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Japan Hokkaido 10 days (View of Maple and Cherry Blossoms)

2023-24 Winter Tour
Tour Code: WIN24P-JPH10
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Akan Lake Hot Spring: Located in Akan Town, Kushiro City, Hokkaido, Japan. It is a place famous for hot spring recuperation and tourism.
Red-crowned Crane Park: It is a natural park that breeds and displays red-crowned cranes in the state closest to nature. It was established in Showa 33 (1958) to protect the red-crowned cranes that were facing extinction
Shuangmei Waterfall: The waterfall is divided into left and right sections in the middle, so it is named "Shuangmei Waterfall". The width of the waterfall is about 30 meters, and the height difference is 50 meters. It is one of the eight scenic spots in Shiretoko, and it is also listed as one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan.
Autumn scenery:  The red orange and leaves gradually change color from the top to the foot of the mountain in about one and half month from September to early November. The Tateyama Alpine Route is a tourist destination with a large difference in altitude. From time to time, you can see the lush greenery at the foot of the mountain, the Maple leaves in the middle of the mountain, and the snow-capped mountain top with distinct natural scenery.
Kitami Fox Village: Because there are a large number of wild foxes inhabiting Hokkaido, foxes have become a tourist feature in Hokkaido. This is a theme ranch with more than 60 foxes (北きつね Ranch)
Shikisai no Oka: The Shikisai no Oka flower field covers an area of 7 hectares, which is about the size of three Tokyo Dome stadiums. In the distance, you can overlook Mount Asahi and Tokachi Mountains, with a charming visual landscape. From spring to autumn, there are the thirty kinds of flowers competing here
White Lover Garden: "White Lover Park" is an experiential fruit theme park located in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The "Shiroi Koibito" ice cream and the rose garden in the park are popular spots loved by tourists from Japan and abroad.
Sapporo Art Forest: A forest park covering an area of about 40 hectares in Sapporo. As a Sapporo art base, it houses various facilities such as art museums, studios, music practice rooms, and outdoor stages.
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Day 1

USA / Sapporo, Japan  

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Today, we will take a luxury flight to New Chitose Airport, Japan [Sapporo].

Day 2

New Chitose Airport (CTS) / Tokachigawa Onsen

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Upon arrival, proceed to Tokachigawa Onsen.

<Dinner> Japanese Cuisine

<Hotel>   Tokachigawa Onsen Hotel or similar

Day 3

Obihiro Xingfu Station / Liukatei Zanai Art Village / Red Crowned Crane Park / Kushino Wetland Observatory / Akan Lake Hot Spring

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Obihiro Xingfu Station: A Japanese nation-owned railway station located in Xingfu Town, Obihiro City, Hokkaido. In 1987, the station was abandoned along with the suspension of the Hiroo Line. The name of station comes from the place name “Happiness”. Its old place name “Xingzhen Village” meaning people from Fuku Prefecture came here to reclaim it.

Liukatei Zanai Art Village: located in Tokachi, Hokkaido. It has a vast ground of 145,000 square meters with art gallery and restaurant. Take a leisurely walk around Berlin, tour art galleries, and enjoying various delicious food.

Red-Crowned Crane Park: A natural park breeds and displays red-crowned cranes in the nature. It was established in Showa 33 (1958) to protect the red-crowned cranes that were facing extinction.
Kushiro Wetland Observatory: It is a part of the Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, one of the park’s most popular attractions. Overlooking a vast wetland landscape with many rare plant and animal species. It is considered one of the largest peat bogs in the world and an important bird habitat.

Akan Lake Hot Spring: There are many hot spring hotels and public baths in this area, where tourists can enjoy comfortable hot spring baths and delicious food while admiring the lake and mountains. The spring quality is mostly alkaline sulfuric acid water, which is considered to have good curative effect on the skin and body. Among them, the “foot bath” is the most famous. Visitors can soak their feet in the open-air hot spring pool beside Lake Akan and enjoy the lake view and natural beauty. Akanko Onsen is a tourist attraction that combines hot spring, food, scenery and culture, attracting a large number of tourists to experience and explore.

