Japan Day Tour Miho Museum & Mitsui Temple Night Cherry Blossom Viewing Guide
by EMILEE FERNANDEZ
Feb 7, 2025
😍Avoid tourists and explore niche cherry blossom viewing spots
🎨Miho Museum: A spring feast of art and nature, combining the art palace in the mountains and the cherry blossom tunnel
🌸Mitsui Temple Night Cherry Blossoms: A romantic light and shadow magic intertwined with lights and night cherry blossoms
📆Cherry blossom special from March 25 to April 15, daily departures
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🌟Day Tour Itinerary Reference
🚗Meeting time and location
🕚11:30📍Nihonbashi Exit 2 (Namba Shinsaibashi area)
🕛12:50📍Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit, Sightseeing Bus Parking Lot
🕝14:00📍Miho Museum - I.M. Pei's "Peach Blossom Land" design, a poetic encounter between art and spring brought by the cherry blossom tunnel (approx. 2 hours)
📖Based on the concept of "Peach Blossom Land," it is far away from the city, and the most special thing is that 80% of the building is buried in the mountains
🌸Beautiful cherry blossom tunnel in cherry blossom season: Every spring, the weeping cherry blossoms around the Miho Museum bloom, and the long tunnel is covered with cherry blossoms
✳️Miho Museum is closed on March 31, April 7, and April 14, during which time you will go to Omihachiman - Hachimanbori
📍Omihachiman - Hachimanbori: Experience the Edo style and water town romance of the cherry blossom season (approx. 2 hours)
🪧Every cherry blossom season, Hachimanbori transforms into a dreamy spring water town and becomes one of the most popular cherry blossom viewing spots in the Kansai region
🕠17:00📍Mitsui Temple - Tendai Temple: A thousand-year-old Buddhist secret place in cherry blossom season (approx. 2 hours)
🎐Mitsui Temple is famous for its cherry blossom viewing spots, and lighting events are held during the cherry blossom season in spring. Under the light, the cherry trees emit a mysterious glow in the night, like a dreamland
🕢19:10📍Lake Biwa Canal - A canal of hope connecting Kyoto and Otsu, wandering through the rhythm of the cherry blossom tunnel (approx. 30 minutes)
🌸In spring, the cherry blossoms along the first canal of Lake Biwa bloom, forming a spectacular flower path. Stroll along the path by the canal and quietly enjoy the perfect blend of cherry blossoms and water
🕢19:40 End the day's tour and return
🕣20:20 Arrive at Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit
🕤21:30 Dismiss at Shinsaibashi, Dotonbori area
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💰Cost includes
🌸Vehicle service fees listed in the itinerary
🌸Vehicle fuel, tolls, and highway fees
🌸Vehicle service time: within 10 hours
🌸Driver service fee
🌸Reference models: 5-8 seater Toyota Alphard, 9-14 seater Toyota HAICE of the same level, 18-22 seater minibus, 22 seater or more large bus
🌸Children under 3 years old are free of charge if they do not occupy a seat, and children 3 years old and above are the same as adults
❌Excludes tickets, accommodation, meals, boat rides, hot springs, and other personal expenses
Post by EMILEE FERNANDEZ | Feb 7, 2025



















