Itinerary Week 1
| Sunday, June 4, 2023 | Students meet with faculty leader at the memphis airport at x time (finalized once we know flight time) |
| Faculty leader is responsbile for making sure all group has arrived | |
| Flight leaves at x time (finalized closer to time) | |
| Monday, June 5, 2023 | 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm Arrival in Tokyo Japan in the afternoon |
| 5:30pm Travel agency has bus at the airport and take them off to drop them off at the hostel->see if there is a hostel with a hotel right next to it for faculty members | |
| 6:30 pm- arrive at hostel and hotel, get checked in and settled | |
| 7:00 pm- dinner as group near hostel (for all A-State programs in Japan) | |
| Free evening | |
| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 8:00 am GROUP DAY TRIP-Exploring Traditional Tokyo: all students and faculty members will meet in the morning to eat breakfast with all faculty leaders and groups |
| 9:30 am Take bus from Ikebukuro station to Taito City (46 minutes by bus) to Asakusa to visit the Senso-Ji Temple and nearby Asakusa-jinja Shrine | |
| 10:30 am Visit the Senso-Ji Temple (5 minute walk from where bus will drop you off and nearby Asakusa-jinja Shrine | |
| 12:00 pm Grab lunch nearby Shrines | |
| 1:30 pm Walk to the Take the Asakusa, Taito City, subway and take the Ginza Line to Ueno. Walk 6 minutes from station and you are in Ueno | |
| 1:35 pm Arrive in Ueno. Take the exit for Ueno-koen Park and walk north across the park to the superb Tokyo National Museum. | |
| 2:15 pm Visit the Tokyo National Museum and explore. | |
| 3:30 pm After visiting the museum, walk south to Tosho-gu Shrine (10 minute walk) and then make your way back to the station. | |
| 4:20 pm From the Asakusa Station, take a train to Tokyo Station (16 minutes). | |
| 4:30 pm arrive in Tokyo station and go to the Bridgestone Museum of Art (AKA Artizon museum) | |
| 5:30 pm Walk over to Ginza to have the opportunity to shop for souvenirs | |
| 7:00 pm Head back to Tokyo Station to travel to Ikebukuro station (17minutes)–take Marunouchi line to Ikebukuro | |
| 7:30 pm Free evening | |
| Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | 8:00 am students meet with faculty leader to have breakfast |
| 9:30 am Walk to the Ikebukuro Station and take the Marunouchi line to Ginza. (18 minutes) | |
| 10:00 am Arrive in Ginza and walk 1 minutes to arrive to the Ginza Sony Park to view temporary displays of Sony products | |
| 11:00 am From the Ginza Sony Park, walk 3 minutes to the Sony Showroom and explore | |
| 12:00 pm Grab lunch near Showroom | |
| 1:00 pm Walk from lunch to the Yurakucho station to take the Train on the Yamanote Line to Shinagawa (11 minutes) | |
| 1:20 pm Arrive in Shinagawa and walk 5 minutes to the Sony Corporation Headquarters | |
| 1:30 pm Get a tour of the company & have a Q&A session with the company’s manager or working–pending company’s approval | |
| 3:30 pm free afternoon exploring Shinagawa | |
| 5:30 pm meet at the Shinagawa station to head back to Ikebukuro station (11 minutes) | |
| 6:00 pm free evening | |
| Thursday, June 8, 2023 | 8:00 am GROUP DAY TRIP-Hakone : all students and faculty members will meet in the morning to eat breakfast at the institution–group taken by agency to Hakone |
| 9:30am Leave from Ikebukuro to Hakone with agency in bus | |
| 12 pm Arrive in Hakone and grab lunch | |
| Visit the open air museum ($15 admission fee, 1600yen) | |
| Visit the Hakone shrine | |
| return back to Ikebukuro Tokyo by agency | |
| Free evening | |
| Friday, June 9, 2023 | 8:00 am students meet with faculty leader to have breakfast |
| 9:00 am students will then travel from the Ikebukuro Station to Tokyo station by subway (16 minutes) you will take the marunouchi line to Tokyo. | |
| 9:30 am arrive to Tokyo station and walk to NBCUniversal | |
| 10:00 am You will then receive a tour of NBC and the departments along with a Q&A session–pending approval from company | |
| 12 pm Get lunch near NBCUniversal | |
| 1:30 pm Make your way from lunch to the Tokyo Station. Take Subway from Tokyo station to Shimbashi with the Yamanote line –4 minutes | |
| 2:00 pm Arrive in Yamamote and walk to Dentsu Innovation partners building (6 minutes) | |
| 2:20 pm receive tour from Dentsu Innovation Partners along with a Q&A session for students and faculty with a worker from Dentsu—pending approval from company | |
| 4:00 pm Walk back from Dentsu Innovation partners bulding to the Shimbashi Station to head back to Ikebukuro Station (subway 30 minutes by Marunouchi Line) | |
| 4:30 pm arrive back in Ikebukuro | |
| Free evening | |
| Saturday, June 10, 2023 | Free weekend for students and faculty |
| Sunday, June 11, 2023 | Free weekend for students and faculty |