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

<Lunch> Japanese flavor Meal

<Dinner> Restaurant Japanese Cuisine 

<Hotel>Lake Akan Tsuruga Wings Hotel or similar

Day 4

Lake Akan -> Take a sightseeing boat (Calgae Exhibition and Observation Center) / Lake Mashu Observation Deck / Shuangmei Waerfall / Shiretoko Hot Spring 

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Calgae Exhibition and Observation Center: Take a sightseeing boat to visit the Chlorella display center on Churui Island. Algae, which grows in water, will rotate on the bottom of the water due to the force of wind and water waves. It is very rare to see alage that are naturally round.

Lake Mashu Observation Deck: One of the most well-known sightseeing spots in Hokkaido. It is famous for its mysterious lake surrounded by cliffs that can’t be close to the edge. Tourists can enjoy a lot of more harmonious and beautiful scenery. Most of the scenery photos introduced in magazine and posters are shot here.

Shuangmei Waterfall: The waterfall is divided into left and right sections in the middle, so it is called “Twin Beatify”. The width of the waterfall is about 30 meters, and the high falls a difference of 50 meters. One of the Eight Views of Shiretoko, and is also listed as one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan.

Shiretoko Hot Spring: It mainly refers to “Utoro Hot Spring” which is located next to the famous Utoro Fishing Port on the Shiretoko peninsula. It is very effective for neuralgia, muscle pain and frozen shoulder, and it also has the effect of making the skin pretty and smooth, called beauty soup which is recommended for men, women and children!

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

<Lunch>Japanese flavor Meal

<Dinner>Restaurant Japanese Cuisine

<Hotel>   Shiretoko Grand Hotel-Kita Kobushi 

or similar

Day 5

Shiretoko World Heritage Center / Shiretoko Five Lakes Boardwalk / Abashiri Tiandu Mountain Observatory Deck / Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum

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Shiretoko World Heritage Center: Shiretoko National Park and surrounding areas (approximately 71,100 hectares) were registered as World Nature in 2005 (Heisei 17). This is the third world natural heritage in Japan and the first world heritage is registered as including ocean scope.Learn more about the natural ecology of Zhiwei in the World Reproduction Center and watch the fabulous Shiretoko Four Seasons film.

Shiretoko Five Lakes Boardwalk: One of the “Eight Views of Shiretoko”, “Shiretoko Five Lakes” is located in Shiretoko National Park, with Shiretoko Mountain leaning behind it. The elevated wooden plank road around the lake in the district is about 800 meters long, and it has the grid protections on both sides of the walkway because there are sometimes wild animals nearby.

Abashiri Tiandu Mountain Observatory Deck: It is the highest mountain in Abashiri City, with a 360-degree view overlooking the urban area and surrounding lakes, and the ocean view of Okhotsk. The specialty set viewing check-in point is like a huge picture frame, which includes the panoramic seasonal landscape into a painting of nature.

Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum: It displays various materials on the theme of drift ice and creatures in the Sea of Okhotsk. Visitors can touch real drift ice in a room at -15 degrees, and experience rapid freezing experiments with wet towels. Besides, in the museum, there is a sea butterfly, which is known as the angel of flowing water. It is small and exquisite and quite cuter. The projection mapping show is also should not be missed.

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet 

<Lunch> Japanese Style Meal

<Dinner>Restaurant Japanese Cuisine

<Hotel>Lake Abashiri Tsuruga Resort or similar 

Day 6

Katami Fox Village / Dahan Canyon / Ryusei Ginga Waterfalls / Great Smoky National Park Kurodake Ropeway + LIFT / Sounkyo Hot Spring

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Katami Fox Village: Because there are a large number of wild foxes inhabiting Hokkaido, solitary has become a sightseeing feature. The theme ranch (Northern Ranch) with several fox certificates was founded in 1899. Foxes are allowed to live freely in the wild. It is also a unique species of fox in Hokkaido –“Red fox”.

