Island of Hokkaido Winter (Sapporo Snow Festival)
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Highlights
- Visit Abashiri Prison Museum, opportunity to see the other world heritage sites
- Unforgettable experiences await: Observe adorable penguins, polar bears, and other animals up close at the Asahiyama Zoo
- Marvel at drift ice floating on the Okhotsk Sea from an icebreaker cruise and the Ryu-hyo Norokko train
- Feel the chill in a -15c° room at the Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum
- Hike in snowshoes
- Dare to soak in an open air hot spring bath on the frozen lake of Shikaribetsu
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- 2 night stay in Sapporo (Sapporo Grand, Okura Hotel, Prince Hotel, or Sapporo Park Hotel)
- 1 night stay in Sounkyo (Hotel Taisetsu)
- 1 night stay in Lake Abashiri ( Lake Abashiri Tsuruga Resort)
- 1 nights stay in Shiretoko Onsen (Shiretoko Grand Hotel-Kita Kobushi or Shiretoko Daiichi Hotel)
- 1 night stay in Kawayu Onsen (Kawayu Daiichi Suikazura)
- 1 night stay in Lake Akan (Lake Akan Tsuruga Resort)
- 1 night stay in Lake Shikaribetsu Onsen (Hotel Fusui Lake Shikaribetsu)
- 23 meals (8 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 8 dinners)
- English-speaking guide service.
- A comprehensive travel insurance plan.
- High quality headsets provided to hear our tour guide's presentation clearly.
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Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Sapporo Grand, Okura Hotel, Prince Hotel, or Sapporo Park Hotel
Welcome to Japan! Our Representative will meet you at the arrival area and escort you to the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Sapporo Grand, Okura Hotel, Prince Hotel, or Sapporo Park Hotel
1½hrs (24mi) Otaru ⇒ 1½hrs (24mi) Sapporo
Sapporo: See Sapporo transform into a winter wonderland during the annual Snow Festival. Vi...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Taisetsu
2hrs (84mi) Asahikawa ⇒ 2hrs (74mi) Sounkyo Onsen
Asahikawa: Visit Asahiyama Zoo, enjoy a close up view of adorable penguins and polar bears.
Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival: Wander through frozen icefalls and caves, see the festival lit up.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Taisetsu
3½ hrs (105mi) Abashiri ⇒ 20mins (5mi) Lake Abashiri Onsen
*Abashiri: Icebreaker Cruise - Feel the cruiser beak through drift ice on the Sea of Okhotsk.
*Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum - Touch drift ice in a -15c° simulated room.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Shiretoko Grand Hotel-Kita Kobushi or Shiretoko Daiichi Hotel
1½hrs (52mi) Shiretoko Onsen
Visit Abashiri Prison Museum; Shiretoko Shari and Shiretoko World Heritage Conservation Center.
Optional Activity is available: Shiretoko Drift Ice Walk (fee not included)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Kawayu Daiichi Suikazura
2½hrs (27mi) Kawayu Onsen
*Furepe Waterfall: Try hiking with snowshoes while searching for animals tracks.
*Lake Kussharo: Whooper Swan watching at the lake.
*Mt. Io: Take a stroll around this active volcano and see beautiful white sulfurous steam emitting from the ground.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Lake Akan Tsuruga Resort
2hrs (58mi) Kushiro ⇒ 1½hrs (46mi) Akan
In Kushiro, visit Washo Ichiba Market; see Red-Crowned Crane and visit the Tsurui-Ito Tancho Sanctuary or visit the Akan International Crane Center (depending on weather conditions).
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Fusui Lake Shikaribetsu
2hrs (74mi) Obihiro ⇒ 1hr (35mi) Lake Shikaribetsu Onsen
Outdoor activities on frozen lake Akan;
Lake Shikaribetsu Ice Festival: For only two months of the year, a village constructed purely of ice is found on the frozen lake.
Meals: Breakfast
2½hrs (104mi) New Chitose Airport (CTS)
Please arrange your flight to depart from CTS after 2:00pm.
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- Air transportation. Please ask your agent for the arrangement.
- Meals unless specified in an itinerary or notified by your agent.
- Optional Tours unless specified in an itinerary or notified by your agent.
- Personal expenses
Accommodation
500days before departure date-49days before departure date will be USD300 Per person
48days before departure date-19days before departure date is 50 % of total price
18days before departure date is 100 % of total price
8 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 8 Dinners
Culinary Experiences:
Arranging great culinary experiences is a specialty we are very proud of. Before a restaurant is selected for our itinerary, our development team spends countless hours sampling dozens of restaurants for comparison. On this trip, you will have a chance to taste Hokkaido delicacies such as Hokkaido style ramen, chirashi from Washo Ichiba, lamb shabu shabu, Hokkaido Wagyu Beef, Shiretoko Chicken BBQ and much more.
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