Day 1 – 6/19/2012
Leave Anchorage bound for Chitose
Day 2 – 6/20/2012
Arrive Chitose
Meet host families
Students begin host family stay
Chaperones to hotel
Day 3 – 6/21/2012
Visit with Mayor – Chitose
Day 4 – 6/22/2012
Elementary school visit – Chitose
Day 5 – 6/23/2012
Family Day
Day 6 – 6/24/2012
Family Day
Day 7 – 6/25/2012
Chitose to Aomori via sleeper train
Day 8 – 6/26/2012
Tour of Tokyo
Bullet train to Kyoto
Kyoto Studio Park
Kyoto style sweets making
Day 9 – 6/27/2012
Meditation in Zen – Buddhism
Excursion to Nara
Visit to Horyu-ji, Yakushi-ji, Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji, etc
Nishijin Textile purse making
Day 10 – 6/28/2012
Historical tour of Kyoto
Visit to Kinkaku-ji, Nijo-ji, and Kiyomizu-dera, etc
Maiko to dinner
Day 11 – 6/29/2012
travel to Osaka
Return to Anchorage