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20212020 HOKKAIDOHOKKAIDO SPRING GUARANTEED!COMPLETE TIMETIME FLOWERFLOWER TOUR PACKAGES!RISK FREE! 9 Nights / 11 Days • 25 Meals (9 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 8 Dinners) 9 NightsEscorted / 11 Days from • 26Honolulu Meals •(9 English-Speaking Breakfasts, 8 Lunches Local Guide & 9 Dinners) Cancel$ for Any Reason by 10/30/20!* EscortedTour #1: from May Honolulu 11 – 21, 2021 • Includes • Tour Manager:English Speaking Sharon Miyashiro Local Guide No Penalties3988 & No Cancellation Fees! Tour #2: May 13 – 23, 2021 • Tour Manager: Dave Umeda Tour #1: May 19 – 29, 2020 • Tour Manager: Dave Umeda INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE Tour #3: May 14 – 24, 2020 • Tour Manager: Sharon Miyashiro FROM HONOLULU, 9 NIGHTS HOTEL, 26 MEALS, TIPS FOR Spring is definitely one of the best seasons to visit Hokkaido, the northern most prefecture of LOCAL TOUR GUIDES AND BUS Japan. 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Let’s enhance your nature experience further 3988 by visiting these three seasonal flower fields — Iwamizawa Canola Flower Fields, INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE FROM HONOLULU, 9 NIGHTS HOTEL, 25 MEALS, Kamiyubetsu Tulip ParkVISIT: & Higashimokoto Pink Moss Park! TIPS FOR LOCAL TOUR GUIDES AND Chitose • Iwamizawa • Asahikawa • Biei • Sounkyo • Kitami BUS DRIVERS, ALL TAXES & FEES Abashiri • Lake Akan • Obihiro • Sapporo • Otaru EARLY BOOKING VISIT: DISCOUNT PER PERSON Iwamizawa • Asahikawa • Biei • Sounkyo • Abashiri TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: $ Lake Akan • Tokachigawa • Obihiro • Sapporo • Otaru SAVE 100 Iwamizawa Canola Flower Fields • Sunagawa Highway Oasis • Otokoyama Sake Brewery BOOK BY AUGUST 31, 2020† Mt. Asahidake Ropeway • Blue Pond • Biei Landscape • Ginga Ryusei Waterfall Kitami Mint Museum • Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park • Abashiri Prison Museum Okhotsk Drift Ice Museum • HigashimokotoTOUR HIGHLIGHTS: Pink Moss Park • “The Way to the Heaven” Photo Spot SAVE $75 Mt. Io • Kussharo Lake • Mashu Lake Observatory • Lake Akan Cruise • Marimo Moss Museum † Iwamizawa Canola Flower Fields • Sunagawa Highway Oasis • Otokoyama Sake Museum BOOK BY OCTOBER 30, 2020 Boya Farm Sheep Dog Show • Sahoro Bear Mountain • Ryugetu Sweetpia Garden Mt. Asahidake Ropeway • Blue Pond • AEON Mall • Ginga Ryusei Waterfall • Obako Sapporo Central Wholesale Market • Odori Park and Lilac Festival • TV Tower Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park • Higashimokoto Pink Moss Park • Abashiri Prison Museum $ ** Sapporo Clock Tower • Old Government Building • Tanuki Koji Shopping Arcade SAVE 50 Drift Ice Museum • “The Way to the Heaven” Photo Spot • Kussharo Lake • Mashu Lake † Otaru Canal • Kitaichi Glass Company • Music Box Museum • Shiroi Koibito Park BOOK BY NOVEMBER 30, 2020 LakeHokkaido Akan Cruise Shrine • •Marimo ARIO Mall Moss • MuseumChitose Domestic • Boya Farm Terminal Sheep Shopping Dog Show Sahoro Bear Mountain • Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden • Sapporo Central Wholesale Market Odori Park & TV Tower • Sapporo Clock Tower • Old Government Building Tanuki Koji ShoppingHANDS-ON Arcade • Otaru ACTIVITIES: Canal • Kitaichi Glass Company ShiroiSake Tour Koibito and Park Tasting • Hokkaido • Soba Making Shrine Experience• ARIO Mall Wagashi (Japanese Sweets) Making Experience • Sushi-Making Class Locally Owned & Operated SinceLocally 1985 Owned — Mahalo & Opera Hawai‘i!ted Non-Stop TravelHANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:DON'T MISS A THING!! S615ince Piikoi1985 — Street, Mahalo Suite Hawai‘i! 102 WHISPER — Wireless Tour Guide System! Sake Tour & Tasting • Music Box Decorating • Sushi Making Class Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 Exclusive! English narration directly to your ear! 615 Piikoi Street, Suite 102 Honolulu,593-0700 Hawai‘i 96814 593-0700 Non-Stop Travel DON'T MISS A THING!! or Toll-Free Non-Stop Travel WHISPERCRABS — WirelessPick’em “LIVE”Tour Guide from System! the tank! 1-800-551-1226or Toll-Free Exclusive! SavorEnglish the narration sweet “freshly directly steamed” to your ear!morsels! 1-800-551-1226 Hokkaido Exclusive! www.nonstop.travel 063020 www.nonstop.travel 021220 Day 1: HONOLULU. Depart Honolulu via Hawaiian Airlines flt #441 at 1:10 pm. Day 2: CHITOSE. Arrive in Chitose at 5:00 pm. After entry formalities, walk to your hotel located within the airport terminal. AIR TERMINAL HOTEL (1 Night) Kitami Asahikawa Abashiri Iwamizawa Day 3: CHITOSE – IWAMIZAWA – ASAHIKAWA. After a sumptuous breakfast buffet at your hotel, Sounkyo make way to Iwamizawa’s Canola flowerfields. “Nanohana” is the word for Canola flowers Otaru Biei Lake Akan in Japanese. Enjoy the endless bright yellow blooms. Next stop is the Sunagawa Highway Sapporo Chitose Airport Oasis, a shopper’s paradise on the way to Asahikawa. Next we stop at the Otokoyama