(effective as of JUN/01/08)

Choice	Description	Price/yen
A Pack	Meet & assist from main station in Tokyo such as: Tokyo, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Shinagawa on the way to the hotel.  Help to purchase commuter pass, show the internet café nearby as well as to purchase daily staffs nearby	23,000.-
B Pack	Support to open the bank account, purchase mobile phone, alien registration support at ward office, offer available information during stay, orientation for living in Japan	35,000.-
C pack	A+B pack	50,000.-
Optional	1. Registration for internet provider	8,000.-
	2. To find a Japanese language school and registration support	8,000.-
	3. Private Japanese lesson per hour	5,000.-
	4. Support to find jobs, writing personal history in Japanese Advice for interview	10,000.-
	5. Teaching simple Japanese cooking	8,000.-
	6. Tokyo sightseeing - half-day 3 hrs	10,000.-
	7. Tokyo sightseeing - full-day 7 hrs	20,000.-
	8. Experience Japanese homestay per day (including 2 meals)	13,000.-
	9. Help to find a long-term accommodation & arrangement	43,000.-
	10. Airport pick-up and drop off at the hotel	20,000.-

 Qualification: working holiday visa holder, sound young people with travel insurance

Booking: 10 days before the departure, please send us application form by either e-mail or fax.

*Payment: by credit card such as VISA, UC, AMEX, JCB upon booking

*Cancellation & Alteration charges:

 Alteration Charge: If any changes made to dates, surcharge of 3150.-yen in every case.

 Cancellation Charge: 30 days ? 10 days before departure     20% of total gross rates

                      9       - 1 days before               50% of total gross rates

                      Day of departure                    100% of total gross rates

2008.09.22-30(9 days)

This is a trip far beyond our sense of knowledge to feel a nature of true life.  It is Nature that purely provides a life itself.  Through the trip you will be able to feel the meticulous landscape of Yoamato (or Japan form early times) at Itsukushima shrine  at Miyajima, the overflowing life of earth at Mt. Aso, and a touch of life energy of Sakurajima as well as a pure nature of Kudakajima (or Kudaka Island) in Okinawa where live many gods. 

It is told that Japan is geographically a miniature of the World. Okinawa is a miniature of Japan Originally Okinawa itself is God land and very important holy place where connects with universal energy. Okinawa is considered as the palace of the Dragon King in the universe. Okinawa should be a paradise where shows sincere heart of the Universe.  When you land this holy island, your soul may remember something important when you touch and feel the energy of Okinawa.

In the recent stressful society, we easily forget that we are human beings who have five senses. Through this Sacred Tour, why don’t we feel what is ‘Life’ and ‘To Live.’  AHP’s spiritual guide to Japan is an high conscious performing  artist, Taro YASUDA and he will be with the group.  English interpreter will be accompanied with this group.

ＡＨＰ　Spiritual Guide

Taro YASUDA（　安田　太朗氏）

  He is a well-talented performing Artist, born in Gifu Pref. in 1977.  While he was a student of Waseda University, he was strongly moved to Pantomime. Then he started to walk as a street performing artist. He sought the meaning of living and what is the universe while he has been working as a clown. He studied Yoga, martial arts etc. He traveled to India. After these experiences, he started to have a strong interest in JAPAN. Now he is fully aware that Japan has a tremendous universal energy and this energy is ‘ART’.

Places to visits:

Hiroshima Pref.（広島県）

MIYAJIMA ISLAND

This island is said as ‘Island purified by gods’ is one of the world heritages in Japan.  Pure female energy has been flowing over this island.  You will be stuck by the view of Itsukushima Shrine floating on the sea.  You may enjoy Itsukushima shrine where accommodates three beautiful Godess and holy place of Mr. Misen. Mt. Misen is the main peak in Miyajima and it is 535 meters high.

Kumamoto Pref.（熊本県）

HEITATE JINGU SHRINE

It is a hidden shrine in the superb woods in the midst of Kyushu.  It used to be a God’s capital since the age of gods. This is the place where has been celebrated as gods hometown and called as tummy dimple of the planet Earth.  This area is one of the God’s region where our souls can be purified and have rebirth.  There is a giant Hinoki cypress tree of over 15000 years old.  A pond a dragon god is allegedly living.  In olden times Gods in the Earth got together for prosperity and prayed as a hometown of the people in the world.   There is a festival called ‘GOSHIKIJIN SAI(festival)’. Go literally means five and ‘Shiki’ means color. So GOSHIKI  is  people’s color, white, black, red, green and yellow.  In this shrine, there are special masks of five skin color

SHIRAKAWA SUIGEN( Shirakawa Headspring)

A beautiful and pure headspring where has been nurtured by Mt. Aso.

Kagoshima Pref.（鹿児島県）

SATA MISAKI (Sata Point)

Located farthest south of Osumi peninsula.. The opposite side is Satsuma peninsula.

If you look at the map, they look like two legs of human beings.  So Kagoshima Pref., is thought as womb.  It represents ‘Birth’(No.1) as a start.

IBUSUKI

  Located at farthest southern of Satsuma peninsula. Ibusuki is famous for a stretch of beach where hot springs well up through the sand, creating a Sunamushiburo (or a steam sand bath). It is good for rheumatism, arthritis and all types of aches and pains.  Wearing Yukata (Japanese bathrobe) and laying down and staff will pack you expertly under the hot sand except heads.  It takes 15 min. to get a detoxicant effect.  You may feel completely refreshed! 

SAKURAJIMA ISLAND

A volcano on the island of Kagoshima, is one of the most active volcanoes with 1117m high. It was attached to Osumi peninsula since eruption of 1914 due to big eruption..  We travel around Sakurajima feeling the energy there. The hotel we stay is that we can enjoy Magma hot springs where hot water is welling up from 1000m under the earth.

Okinawa Pref.（沖縄県）

The term UTAKI refers to religious sites or groves in general.. Utaki used to be the absolute sanctuary.  At Kudaka-jima there are many holy places such as Kupo utaki where people are not allowed to enter.  At Utaki, there is nothing but open space in the woods. No shrine, No worship idols. However, in that open space, there is surely something Great there!  Expressionless, maybe gods, just like universal space, extraordinary pure energy you may feel. The greatness without NOTHING. Please experience it.  Okinawa is considered ‘0’(zero).

SHURIJO CASTLE

It is a magnificent fire-red castle.  It features a myriad of cultural treasures and heritages that remain to this today.

SEFA-UTAKI

In the Ryukyu Dynasty period, the Kikoe no-Ogimi in the supreme position of religious organization had inauguration ceremony at the Safa-utaki. Originally Safa-utaki used to be an absolute habitat where only royal families and priestess could enter. After it became the World Heritage Site, the door was open to everybody.  There is nothing here but you may feel the space with pure and awesome.

KUDAKAJIMA ISLAND

Kudaka-jima is true gods island among many Gods islands. This is the place where Amamikiyo and Shinerikiyo Gods landed since the dawn of Ryukyu dynasty.  There is a legend that Okinawa started from this land.  Very strong energy, vibration from awesome and benevolent affection from the nature gives us the origin of our soul itself. Islanders are living based on religious festivals as most important matters. There are many prohibited areas and required to be well-mannered in the island. You may travel around the island by rental bicycle. The island is only 8km long.

KUNIGAMISON

It literally means village of the head country.  We visit far north area called YAMBARU where endangered species of ‘Yambaru kuina’s habitat. We also enjoy trekking on 1.5km long walking trail toward Hichi Ohtaki(fall).  There are over rare 380 plants and you may see rare animals.