Dahan Canyon: The central volcanic eruption of the Grand Canyon and Dexue Mountain produces hot lava and heat capacity deposits that are cooled and contracted to form a quadrangular or hexagonal shape. The “columnar joints”, which are called “concrete tuff” in geology, cover the area around the Nao Dingjiao, and after 10,000 years of river intrusion, gradually forming a magnificent cliff landscape of Dahan like a screen.
Ryusei Ginga Waterfalls: Two famous scenic spots in Sounkyo. Ryusei waterfall pours directly down from a height of 90 meters between the cliffs, so called male waterfall. Ginga waterfall is composed of several vortex tributaries converging together, flowing down from a height of 104 neters, without losing its gentle temperament, so it is also called the female waterfall, and the two are collectively called the couple.

Great Smoky National Park Kurodake Ropeway Ride + LIFT: The main sightseeing facility of Sounkyo Onsen is cable car at the bottom of street, take a 7-minute ride to the 5th station at the foot of Taiheiyue Mountain, which is 1300 meters above sea level.

Sounkyo Onsen: Located in the center of Hokkaido, a steep hot spring valley. It was discovered at the end of the Edo period (the second half of the 1800s).

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

<Lunch> Omaccarina (one Michelin star)

<Dinner> Japanese Cuisine

<Hotel>Hotel Taisetsu or Choyo Resort Hotel or similar

Day 7

Blue Pond / Maegi Biei (Patchwork Road) / Shikisai no Oka / Wide-Angle Road Kae Flower / Likkatei Garden Tea Time / Fairy Balcony

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Blue Pond: Located on the left side of the Biei River, at an altitude of about 500 meters. The waer of Qingchi is blue and clear, surrounded by smog, full of hazy beauty, like a fairyland. Under the sunlight, the particles in the pool water reflect various fantastic colors, and with the subtle changes of seasons, weather and environment, various colors will appear. Different colors, combined with the scenery intertwined with the forest, show a unique and charming style.

Maegi Biei (Patchwork Road): In the north of Biei, the road from the Jian and Mary Tree to the Seven Star Tree is called the patchwork path which follows gentle hills surrounded only by fields, the view is unobstructed.

Shikisai no Oka: The flower filed covers an area of 7 hectares, which is about the size of three Tokyo Dome stadiums. This place can overlook Mount Asahi and Mount Tokachi, and has a fascinating visual landscape. From spring to autumn, there are 30 kinds of flowers here competing for beauty. On the rolling hills, rows of orderly cosmos, lavender, lentil flowers…. lay out a colorful flower chain. Shocking and dizzying, it enjoys the reputation of Hokkaido’s “Flower Paradise”.
Wide-angle Road Kae Flower: The “panoramic 3-D map road Kae flower”, which runs straight through the vast pastoral scenery, is a driving tourist attraction that can fully enjoy it.

Likkatei Garden Tea Time: The very famous dessert shop “Rikkatei”, selling the most popular souvenir – butter grape biscuit. You may enjoy a fantastic afternoon tea time by looking at the beautiful scenery of garden.

Fairy Balcony: In the forest next to the New Furano Prince Hotel, there are a total of 15 cabins. The name comes from the work of Staoshi Kuramoto, who is said to have a wise elf in the forest. Each of the 15 cabins has a different theme such as paper house, blacksmith house, wind house, leather workshop, wood forest house, and the most popular forest café.

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

<Lunch>  Japanese Flavor Meal

<Dinner> Japanese Flavor Meal

<Hotel>Dormy Inn Prmium La Vista Furano Hills or similar

Day 8

Sapporo (White Lover Garden) / Maruyama Park / Hokkaido Shrine / City Tour

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White Lover Garden: An experiential fruit theme park locate in Sapporo, white lover ice cream and rose garden are popular spots loved by tourists from Japan and abroad.

Maruyama Park: “Maruyama” is a small hill located in the southwest of the center of Sapporo. At the foot of the mountain, there is a part covering an area of about 70 hectares, including a vast forest and hiking trails, with rich natural ecology.

