The tour was for 14 days but I arrived in Tokyo 2 days b4 and stayed an extra 2 days after the tour. Only skim the surface - some days we started at 5 am and toured till midnight.. enjoyed every minute of it..
Did not walk the full length of Fushimi Inari Temple Tori gates but was there @ 5 am and it was somethin! Saw Nagano for the monkeys even tho it was not winter. Bonus on Miyajima Island as it was the night of the "boat" festival - these were homemade "boats" which they placed in the sea and if one of the boats made it through the Tori Gate, it meant good luck for the community for two years.. loved Takayama...
Did not walk the full length of Fushimi Inari Temple Tori gates but was there @ 5 am and it was somethin! Saw Nagano for the monkeys even tho it was not winter. Bonus on Miyajima Island as it was the night of the "boat" festival - these were homemade "boats" which they placed in the sea and if one of the boats made it through the Tori Gate, it meant good luck for the community for two years.. loved Takayama...