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Sapporo Snow Festival & Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival 7 Nights / 9 Days • 17 Meals (7 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 4 Dinners) Escorted from Honolulu • English-Speaking Local Guide Tour #1: February 01 – 09, 2022 • Tour Manager: Lisa McKee COMPLETE Tour #2: February 03 – 11, 2022 • Tour Managers: Dean & Annette Mizumura Tour #3: February 05 – 13, 2022 • Tour Manager: Leona Porter PACKAGES! $4288* VISIT: INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE FROM Chitose • Asahikawa • Sounkyo • Abashiri • Lake Akan • Ikeda HONOLULU, 7 NIGHTS HOTEL, 17 MEALS, Otaru • Sapporo • Lake Shikotsu • Date • Noboribetsu TIPS FOR LOCAL TOUR GUIDES AND BUS DRIVERS, ALL TAXES & FEES ENJOY 4 ONSEN HOT SPRING BATHS: EARLY BOOKING Sounkyo Choyo Tei • Abashiri Koso • La Vista Akangawa • Noboribetsu Mahoroba DISCOUNTS PER PERSON Book by 05/28/21 & SAVE $100† Book by 06/30/21 & SAVE $75† Non-Stop Travel Exclusives! Book by 07/31/21 & SAVE $50† SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL (DAY & EVENING VIEWING) 1 Night 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 Since 1985 — Mahalo Hawai‘i! ICE CREAM MAKING 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 Don’t miss a thing! English narration directly to your ear! 1-800-551-1226 www.nonstop.travel 042221 Day 6: LAKE AKAN – IKEDA – OTARU. Depart Lake Akan today for Otaru. Make a brief stop at Ashoro Road Station for a restroom break and a chance to stretch your legs. Stop at Ikeda Wine Abashiri Asahikawa Castle for lunch and time for shopping. After lunch, stop at Rokkatei, a sweets shop that utilizes many of the natural resources of Hokkaido to create their sweet treats. Continue on to Otaru. Upon Sounkyo Otaru Sapporo Lake Akan arrival in Otaru, take in the sights of the OTARU SNOW LIGHT PATH FESTIVAL before arriving at the hotel. GRAND PARK OTARU (1 Night) (B, L) Lake Shikotsu Chitose Airport Ikeda Day 7: OTARU – SAPPORO. This morning, take a stroll around the Otaru Canal. Then stop at Date the Otaru Music Box Museum. A visit to the Kitaichi Glass Company will delight your Noboribetsu JAPAN eyes with beautiful creations. For lunch, pick out “LIVE” crabs* from the tanks! After lunch, enjoy a drive-by sightseeing tour of Sapporo – including the TV Tower, the Clock Tower, and the Former Government Office Building. Then take in the spectacular sight of Sapporo from Day 1: HONOLULU. Depart Honolulu via Hawaiian Airlines flt #441 at 12:20 pm. the top of Mount Okura via the Okurayama Observatory Chair Lift. Return to Sapporo and Please note: due to limited storage capacity on the buses while on tour, each tour member is limited to (1) large checked bag take in the wonders of the SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL at Odori Park and in the Susukino on departure. One (1) large box (33 cm x 47 cm x 30 cm or 13 in x 18 in x 11 ½ in) per person will be provided at the last hotel area. The Sapporo Snow Festival was started in 1950, when high school students built a few for omiyage and other souvenirs purchased on tour. snow statues and it has since developed into a WORLD CLASS EVENT attracting more than two Day 2: CHITOSE. Arrive in Chitose International Airport at 5:00 pm. After entry formalities, walk to million visitors. Ample free time to walk around at your own pace and enjoy the city. Don’t miss your hotel located within the airport terminal. AIR TERMINAL HOTEL (1 Night) out on the seeing the festival at night, when some of the sculptures are illuminated with lights. Don’t forget the shopping opportunities at Susukino Shopping Area or the 5-story Daiso Store! Day 3: CHITOSE – ASAHIKAWA – SOUNKYO. After breakfast, first stop this morning will be at KEIO PLAZA SAPPORO (1 Night) (B, L) the AEON Mall to purchase snow/ice cleats, before departing for Sounkyo. Enroute, stop at the *1 Live crab for every 5th tour member. Sunagawa Highway Oasis, a shopper’s paradise. Warm yourself with lunch (on your own) at the Asahikawa Ramen Village, where you’ll get to choose the type of ramen lunch you’ll have Day 8: SAPPORO – LAKE SHIKOTSU – DATE – NOBORIBETSU. After breakfast, first stop this morning from one of eight ramen shops. Asahikawa is known for their shoyu based broths, while