Hokkaido Shrine: It was called Ezodi until the late 19th century, a place with unique Ainu culture. When centralization was implemented in 1869 with the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, it began to be named Hokkaido in order to make more it clear that is Japan’s territory. At this time, Emperor Meiji enshrined Okuni Solulshin, Dai Namo and Shohiko as the patron saints of the development which was the predecessor of Hokkaido Shrine. Later, Emperor Meiji was enshrined in 1964, and the name of shrine was changed to Jingu Shrine, which is surrounded by layers of tall trees. There are trails formed by trees that are more than hundreds of years old, such as spring elm and cypress, and the scenery is very beautiful. In the cherry blossom season, pink and tender cherry bloom into a sea of flowers, and it is a popular cherry blossom viewing spot in the Sapporo city.

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

<Lunch> Japanese Flavor Meal >

<Dinner>Michelin 3-star French restaurant

<Hotel>Sapporo Grand Hotel or similar

Day 9

Sapporo (Toohirakyo Reservoir) / Jozankei Futami Suspension Bridge / Sapporo Art Forest

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Toohirakyo Reservoir: Centered on the Toyohirakyo Dam for water control in the Toyohira River. It is one of the few leisure attractions in Sapporo. Especially during the red leaf season, the maple leaves are as red as fire, was selected by the Forestry Agency’s “Forest and Lake 100 Selections”. What a beautiful picturesque!

Jozankei Futami Suspension Bridge: Futami Park is locate in Jozankei Hot Spring Town. Standing on the famous Futami suspension bridge, you may enjoy the scenery of “Futmni Roack”, “Kappa Deep” and Chiyan Valley, especially in autumn when the mountains are full of read leaves!

Sapporo Art Forest: A forest park covering an area of about 40 hectares. As a stronghold of Sapporo art, it gathers art museums, studios, music practice rooms and field stages. One of the most eye-catching is the outdoor art hall that is not only a tourist attraction, but also a place often used by groups or individual performers.

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

<Lunch> Japanese Style Meal

<Dinner>  Michelin 3-star French Cuisine

<Hotel> Sapporo Grand Hotel or similar

Day 10

Lake Shikotsu -> (CTS New Chitose Airport) Sapporo / USA 

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Lake Shikotsu: A huge caldera lake with a circumference of about 42 meters, is famous as its clear water quality and beautiful scenery of Mount Eniwa. After this, then go to the airport (CTS) and fly back to the sweet home.

<Breakfast> Hotel Buffet

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Pricing

Departure Date

22

SEPT

2023(Maple Viewing)

Adult:$3,399
Child: $2,899
Single Supplement:$1,200

Departure Date

30

OCT

2023(Maple Viewing)

Adult:$3,399
Child: $2,899
Single Supplement: $1,200

Departure Date

12

NOV

2023(Maple Viewing)

Adult: $3399
Child: $2,899
Single Supplement: $1,200

Departure Date

22

MAR

2024(Sakura Viewing)

Adult: $3399
Child: $2,899
Single Supplement: $1,200

Departure Date

05

APR

2024(Sakura Viewing)

Adult: $3,399
Child: $2,899
Single Supplement: $1,200

Tour Fare include:
Hotel, Transportation, Entrance Fee, Breakfast (8 meals), Lunch ( 7 meals), Dinner (8 meals)

Total Fare exclude:
Airfare, Personal expense, any expense not included in our itinerary, Tips (Tour Leader, Bus Driver, Tour Guide: US$12.00 per day), Visa Fee. Travel Insurance (If full payment paid 60 days prior to departure date, we offer travel medical insurance for US residents only)

*** Registration and reservation must pay a deposit of US$500 per person (non-refundable if the group is confirmed, and can be reserved for any group in the future)


In order to provide the most favorable price, the tour fare does not include credit card service fee. Payment method only accepts check or cash. Please note if the group members must pay by credit card, will be charged an additional 3.5% of processing fee.

*** If you purchase air ticket on your own, your arrival time to the first destination and your departure time from last destination to U.S. must be the same as our group. If not the same, you must arrange your own transportation to meet group and to airport on the last day **

** Cancellations will only be accepted in writing; cancellation penalty is as following:
1). 120 days prior to departure: US$100 per person
2). 119 days to 60 days prior to departure: US$200 per person
3). 59 days to 30 days prior to departure: 35% of total tour fare

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