PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release! Contact: Satoko Murata
JTB USA, Inc.
(415) 986-4764
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SAMURAI HISTORY TOUR with Author of ³RYOMA²
The overthrow of the shogun in 1868 was one of the great events in
Asian history. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Sakamoto Ryoma, a
leader of the revolution, is the idol of the financial and
governmental elite in today¹s Japan. Ryoma and his samurai
contemporaries, and the historic cities where the revolution
unfolded, are the focus of SAMURAI HISTORY TOUR.
Romulus Hillsborough, acclaimed author of RYOMA Life of a
Renaissance Samurai, has recently created the tour. ³We will visit
old houses and inns, feudal castles, Buddhist temples, sites of
battles and assassinations, villas of feudal lords, museums, statues
and gravesites,² says Hillsborough. ³We will view the actual swords
these samurai used, the clothes they wore, and personal possessions
they kept with them during those turbulent and bloody years. I will
narrate the tour in order to share the knowledge I have gained
throughout my travels and research over these past twenty years. By
so doing, I hope to bring this fascinating era to life before your
very eyes.²
The tour groups will be small so that the author may share his
knowledge and answer questions on a personalized basis. He will also
speak about the history of the destinations on each evening before
the visits. The tours will be operated by Japan Travel Bureau Group
(JTB), the world¹s largest travel company. The first tour is
scheduled September 15 - 24, 2003.
The price of Samurai History Tour, including roundtrip airfare, most
meals and 8 nights at deluxe or superior hotels and Japanese inns, is
$3,950 per person. For more information contact the San Francisco
Office of JTB at 360 Post Street, Suite 305, San Francisco, CA 94108,
Ph: (415) 986-4764,
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at
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