2021 Hokkaido Snow Festival Tour #2 Day-By-Day Itinerary
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Experience 6 Winter Festivals: Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival, Otaru Snow Light Path Festival◊, Asahikawa Winter Festival, Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival, Lake Akan Winter Festival with Fireworks & Sapporo Snow Festival COMPLETE PACKAGE! 7 Nights / 9 Days • 16 Meals (7 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 5 Dinners) Escorted from Honolulu • English-Speaking Local Guide $ * February 04 – 12, 2021 • Tour Manager: Paul Ledesma 4288 INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE FROM HONOLULU, 7 NIGHTS HOTEL, 16 MEALS, TIPS FOR LOCAL TOUR GUIDES AND BUS DRIVERS & ALL TAXES AND FEES VISIT: Chitose • Lake Shikotsu • Shiraoi • Noboribetsu • Niseko • Yoichi • Otaru EARLY BOOKING DISCOUNT PER PERSON Asahikawa • Sounkyo • Abashiri • Lake Akan • Ikeda • Sapporo SAVE $100 BOOK BY JUNE 30, 2020† ENJOY 3 ONSEN HOT SPRING BATHS: Daiichi Takimoto Kan • Sounkyo Choyo Tei • Akan Tsuruga Wings SAVE $75 BOOK BY AUGUST 31, 2020† Non-Stop Travel Exclusives! SAVE $50 BOOK BY OCTOBER 30, 2020† SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL (DAY & EVENING VIEWING) 2 Nights Hotel Stay in Sapporo! ICE BREAKER CRUISE BY “AURORA” See drifting sea ice! Nature’s amazing treat! CRABS Pick’em “LIVE” from the tank! Savor the sweet “freshly steamed” morsels! ICE POND FISHING Enjoy your “Wakasagi” smelt tempura on the lake! Nothing else like it! Delicious! Locally Owned & Operated ICE CREAM MAKING Since 1985 — Mahalo Hawai‘i! Made with fresh milk straight from the ranch! 615 Piikoi Street, Suite 102 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 593-0700 WHISPER — WIRELESS TOUR GUIDE SYSTEM! or Toll-Free English narration directly to your ear! 1-800-551-1226 www.nonstop.travel 060320 2021 HOKKAIDO SNOW FESTIVAL TOUR #2 DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY Day 1: Thur, Feb 04 – HONOLULU. Depart Honolulu via Japan Airlines flt #785 at 12:10 pm. Abashiri Asahikawa Day 2: Fri, Feb 05 – NARITA – CHITOSE. Arrive in Narita Airport at 4:45 pm. Depart Narita Airport Sapporo via Japan Airlines flt #3049 at 6:45 pm. Arrive in Chitose International Airport at 8:35 pm. After entry Sounkyo Otaru Lake Akan formalities, transfer to the hotel located within the airport terminal. AIR TERMINAL HOTEL (1 Night) Yoichi Chitose Airport Day 3: Sat, Feb 06 – CHITOSE – LAKE SHIKOTSU – SHIRAOI – NOBORIBETSU. After breakfast, Niseko Ikeda first stop this morning will be at the AEON Mall to purchase snow/ice cleats. Then it’s on to Lake Shikotsu Lake Shikotsu for the LAKE SHIKOTSU ICE FESTIVAL. A fantastic world of ice featuring Noboribetsu various snow and ice sculptures created from the water of the nearby lake. For lunch, pick out Shiraoi JAPAN “LIVE” crabs* from the tanks! Your choice of King Crab, Hairy Crab and Hanasaki Crab! While you enjoy a special Salmon Teppanyaki, the kitchen will expertly prepare the crabs for everyone to share! After lunch, stop at the Shiraoi Ainu Museum – an outdoor reproduction Day 7: Wed, Feb 10 – LAKE AKAN – IKEDA – CHITOSE – SAPPORO. This morning experience of an Ainu Village. Enjoy a traditional Ainu song and dance performance. In Noboribetsu, visit to Ice Pond Fishing for wakasagi (smelt fish). Enjoy freshly made wakasagi tempura. Jigokudani or “Hell Valley,” a spectacular, appropriately named valley just above the town, Optional snowmobiling and banana boat rides may be available at an additional cost. Depart which displays hot steam vents, sulfurous streams and other volcanic activity. It is a main source Lake Akan for Sapporo. Enroute, stop for lunch at Ikeda Wine Castle and learn to make ice of Noboribetsu’s hot spring waters. The onsens – which are divided for men and women – allow cream at the Chitose Hakone Farm. Arrive in Sapporo. Enjoy dinner at Sapporo Beer Garden. you to enjoy the hot springs whether indoors or outdoors. The high-quality service and facilities After dinner the remainder of the evening is at your leisure to explore Sapporo on your own. are sure to become some of your fondest memories of your visit to Japan. Enjoy a buffet dinner at KEIO PLAZA HOTEL SAPPORO (2 Nights) (B, L, D) the hotel tonight. DAIICHI TAKIMOTO KAN (1 Night) (B, L, D) *1 Live crab for every 6th tour member. Day 8: Thur, Feb 11 – SAPPORO. After breakfast, take in the wonders of the SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL at Odori Park and in the Susukino area. The Sapporo Snow Festival was started Day 4: Sun, Feb 07 – NOBORIBETSU – NISEKO – YOICHI – OTARU. Take in the view from in 1950, when high school students built a few snow statues and it has since developed into a Silo Observatory – where you can see panoramic views of Lake