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About the Yokai-do Tour Travel Program: June 22 - 29, 2010
Yokai-Do Tour is a travel program planned in association with "Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido Road - A Haunted Journey Down, a classic Ukiyo-e, featuring GeGeGe no Kitaro". The program includes visit to Sakai Minato City, Tottori, and the birthplace of "Ge-ge-ge no Kitaro", mysterious Izumo region for Japanese mythology, Matsue, where Mr. Lafcadio Hearn wrote old Yokai tales and official visit to the legendary "Mizuki Production". This program is supported by Mizuki Production, Yanoman Corporation, MIE Inc and only available through KIE - Kintetsu International.
In association with the exhibition of "Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido Road - A Haunted Journey Down a Classic Ukiyo-e, Featuring GeGeGe no Kitaro" (at Kinokuni-ya Book store in New York), we plan to organize a special exclusive tour program to visit Mizuki Production and Adachi Woodcut Print Workshop, along with Yokai-related spots around Tokyo. We also plan an Optional Tour to his birth place where there is a Ge-ge-ge no Kitaro Museum and Mysterious Izumo region famous for both Japanese mythology and an old tales writer Mr. Lafcadio Hearn.
Standard Accomodations Tokyo - Shinagawa Prince or similiar Sakai Minato - Ryokan Matsue - Tokyu Inn or Similar
Meals:
Daily breakfasts
Lunches during tours and 2 dinners
Transportation
Airport Limousine bus Tokyo City Tour Visit to the production Group activity with a guide
1*) The above prices are approximate. Prices vary depending on many factors such as foreign exch rate, fuel surcharge, the number of participants and so on. Please contact us if you are interested in this program. We will let you know the price according to your schedule.
Travel Program Itinerary
Basic Travel Program Itinerary
Day
Date
Places to visit
Attractions
01
6/22
US departure
02
6/23
Arrive Tokyo
03
6/24
Tokyo City Tour including mysterious places in the city
An Inari Shrine
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Akihabara
04
6/25
Leave Tokyo for Yonago then visit to Sakai Minato City
Mizuki Shigeru Museum Mizuki Shigeru Road Ge-ge-ge no Yokai Rakuen
05
6/26
Sightseeing Tour of Matsue, Yasugi & Izumo
Lafcadio Hearn's former residence Adachi Museum and Grand Shrine of Izumo
Japanese Manga has been gaining popularity around the world, and Mizuki is considered the grandfather of the genre. Most of his work is based on Yokai. In Japanese folklore, Yokai are ancient ubiquitous spirits that co-inhabit the human world. Each Yokai represents a trait of the human character and are used for moral tales. Mizuki uses these Yokai in his manga works, the most famous of which is GeGeGe no Kitaro. Kitaro is the main character in the story and as a Yokai goblin, maintains the harmony between the Yokai and human worlds. Postwar generations can recognize his work, GeGeGe no Kitaro because this series has run for almost half a century, first in comic books and later in television programs, video games, animation movies, and a live action, feature-length movie.
Message from Mr. Mizuki:
I am welcoming your visit to my production studio and Japan, Kingdom of Yokai.
"A Haunted Journey Down a classic Ukiyo-e, featuring GeGeGe no Kitaro", is artwork which features a combination of work from Manga expert Mr. Shigeru Mizuki and famous Ukiyo-e creator, Hiroshige Utagawa. The result is a fusion of classical Ukiyo-e and Japanese folklore, as represented by Mizuki's Yokai characters. The concept of these works is "Yokai on a journey down the Tokaido Road."
The total art series is fifty-five pieces including the departure station, Tokyo and arrival, Kyoto.
