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Option A - Tour Dates for tour commencing March 3rd 2006
Study Component Schedule
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Study Length
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Arrival*
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Commence
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Holidays**
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End Studies
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10 weeks
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DEC/20-21
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DEC/22
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DEC/23, JAN/03-04, JAN/09
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MAR/02
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8 weeks
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JAN/03-04
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JAN/05
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JAN/09
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MAR/02
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6 weeks
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JAN/17-18
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JAN/19
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N/A
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MAR/02
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4 weeks
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JAN/31-FEB/01
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FEB/02
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N/A
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MAR/02
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2 weeks
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FEB/14-15
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FEB/16
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N/A
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MAR/02
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*Arrival - there is a Nagoya airport pickup on the days indicated.
**Public/Institute holidays affecting classes are listed here in full.
Proposed Schedule (this may change, please refer to notes below)
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Day
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Date
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Destination(s) - Click for info
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Depart+
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Return+
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Lunch+
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1
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MAR/03
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Today we look at some of Japan's traditional industries, concentrating on handcrafts. Our first stop is
Tokoname, one of the most important kiln towns in Japan, where we will make ceramics with a master potter. Yamasa will ship the finished ceramics to you after the pottery is
fired. We visit the preserved house of an Edo period shipping merchant, and will also walk along the pottery path, and have plenty of time for souvenir hunting. Just as ceramics long played (and continue to) a vitally important role in daily life, so does our next destination. At
Kunizakari Sake we enter a 300 year old sake brewery. We learn all about both the traditional and modern methods of making fine sake, and spend a fair bit of time at the business end, sampling the product.
Suitably lubricated, our next destinations is the famous
Yoshihama Ningyou.
Again the work of master craftsmen, this museum is perhaps the best doll museum in the world and
needs to be seen to be believed. Apart from learning about dolls, it also presents a good opportunity
to learn about Japan and its history. Our final destination is the fantastic (but also somewhat bizarre) park in Anjo called
Denpark. Apart from enjoying the extensive gardens and the
microbrewery, visiting a place such as Denpark or DisneySea, or Osaka's
Universal Studios Japan
gives a useful insight into how Japanese people perceive the mysterious gaikoku.
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0820
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1930
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Yes
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2
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MAR/04
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TEXT
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N/A
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N/A
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No
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3
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MAR/05
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TEXT
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N/A
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2100
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No
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4
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MAR/06
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TEXT
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0730
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1930
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No
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5
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MAR/07
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TEXT
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0820
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1900
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Yes
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+Departure from/Return to Okazaki times given using 24 hour clock (ie 0800 = 8am, 1830 = 6.30pm)
+Lunch - Yes/No indicates whether lunch is included or not.
Return = N/A means an overnight stay, usually in a ryokan or minshuku, where evening meal/breakfast is always included.
Discounts: As this is an off-season tour (the usual number of participants is 5 or less), it is possible to obtain
a discount of 5000 yen off the program fee (in addition to the accommodation discounts offered through the "early bird" pass) if payment is completed more than ten weeks before program commencement.
Notes:
In the week before a tour commences, a briefing will be held for the participants. If the number of students
participating is 9 students or less (which is usually the case in the off season), then the actual destinations, or the
order in which they are visited, can often be altered to reflect the specific interests of the group members.
Please also note that the schedule may need to be changed in the event of inclement weather/typhoons etc, or the unforeseen closure
of any given destination. Appropriate alternative destinations are chosen only after consultation with you.
To help ensure that students can budget for expenses accurately, Institute staff will either purchase food (usually
bento and drinks) for you to eat or find a reasonably priced restaurant (maximum cost 1000 yen - with Yamasa paying for the
remainder of your food bill) if due to traffic/weather conditions we are delayed by more than one hour on the days we
return to Okazaki accommodation.
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