Warsaw → Tokyo

• Evening flight from Warsaw to Tokyo

Unzen

• High-speed Shinkansen train to Nagasaki region

• Stay in Unzen-Amakusa National Park (volcanic area featured in Scorsese’s “Silence”)

• Visit Christian martyrdom sites & memorials

• Experience hot springs and traditional Japanese ryokan with onsen

• Formal Japanese dinner & overnight stay

Kyoto

• Visit Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion, UNESCO site)

• Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (first missionary to Japan)

• Walk along Kamo River & Gion Geisha District

• Overnight stay in Kyoto

Akita → Tokyo

• Visit Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Akita – the site of the 1973 apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Sister Agnes Sasagawa

• See the miraculous statue of the “Weeping Virgin of Akita” (linked to Fatima apparitions)

• Time for private prayer

• Return by Shinkansen to Tokyo, overnight stay

• Tokyo

• Evening arrival in Tokyo

• Transfer to hotel, overnight stay

Nagasaki

• Visit Hongochi Monastery (“Japanese Niepokalanów”)

• Museum dedicated to St. Maximilian Kolbe

• Lourdes Grotto & Oura Catholic Church (oldest in Japan)

• Nishizaka Hill – Memorial of the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki

• Peace Park & Atomic Bomb Memorial

• Overnight stay in Nagasaki

Kyoto – Fushimi Inari & Temples

• Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine – iconic red torii gates (featured in Memoirs of a Geisha)

• Nijo Castle – residence of Tokugawa shoguns

• Kiyomizudera (“Temple of Pure Water”) – one of Japan’s most important Buddhist sites

• Overnight stay in Kyoto

Tokyo & Departure

• Visit Tokyo Cathedral

• Imperial Palace (Edo Castle) – former residence of shoguns

• Transfer to airport, return flight Tokyo → Warsaw

Tokyo & Mt. Fuji

• Excursion to Mt. Fuji, Japan’s sacred mountain (viewpoints depending on weather)

• Visit Meiji Shrine, the most important Shinto shrine in Tokyo

• Explore Harajuku district & Omotesando Avenue

• Overnight stay in Tokyo

Hiroshima & Miyajima

• Transfer to Hiroshima

• Visit Peace Park & Cathedral

• Ferry to Miyajima Island – Itsukushima Shrine with famous O-Torii Gate

• Return to Hiroshima, dinner & overnight stay

Akita

• Shinkansen train to Akita

• Visit St. Augustine Church & Christian Martyrs’ Memorial of Northern Japan

• Overnight stay in Akita

Warsaw

• Arrival in Warsaw

• End of pilgrimage