Toya, Nakajima Island, Mt. WORLD CLASS EVENT attracting more than two million visitors. Ample free time to walk around Usu and Mt. Showa Shinzan. It is one of Japan’s leading photography spots. After lunch, visit the at your own pace and enjoy the city. Don’t miss out on the seeing the festival at night, when some Nikka Whiskey Yoichi Distillery. Nikka whiskies have been recognized to rank among the of the sculptures are illuminated with lights. Don’t forget the shopping opportunities at Susukino world’s best single malt whiskies and have won numerous awards. After arriving in Otaru, take a Shopping Area or the 5-story Daiso Store! (B) stroll around the Otaru Canal. Then stop at the Otaru Music Box Museum. A visit to the Kitaichi Glass Company will delight your eyes with beautiful creations. Take in the sights of Day 9: Fri, Feb 12 – SAPPORO – CHITOSE – HANEDA – HONOLULU. Begin the day with a the OTARU SNOW LIGHT PATH FESTIVAL◊ before dinner. After dinner, arrive at the hotel. sightseeing tour of Sapporo – including the TV Tower, the Clock Tower, and the Former GRAND PARK OTARU (1 Night) (B, L, D) Government Office Building. View the spectacular sight of Sapporo from the top of Mount Okura via the Okurayama Observatory Chair Lift. Stop at AEON Mall Sapporo Hiraoka for some Day 5: Mon, Feb 08 – OTARU – ASAHIKAWA – SOUNKYO. After breakfast, it’s on to Asahikawa. time for shopping and time to enjoy lunch (on your own) before making our way to the airport. Enroute, stop at the Sunagawa Highway Oasis, a shopper’s paradise. Warm yourself with Arrive early at the Chitose Airport and begin exploring the shopping mall located within the lunch (on your own) at the Asahikawa Ramen Village, where you’ll get to choose the type Domestic Terminal. Consisting of 4 floors of restaurants, shops and activities, there’s something of ramen lunch you’ll have from one of eight ramen shops. Asahikawa is known for their shoyu for everyone. Those with a sweet tooth will enjoy the Sweets Zone, where you can enjoy Hokkaido based broths, while Sapporo is known for its miso based broths and Hakodate for its salt based sweets in a spacious and relaxing setting, and the Royce Chocolate World (factory, museum, shop broths. Which one will you try? After lunch, take a tour of the Otokoyama Sake Brewery, and bakery) and LeTAO Chocolatier. The kids (and those young at heart) will enjoy the Doraemon along with a tasting of sake and other tasty products. Then experience one of the most popular Sky Park and Hello Kitty Happy Flight, which have an activity area, shop and café (fees may apply) winter festivals in Hokkaido, the ASAHIKAWA WINTER FESTIVAL. As Hokkaido’s second or the Pokémon store. Uniqlo aims to provide customers with “ultimate casual clothes.” And there largest winter festival, after Sapporo’s snow festival, Asahikawa Winter Festival boasts one of the are more than two dozen shops at the airport that specialize in various fresh, frozen or dried seafood biggest snow sculptures. Each year, one massive sculpture is made as a stage for music or other that can be eaten there or packed for you to bring home. Or you can relax in the airport onsen or performances. The giant sculpture has a different theme each year. What will the theme be this year? movie theater (for a fee). Depart Chitose International Airport via Japan Airlines flt #522 at 6:00 pm. Will it top the giant sculpture built in 1994 which made it into the book of Guinness World Records Arrive Haneda at 7:40 pm. Depart Haneda Airport via Japan Airlines flt #074 at 9:00 pm and arrive as the largest snow construction ever built? Arrive at the hotel in Sounkyo. Tonight, enjoy a relaxing Honolulu at 8:55 am the same day. Aloha and Welcome Home! (B) soak in the hot springs onsen and a sumptuous buffet dinner at your hotel. After dinner, enjoy the nearby SOUNKYO ICE WATERFALL FESTIVAL, a frozen world of ice featuring man-made ice * Fares are per person, USD based on double occupancy and INCLUDE ALL AIRLINE TAXES AND FEES. Airline fuel supplements, taxes caves, pillars, tunnels, domes and sculptures. SOUNKYO CHOYO TEI (1 Night) (B, D) and fees are subject to change and tour member is responsible for any increases. Some airline-imposed personal charges, including but not limited to baggage, priority boarding and special seating, may apply. For details visit www.tripadvisor.com/AirlineFees. After initial deposit, a $75 per person Non-Stop Travel (NST) Cancellation Fee will apply. Group departures may be cancelled, if there are Day 6; Tue, Feb 09 – SOUNKYO – ABASHIRI – LAKE AKAN. Before departing Sounkyo, we less than 24 tour members. Final Payment to NST for “non-cruiseline” Air and Land Package must be made by Money Order or Personal Check. NST does not guarantee that all tour members will fly together with Tour Manager.