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MONBETSU / KITAMI AKAN / KUSHIRO Highlights - Okhotsk Tokkari Centre - Ainu Village SAPPORO WAKKANAI / HAMATOMBETSU - Kitakitsune Bokujo (North Fox Farm) - Boat Cruise - Cape Soya - Kitami Flower Paradise - Akan International Crane Centre - Lake Onuma ABASHIRI / SHIRETOKO / SHIBETSU - Fisherman’s Wharf MOO - Cape Noshappu - Abashiri Fruit Farm - Lake Kutcharo - Mount Tento Observatory - Takinoue Park Meals TOKYO - Oshinkoshin Falls - Eat-all-you-can Hokkaido crab legs - Nayoro - Whale View Park - Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum - BBQ / Buffet Lunch or Dinner - Shibetsu Salmon Park (Aquarium)

SINGAPORE

(Valid for departure from May onwards)

DAY 1 : SINGAPORE NARITA NH 802 0550/1400 Day 4 : Monbetsu / Kitami / Abashiri Day 6 : Akan / Kushiro SINGAPORE HANEDA NH 842 1150/2000 (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) SINGAPORE HANEDA NH 844 2215/0630 After breakfast, we head for Okhotsk Tokkari Centre. You This morning we embark on a boat cruise in Lake Akan. Assemble at Singapore Changi International Airport Terminal will be amused to see the amazing seals perform during the Look out for cute “Marimo” a species of filamentous green 2 for your flight to Hokkaido via Narita or Haneda Airport. feeding time and remember to take a memorable photo with algae found in the lake. You are welcome to purchase one these amazing seals. Our next destination is the Kitakitsune to bring home home from one of the souvenir shops. After that we proceed to Akan International Crane Centre to view NH 802 / NH 842 (One night stay in Tokyo) Bokujo (North Fox farm) to see the symbolic animal of Hokkaido, followed by visiting Kitami Flower Paradise. From the magnificent endanger birds and conservation effort to (Breakfast or lunch on board / Dinner) May to September each year, more than 300 different kinds save them. Next stop is the Fisherman’s Wharf MOO near Upon arrival at Haneda airport, we will check in hotel for a of flowers can be seen. We will visit Abashiri Fruit Farm and Nusamai bridge which houses markets, souvenir shops and well-deserved rest. depending on the season; your can find strawberries (early restaurants. June), cherries (early July) and prunes, apples, pears and Accommodation: Hotel in Kushiro NH 844 HOKKAIDO NH 571 1020/1215 plums (mid-August) (Breakfast on board) Accommodation: Hotel in Abashiri Upon arrival at Wakkanai Airport, we shall commence with Day 7 : KUSHIRO SINGAPORE Day 2 itineraries. (Breakfast) Day 5 : Abashiri / Shiretoko / Shibetsu / Akan This morning is free at leisure and last minute shopping (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) until your transfer to Kushiro Airport for your flight back to Day 2 : Cape Soya / Lake Onuma / Cape Noshappu Our first visit this morning is the Mount Tento Observatory. (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) Singapore via Haneda Airport with sweet memories of ANA Enjoy the panoramic view of Abashiri and experience drif First Choice Holiday Upon arrival at Wakkanai, our first stop is Cape Soya. This is ice exhibition in a -18 degree room. After that, enjoy the the northmost point of and from here on a clear sky, magnificent view of coastline as we drive you can look across to Russia. Enjoy the breath-taking view towards Shiretoko. Our first stop is Oshinkoshin Falls, one of FRUIT PICKING SEASON of this scenery. Next we proceed to Lake Onuma known for Japan’s top 100 waterfalls with a vertical drop of 60 meters. its picturesque, beautiful lake and majestic Mt. Komagatake. Next, we visit Whale View Park; and on many occasion, we Strawberry Early June After that, we travel to Cape Noshappu, a wonderful photo spot can view whales in a distance. After that, we proceed to Cherries Early July with Mt. Rishiri and Rebun island with a dolphin monument Shibetsu Salmon Park (Aquarium). This place has the largest Apples Mid August at the background setting. Sometimes, wild spotted seals can salmon species collection. Thereafter, we visit Ainu Village in Plums Mid August be seen close by. After dinner, we head back to the hotel for Akan to get an insight of Ainu lifestyle together with their song No fruit picking in May a very good rest. and dance. Accommodation: Hotel in Wakkanai Accommodation: Hotel in Lake Akan

Day 3 : Wakkanai / Hamatombetsu / Nayoro Park or Takinoue Park / Monbetsu (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner) This morning we go down to Lake Kutcharo, an important lake for migrating birds to stopover. Here, thousands of Rewick’s swans and ducks can be seen in spring and autumn season. Early May to early June; we travel to Takinoue Park, where in the whole park will be covered with bring pink colour carpet of moss phlox (Shibazakiura) and fill the air with very sweet scent. From July to August; we travel to Nayoro, a town famous for its glutinous rice and during this period every year, Remarks around 3.5 million sunflowers bloom at the park. The next • Sequence of itinerary, flight schedules and hotels listed are stop is Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum where you can experience subject to change without prior notice. sub-zero effect on wet towels and soap in an extreme -20 • Tour will be conducted in Mandarin. A bilingual (Mandarin/ degree room. English) guide will be provided upon request and is subject to Accommodation: Hotel in Monbetsu availability. • Non-Singaporeans may require a tourist visa to Japan, please refer to our consultants for application details.

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