipedia
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Shinkansen
The Shinkansen is
a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated
by four Japan Railways Group companies. Since the
initial Tokaid Group companies. |
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the initial Tokaid Shinkansen opened in 1964 running
at 210 km/h (130 mph), the network (2,459 km or
1,528 miles) has expanded to link most major cities
on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu with running
speeds of up to 300 km/h (188 mph), in an earthquake
and typhoon prone environment. Test run speeds have
been 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in
1996, and up to a world record of 581 km/h (361
mph) for maglev trainsets, in 2003. Shinkansen
literally means "New Trunk Line" and
hence strictly speaking refers only to the tracks,
while the trains themselves are officially referred
to as "Super Express" however, this
distinction is rarely made even in Japan. In contrast
to older lines, Shinkansen are standard gauge,
and use tunnels and viaducts to go through and
over obstacles, rather than around them.
Though largely a regional
transport system, the Shinkansen also serves a
few regular commuters who travel to work into
metropolitan areas from cities beyond the metropolitan
areas.
Learn more?
>Go to "Shinkansen"
on Wikipedia |
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Schedule |
Hotel |
| 7
May
(wed) |
Flight by JAL to Osaka
Itami Airport via
Narita International Airport. Transfer to Kyoto. |
Kyoto |
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8
May
(thu) |
Visit "Umekoji
Steam Locomotive Museum" in Kyoto.
After the museum, we go for sightseeing in Kyoto. |
Kyoto |
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9
May
(fri) |
Leave Kyoto by Shinkansen
"Hikari" to Okayama.
From Okayama, visit the world longest bridge,
Seto-ohashi Bridge(Great Seto Bridge) !
It's a deck bridge connecting Okayama and
Kagawa prefectures, we go cross the bridge by train.
After enjoying the bridge, we go back to the way to Kyushu
island! |
Hakata |
| 10
May
(sat) |
Sending the baggage
to Beppu, and leave Hakata.
From Hakata, we take the train "Relay
Tsubame" to station "Shin-yatsushiro".
From "Shin-Yatsushiro", take the new shinkansen
"TSUBAME"
(type 800) !! Enjoy the unique interior untill we arrive
at Kagoshima.
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Kagoshima |
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11
May
(sun) |
We
saw many high tech trains, and we'll take
the retro trains today!
Take the classical train "Hayato
no kaze"
which is running through the beautiful scenery.
Stop at "Kareigawa"
station. This station is 106 years old, you can see
the style sometimes in Japanese animation movies.
Change the train at Kumamoto to the direction of Mt.
Aso by Kyushu
Oudan Tokkyu. |
Aso |
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12
May
(mon) |
1 day sightseeing
in Aso!
Circle around the volcano by mountain train,
you can also rent a bicycle, or going up to the sky
by balloon! (own cost) |
Aso |
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13
May
(tue) |
We
move to one of the most famous town for
hot springs, Beppu.
The steams are coming up everywhere the buildings are
very classical and beautiful here.
We visit "Jigoku Meguri",
it's the complex of
9 strange hot springs.
After the signtseeing, free time to
enjoy
the hot spring at the hotel. |
Beppu |
| 14
May
(wed) |
Take the train "Sonic"
to Kokura, change the train to Mojiko.
We visit Kyushu Railway History Museum
and walk around the retro town.
19:00 Take the sleeper train "Hayabusa/Fuji"
for going
back to Tokyo. This is the last chance to take
the night train, they will stop operating it after 2009. |
Night
train |
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15
May
(thu) |
Arriving in Tokyo at
the morning, and we move to the hotel. After taking rest,
we have a whole day for sightseeing in Tokyo.
Visit department store for miniature train models, and
train bar in Ginza. |
Tokyo |
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16
May
(fri) |
The last day of the
tour, we finally go to the most popular train museum in
Omiya.
The Railway Museum has various exhibitions ofthe
history, study, collections, etc... At the evening,
we have farewell dinner! (own cost) |
Tokyo |
| 17
May
(sat) |
Transfer
to the airport from the hotel. |
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| TRAINS
(click the pictures to see more informations) |
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Kyushu Shinkansen
"Tsubame" 800
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Hayabusa / Fuji
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500 series
Shinkansen |
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700 series
Shinkansen |
Sanyo
Shinkansen
Railstar |
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| PLACES |
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Kagoshima
Kagoshima
is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture
at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island
of Japan, and the largest city in the
prefecture by some margin. It has been
nicknamed the 'Naples of Eastern world',
for its bay location (Aira Caldera), hot
climate and impressive stratovolcano,
Sakurajima. It's famous for black pork,
and alchol " Sho-chu". |
Learn
more?
>Go to Official
site of Kagoshima
>Go
to "Kagoshima"
on Wikipedia |
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Kareigawa station
This is
one of the oldest train station in Japan.
The wooden building remains 100 years,
and it's registered as the tangible cultural
property.
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Learn
more?
>Read more on Daily
Yomiuri Online |
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Aso (Mt. Aso)
Mount Aso
is the largest active volcano in Japan,
and is among the largest in the world.
It stands in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the
island of Kyushu. Its peak is 1592 m above
sea level. Its caldera is 25 km across
north to south and 18 km across east to
west. The caldera has a circumference
of around 120 km (75 miles), although
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sources
vary on the exact distance.
The mountain symbolizes Kumamoto, the “Land
of Fire,” is a national park with vast grassland,
lakes, forests and hot springs at its base.
The crater basin, measuring 24 km in length
from north to south, 18 km in width from
east to west and 128 km in circumference,
is the largest of its kind in the world.
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Beppu
Beppu is
Japan's onsen capital with the largest
volume of hot water in the world aside
from Yellowstone in the USA and the largest
number of hot spring sources in Japan.
Learn more?
>Go to Beppu
city official page
>Go to "Beppu"
on Wikipedia |
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