Great services to help make your Nara visit unforgettable/NaraExplorer

JAPAN HOSTELS ONLINE produced by KNT!: Hotel and Ryokan reservations all confirmed online!

<Relaxing Kinki:>: Japan Hostels Online is any travelers solution for hotel and ryokan reservations across Japan. Feel free to select from our wide variety of over 1,500 facilities including hotels and ryokan, exclusively selected for international travelers.

All rooms and rates are guaranteed online with availability of up to ten months in advances, and reservation confirmation numbers are issued online without waiting. Confirmation e-mails with the reservation number and details are sent instantly. Users of the site do not have to wait for somebody to “Get back to them”. Reserve online and pay when you get there!!

<Recommended courses and prices:>: Exclusive online discount rates!; English description of facilities!; English maps for directions!; All online!!; www.japanhotelsonline.net

Enjoy Kobe As You Like with Private Tour Guide!!: Hot spring, sake tasting, boat cruise, shopping, hiking, dining and more!

<Relaxing Kobe:>: luxurious hot spring experience in Arima Onsen!
<Romantic Kobe:>: everything you need to experience in Kobe is here: strolling in the former foreign settlement district, sake brewery, boat cruising, shopping, etc.
<Learn about Japan's earthquake & disaster prevention:>: see Japan’s latest technology and exhibition of disaster prevention, learned from the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake in 1995.

<Recommended courses and prices>: 3,000 yen/hour (1-6 people; from 3 hours)*Transportation, meals, admission fees excluded.; For more information or reservations, call or visit our website:; Tel:090-2310-6885; http://www.ab.auone-net.jp/~mytown/

Jinrikisha produced by Ebisuya: (Nara & Kyoto/ bus tour); Take on a Jinrikisha and feel invigorating ride and summer breeze!

<Overview>: Why not try to ride on a nostalgic rickshaw for your Nara strolling? Our friendly and vigorous drivers will show you around Nara’s attractions with interesting stories and history background. The minimum ride is 10 minutes and other extensive courses (over 1 hour) are available as you wish. Feel free to talk to one of our drivers or contact below.

<Recommended courses and prices>: Basic zone (about 1 km): 2,000 yen for 1 person; 3,000 yen for 2 people; To Kasuga Grand Shrine; To Daibutsu-den Hall; To Kofuku-ji Temple; Basic zone (about 1 km): 2,000 yen for 1 person; 3,000 yen for 2 people; 30-min. course: 5,000 yen for 1 person; 8,000 yen for 2 people; Going around Nara Park and get to Daibutsuden-Hall; Going around Nara Park and part of Naramachi, and get to Kofuku-ji Temple

<Tour Information>: Tel: 0742-22-9123; Main riding spot: intersection near Todai-ji Temple; Open everyday: 10:00-17:00; http://www.ebisuya.com/

JTB Sunrise Tours: (Nara & Kyoto/ bus tour); Enjoy learning about historic Naramachi on a walk with a professional English-speaking guide

<Enjoy relaxing and fun tour in Nara & Kyoto / Daily: Jan. 5-Dec. 29>: The JTB Sunrise tours is one of the best English-speaking guide service in Japan and has served more than 6 million visitors from abroad since 1964.

<Kyoto & Nara 1-day Tour>: From Kyoto (check-in: 8:00-8:45): 12,600yen; From Osaka (check-in: 7:10-7:40): 15,400yen

<Itinerary>: Nijo Castle, Kinkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Buffet lunch at Kyoto Handicraft Center, Todai-ji Temple, Nara Park, Kasuga Shrine; *pick-up/drop-off service at your hotel in Kyoto is available; when Nijo Castle is closed, the tour will visit Ryoan-ji Temple; when Kyoto Imperial Park is closed, the tour will visit Nishi Hongan-ji Temple;

<Nara Afternoon Tour>: From Kyoto (check-in: 13:10-13:40): 6,600yen; From Osaka (check-in: 12:10-12:40): 9,300yen

<Itinerary>: Todai-ji Temple, Nara Park, Kasuga Shrine; *drop-off service at your hotel in Kyoto is available;

<Tour Information>: Tel: 075-341-1413; Open: 10:00-18:00; www.jtb.co.jp/shop/itdw/info/e

Naramachi Walker: (Central Nara/Walking Tour); Enjoy learning about historic Naramachi on a walk with a professional English-speaking guide

<Overview>: A professional and experienced English-speaking guide will show you around Naramachi, and help you to learn about, as well as enjoy, this special old town district.

<Tour Information>: Tel: 0743-55-6609 or 090-9885-8777; Fee: adults: 2,000 yen, students: 1,500 yen, children under 15: free (including all entry fees); Tour available: every Sat. between April and July, Sep. and Nov.; Meeting point: in front of Tourist Information Center in Kintetsu Nara Sta.; Meeting time: 9:55 (tour ends at 13:00); No reservation necessary; http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~naramachiwalk/