Sake Museum for a tour of the facilities and tasting of sake and other tasty products. Our Obihiro destination for the day is Asahikawa. Enjoy a Kaiseki Dinner at a local restaurant in Asahikawa. JAPAN HOSHINO RESORT OMO 7 ASAHIKAWA (2 Nights) (B, L, D) Day 4: ASAHIKAWA – BIEI – ASAHIKAWA. Mt. Asahidake Ropeway is located on the western slopes of Asahidake mountain in the central region of Hokkaido. It is part of the Daisetsuzan National Day 9: OBIHIRO – SAPPORO. Transfer this morning from Obihiro to Sapporo. Enroute, stop at the Park. The Ropeway base station is at an elevation of 1100m and the top is at 1600m. The Ropeway Sapporo Central Wholesale Market where you will see an abundance of fresh seafood. For operates for most of the year for sightseeing and climbing. You will see snow from the top of the lunch, pick out “LIVE” crabs* from the tanks! Savor the sweet freshly steamed morsels. Upon ropeway! After lunch visit the Blue Pond outside the hot spring town of Shirogane Onsen, is arrival in Sapporo, stop at Odori Park for the Sapporo Lilac Festival. Then drive through Sapporo, named after its deep blue color, which it owes to natural minerals dissolved in the water. Take in the passing the TV Tower, Clock Tower and the Old Government Building before making a stop beauty of the Biei landscapes. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant before returning to the hotel for at the Tanuki Koji Shopping Arcade, the largest and oldest shopping arcade in Sapporo, which the evening. (B, L, D) houses over 200 shops. Enjoy an Izakaya dinner tonight. MERCURE HOTEL SAPPORO (2 Nights) (B, L, D) Day 5: ASAHIKAWA – SOUNKYO – KITAMI – ABASHIRI. This morning we visit Sounkyo where we * 1 Live crab for every 6th tour member. enjoy Ginga Ryusei Waterfall. The word “Ginga” means “the Milky Way” and the word “Ryusei” means “a shooting star.” Depart Sounkyo for Abashiri. Enroute, stop in Kitami. It was peppermint Day 10: SAPPORO – OTARU – SAPPORO. Today we visit Otaru, which served as a major trade and that built Kitami’s economy in the early days. During the peak production in 1938/1939, Kitami’s fishing port in the 1800s. The Otaru Canal makes for a pleasant stroll. A visit to the Kitaichi Glass peppermint accounted for approximately 70% of the global market and became globally recognized Company will delight your eyes with its beautiful creations. Explore the Music Box Museum. as a special produce of Kitami and of Japan. Adjacent to the Kitami Mint Museum stands the Mint Before lunch, learn how to make wagashi – traditional Japanese confectionaries. Participate Distillation House where you can enjoy the aroma of freshly made mint. After lunch, enjoy the fields in a sushi-making class and enjoy your creations for lunch. Back in Sapporo, take a tour of of blooming tulips at Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park. 1.2 million tulips of 120 different kinds! Looking Shiroi Koibito Park and see how Hokkaido’s leading confectionery “Shiroi Koibito” is made. Round down on the garden from the observation platform on a Dutch windmill, it's like a dream world. out the day with a visit to Hokkaido Shrine. In 1869 the Meiji Emperor decided to enshrine three This evening enjoy a buffet dinner at the hotel. Don’t miss your chance to soak in the hot spring Shinto Deities: Sukunahikona, Ookunitama and Ookuninushi. They became the three deities of onsen. After a full day of sightseeing, there’s nothing quite like it in the world to relax your body Hokkaido. Enjoy a crab buffet dinner tonight! (B, L, D) and spirit. Enjoy the tranquil experience. ABASHIRI TSURUGA HOKUTEN NO OKA (2 Nights) (B, L, D) Day 11: SAPPORO – CHITOSE – HONOLULU. Morning at leisure. After lunch (on your own), depart Day 6: ABASHIRI. Begin the day with a visit to the Abashiri Prison Museum. Learn about the the hotel. Enjoy some last minute shopping at ARIO MALL. Arrive early at the Chitose Airport and conditions the prisoners experienced while incarcerated. Next we visit the Okhotsk Drift Ice begin exploring the shopping mall located within the Domestic Terminal. Consisting of Museum. After lunch, explore Higashimokoto, a park in Hokkaido that is famous for its beautiful 4 floors of restaurants, shops and activities, there’s something for everyone. Those with a sweet tooth “carpets” of Shibazakura (moss phlox). Moss phlox is called “Shibazakura” in Japanese, meaning will enjoy the Sweets Zone, where you can enjoy Hokkaido sweets in a spacious and relaxing setting, “that grass cherry blossoms” because it is like little cherry blossoms blooming on the ground. and the Royce Chocolate World (factory, museum, shop and bakery) and LeTAO Chocolatier. The kids Shibazakura has variety of colors including light pink, red, light purple and white. On the way back to (and those young at heart) will enjoy the Doraemon Sky Park and Hello Kitty Happy Flight, which the hotel, stop at “The Way to the Heaven,” for a photo opportunity.