Sapporo is will be at the LAKE SHIKOTSU ICE FESTIVAL. A fantastic world of ice featuring various snow known for its miso based broths and Hakodate for its salt based broths. Which one will you try? After and ice sculptures created from the water of the nearby lake. After lunch, visit the Date History and lunch, take a tour of the Otokoyama Sake Brewery, along with a tasting of sake and other tasty Culture Museum, where you will learn how to dye using indigo. Arrive in Noboribetsu. Enjoy products. Then experience one of the most popular winter festivals in Hokkaido, the ASAHIKAWA a buffet dinner at the hotel tonight that includes “All You Can Eat” crab. Tonight is your last chance WINTER FESTIVAL. As Hokkaido’s second largest winter festival, after Sapporo’s snow festival, to indulge in the healing waters of Hokkaido’s onsens. Don’t miss out! NOBORIBETSU MAHOROBA Asahikawa Snow Festival boasts one of the biggest snow sculptures. Each year, one massive sculpture (1 Night) (B, L, D) is made as a stage for music or other performances. The giant sculpture has a different theme each *One (1) large box (33 cm x 47 cm x 30 cm or 13 in x 18 in x 11 ½ in) per person will be provided for purchases on tour. year. What will the theme be this year? Will it top the giant sculpture built in 1994 which made it Day 9: NOBORIBETSU – CHITOSE – HONOLULU. After lunch, depart Noboribetsu for the National into the book of Guinness World Records as the largest snow construction ever built? Arrive at the Ainu Museum, an outdoor reproduction of an Ainu Village, where you will see a traditional Ainu hotel in Sounkyo. Tonight, enjoy a relaxing soak in the hot springs onsen and a sumptuous buffet song and dance performance. Also stop at Shiraoi Egg Village Mother’s+ to view and shop dinner at your hotel. After dinner, enjoy the nearby SOUNKYO ICE WATERFALL FESTIVAL, for fresh egg and baked products. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before making our way to a frozen world of ice featuring man-made ice caves, pillars, tunnels, domes, and sculptures. the airport. Arrive early at the Chitose Airport and begin exploring the shopping mall located SOUNKYO CHOYO TEI (1 Night) (B, D) within the Domestic Terminal. Consisting of 4 floors of restaurants, shops and activities, there’s Day 4: SOUNKYO – ABASHIRI. Before departing Sounkyo, we will visit the nearby Ginga Ryusei something for everyone. Those with a sweet tooth will enjoy the Sweets Zone, where you can enjoy Waterfall. The word “Ginga” means “the Milky Way” or “Galaxy” and the word “Ryusei” means Hokkaido sweets in a spacious and relaxing setting, Royce Chocolate World (factory, museum, shop, “a meteor or shooting star.” A brief stop will be made at the Onneyu Michi-no-eki, for the and bakery), and LeTAO Chocolatier. The kids (and those young at heart) will enjoy the Doraemon opportunity to rest and shop for souvenirs, before heading towards Abashiri. Upon arrival in Sky Park and Hello Kitty Happy Flight, which have an activity area, shop, and café (fees may apply) or Abashiri, experience an ice breaker cruise aboard the “Aurora.” Then visit the Okhotsk Ryuhyo the Pokémon store. UNIQLO aims to provide customers with “ultimate casual clothes.” And there are Museum and learn about drift ice. Enjoy a kaiseki dinner at the hotel tonight. The onsens – more than two dozen shops at the airport that specialize in various fresh, frozen or dried seafood that which are divided for men and women – allow you to enjoy the hot springs whether indoors or can be eaten there or packed for you to bring home. Or you can relax in the airport onsen or movie outdoors. The high-quality service and facilities are sure to become some of your fondest memories theater (for a fee). Depart via Hawaiian Airlines flt #442 at 7:45 pm. Arrive Honolulu at 7:40 am the of your visit to Japan. ABASHIRI KOSO (1 Night) (B, L, D) same day. Aloha and Welcome Home! (B, L) Day 5: ABASHIRI – LAKE AKAN. This morning experience Ice Pond Fishing for wakasagi * Fares are per person, USD based on double occupancy and INCLUDE ALL AIRLINE TAXES AND FEES. Airline fuel supplements, taxes and fees (smelt fish) at Lake Abashiri. Enjoy freshly made wakasagi tempura. Enroute to Lake Akan, stop at 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.