PAX Japan Travel Itinerary & Costs

As a PAX (Peace Ambassador Exchange) Traveler, you will arrive in Hiroshima, Japan by August 2nd, (having crossed the International Date Line). You will be a guest at the World Friendship Center (WFC) until August 9th. All of your arranged meals and accommodations are provided by the WFC during your stay in Hiroshima. Following your stay in Hiroshima, the PAX Team will travel to Nagasaki where accommodations and select meals are arranged until August 11th. Both your stay in Hiroshima and your visit to Nagasaki will include attendance at the impressive commemorations of the dropping of the nuclear bombs on August 6th and 9th respectively. On the evening of August 6th you will join thousands in the making and placing of a floating paper lantern on Hiroshima's Otagawa River - the place where many persons perished on August 6th, 65 years ago.

Cost summary: All accommodations and arranged meals are provided courtesy of the World Friendship Center while in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 2nd -August 11th). In addition, ground transportation from port of entry to port of departure will be paid by WFC. The World Friendship Center will furnish each PAX participant a reimbursement for the cost of a two-week Japan Rail Pass (Ordinary - Coach Class) which must be purchased outside of Japan prior to arrival in Japan. Cost of flights from Chicago to Osaka or to Hiroshima via Tokyo have consistently ranged between $1200 - $2000. Many PAX travelers in the past have taken the opportunity to visit Kyoto at their own expense, either before or after the PAX itinerary. For your convenience here is a link to the Japan Rail Pass site: www.japanrailtravel.com/index.cfm