!! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!ART!inSIGHT!Adventures!in!Art!History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAPAN—History, Art, and Traditions in the Land of the Rising Sun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!2017!STUDY!TOUR! APRIL!14?27!•!!DAY?BY?DAY!PROPOSED!SCHEDULE!!

1!•!April!14!(Friday)!!Arrive!Tokyo,!transfer!to!city!center!(4!nights!in!Tokyo:!Park!Hotel!Shiodome)! !Welcome!dinner!!

2!•!April!15!(Saturday)—Tokyo!City!tour!by!coach!(Imperial!Palace,!Edo?Tokyo!Museum,!Asakusa!Kannon!Temple,!Kameido;!more)!Special!evening!with!Godai!Yoshiko,!secretary!to!Raymond!Antonin,!collaborator!with!Wright!on!Imperial)Hotel!!

3!•!April!16!(Sunday)!—Tokyo!Museums!Ueno!Park:!Tokyo!National!Museum!and!other!sights;!time!and!pace!at!individual!discretion!Special!evening!with!Yabe?San:!introduction!to!Kabuki!over!tea,!plus!one!hour!of!a!Kabuki!performance!!

4!•!April!17!(Monday)!Excursion!to!Nikko!by!fast!train!Great!cedarTlined!processional!way,!Shogunate!history,!shrines!and!temples;!Toshogu!and!Taiyuin!(model!for!Wright’s!Unity&Temple)&!

5!•!April!18!(Tuesday)!Excursion!to!Hakone!and!Kamakura!(2!nights!in!Nagano:!Chisun!Grand!Hotel)!Hayama:!Kachi!Villa!(1928!by!Arata!Endo,!Frank!Lloyd!Wright’s!rightThand!man!in!Japan)!Kamakura:!traditional!villages!and!the!giant!750TyearTold!Buddha,!a!key!pilgrimage!destination!for!Western!visitors!Hakone:!Old!Tokaido!Road,!Mount!Fuji!and!landscapes!that!inspired!some!of!the!mostTprized!woodblock!prints;!Bento!box!lunch!on!the!shore!of!Lake!Ashi!Sekisho!Barrier!and!cedarTlined!road!(part!of!famed!Edo!highway!system)!!

6!•!April!19!(Wednesday)!Excursion!to!Obuse!Hokusai!Museum!and!his!famous!ceiling!painting!in!Ganshoin!Temple!Free!time!in!charming!village!of!Obuse,!the!great!printmaker’s!lateTlife!home!!

7!•!April!20!(Thursday)!Takayama!(1!night!in!Takayama:!Hida!Hotel!Plaza)!Takayama!Jinja!(ancient!shrine)!Hida!no!Sato!(Folk!Village)!Hida!Takayama!Museum!of!Art!Koito!Pottery!(EdoTperiod!pottery!known!for!Irabo!glazes!over!Takayama!clay)!!

8!•!April!21!(Friday)!Takayama!via!Nagoya!to!Kyoto!(5!nights!in!Kyoto:!Hotel!Okura)!Morning!in!Takayama!Inuyama:!Meiji?Mura!Open?Air!Museum,!including!Wright’s!Imperial)Hotel!Lobby,&in!observance!of&Wright&150)!

9!•!April!22!(Saturday)!Kyoto!!Overview!city!tour:!!Sanjusangendo!(1001!lifeTsize!gilded!Kannon!statues;!famed!archery!contest!Toyokuni!Jinja!(shrine!to!Toyotomi!Hideyoshi,!1599),!Daitoku?ji!(Zen!complex!founded!1300s)!Golden!Pavilion,!Silver!Pavilion,!Philosopher's!Path!Lunch!at!Ikkyu!(Shojin!Ryori,!traditional!Buddhist!temple!cuisine)!!!

10!•!April!23!(Sunday)!Kyoto!Nijo!Castle!!Museum!of!Traditional!Crafts!!Kouchi?in!(temple!with!famous!garden!by!tea!master!Kobori!Enshu,!c.!1620)!!

11!•!April!24!(Monday)!Excursion!to!Nara!Nara:!world's!oldest!and!world's!largest!wooden!structures,!famous!Sarusawa!Ike!Pond!and!Yoshikien!Garden!!National!Treasure!Museum:!special!exhibition!of!important!national!treasures!!

12!•!April!25!(Tuesday)!FREE!DAY!in!Kyoto!Suggestions:!Excursion!to!Uji!(town!of!Murasaki!Shikibu,!authoress!of!The&Tale&of&Genji,!1021)!and!Phoenix!Hall,!model!for!Chicago!pavilion,!1893;!Kyoto!National!Museum:!collection!of!12,000!objects!of!early!Japanese!art;!Kyoto!Handicraft!Center!(super!shopping)!!

13!•!April!26!(Wednesday)!Hiroshima!(1!night!in!Hiroshima:!Sheraton!Hotel)!Hiroshima!Museum!of!Art!and!Hiroshima!Peace!Park!Excursion!to!Miyajima!Island:!Itsukushima!Shrine!(Japan's!largest!shrine,!with!distinctive!"floating"!torii!gate)!Sayonara!evening!!

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