Joy To Travel, Smart Lifestyle JHOK8N 26 8D Best of Hokkaido , HIGHLIGHTS • Mount Daisetsu-zan • Ryusei-no-taki Falls MEALS • Ginga-no-taki Falls HAKODATE: • The Goryokaku ABASHIRI / LAKE AKAN REGION: • 6 Breakfasts / 6 Lunches / 6 Dinners • Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward • Mount Tento • Okhotsk Sea • Old Hakodate Meijikan Post Office • Drift Ice Museum • Lake Mashu ACCOMMODATION • Asaichi Market • Mount Hakodate • Mount Io • Lake Akan • Akan Kotan LAKE TOYA REGION: • Lake Toya SAPPORO: • Odori Park • NHK Tower • Mount Showa • Uzu Zan Volcanic Mountains • Tokei-Dai • Sapporo JR Station • 6 Nights Hotel Stay • Fruit Picking (Seasonal) • Underground Shopping Mall • Tennuki Koji • Susukino NOBORIBETSU: • Jigokudani • Ishiya White Chocolate Factory • Noboribetsu Marine Park • Hokkaido Jingu Shrine • Dolphin Show or Penguin Parade • Danish Nixe Castle & Garden CHITOSE: • Mitsui Premium Outlets FURANO: • Shikisai Noka OTARU: • Classic European Walk • Furano Cheese Factory • Farm Tomita • Crystal Museum • Kitaichi Glass Galley • Otaru Canal SOUNKYO: • Sounkyo Gorge this romantic city. DAY 1 Note: (1) In the event that the domestic flight to Hakodate is ✈ not available, it will be replaced by Chitose or Kushiro. Singapore Haneda / (2) In the event that we are unable to ascend to Mount Hakodate by cableways due to bad weather, the group will Narita visit Yunokawa Park. Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport and begin your holiday with a pleasant flight to Japan. DAY 3 Note: In the event of morning flight, passengers will stay the night at Narita/Chitose and enjoy an additional breakfast. Hakodate - Lake Toya - Noboribetsu - Jozankei DAY 2 - Breakfast, Japanese Seafood Hotpot Lunch, beautiful Danish Nixe Castle & Garden. 8 Course Kaiseki Dinner - Note: In the event fruit picking is not during the season, it ✈ will be replaced by Showa Shinzan Bear Ranch. Haneda / Narita After breakfast, drive to Lake Toya, where Hakodate beautiful virgin forests surround the lake. See - Meal on Board, Japanese Set Lunch, Mount Showa, an interesting landform that was DAY 4 Hotel Dinner - raised from a farmland after two years of Jozankei - Furano - Upon arrival, meet and greet by the local volcanic activities. Marvel at the beauty of Uzu from afar. After lunch, representative. Visit The Goryokaku, Zan Volcanic Mountains Asahikawa / Sounkyo - Breakfast, Japanese Buffet Lunch, (admission ticket included) Japan’s first proceed for fruit-picking (seasonal). Continue western-styled fortification. The starshaped fort to Noboribetsu and visit a sulphurous boiling Hokkaido Crab Dinner - was built in 1864 for the defence of Hokkaido pond known as “Jigokudani” or Hell Valley. Begin the day with a tour to Shikisai Noka and against invasion and is now a park open to the Visit Noboribetsu Marine Park (admission see the colourful hills of flowers (varies with public. Visit the charming historical buildings, ticket included), a modern style marine park seasons). Continue to Furano Cheese Factory featuring a magnificent aquarium where marine such as Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward and produces cheese and dairy-related products. life of all kinds including sharks, stingrays, Old Hakodate Meijikan Post Office. Visit Farm Tomita, probably the most famous jellyfish and salmon swim freely. There are Thereafter, visit the famous Asaichi Market. attraction of Furano. The products here will not colourful corals too, as well as the fascinating Ascend to Mount Hakodate (subject to disappoint you, with flower-related souvenirs weather conditions) for a perfect night view of Dolphin Show or Penguin Parade. See the available. Continue to Sounkyo Gorge, at the Joy To Travel, Smart Lifestyle JHOK8N 27 foot of Mount Daisetsu-zan. The gorge has lots DAY 6 Shinto shrine set in heavily wooded grounds. of waterfalls, of which beautiful Ryusei-no-taki Drive towards Otaru, famous for its canal and Falls (Shooting Star Falls) and Ginga-no-taki Lake Akan - Sapporo glasswork shops. Walk along the “Classic Falls (Milky Way Falls) are worth seeing. - Breakfast, Japanese Set Lunch, European Walk” and see the ancient European Note: Bonus during 10 May to 31 May departure will enjoy architecture of the buildings by the romantic Shibazakura Park (Seasonal) to see different coloured Yakiniku BBQ Dinner - flowers. After breakfast, drive towards Sapporo. Visit waterfront. Visit the Crystal Museum and Odori Park, venue of the annual Hokkaido Kitaichi Glass Galley, well-known for its DAY 5 Snow Festival. See the NHK Tower and antique lamps and hand-blown glassware. Not Tokei-Dai (clock tower) which was built in 1878. to be missed is the Otaru Orgel Doh, which Asahikawa / Sounkyo - Visit Sapporo JR Station, where you can spend houses the “Otaru Music Box Museum”. The some time shopping at the Underground best buildings are found in the harbour area Lake Mashu - Lake Akan Shopping Mall. Visit Tennuki Koji and enjoy and along Otaru Canal, which is prettily lit with - Breakfast, Japanese Set Lunch, Hotel Dinner - shopping where affordable buys await all. In the lamps. Drive to Mitsui Premium Outlets for After breakfast, proceed to Abashiri and visit evening, visit Susukino “Ramen & some good bargains. Popular brands such as Mount Tento to enjoy a 360- degree view of the Entertainment” Street. The entire street is Coach, Burberry, Polo Ralph Lauren, Escada, Okhotsk Sea. Visit the Drift Ice Museum dominated by ramen stalls. Take the Paul Smith, Armani Exchange, Salvatore (admission fee included) where visitors can opportunity to sample the famous Hokkaido Ferragamo, Furla, Dolce & Gabbana, Tommy enjoy ice all year round in the -15°C cooling ramen at economical prices (at own expense). Hilfiger, Brooks Brothers, Elle, Levi’s, Nike, room. There are large interactive displays which The colorful neon signboards and street lights Timberland, Adidas, Asics, Fila, Billabong etc. give information about the ice and the animals make the street more vibrant and dazzling, a are available here. that live on or around the ice floors. Continue to Note: Occasionally, the tour group might visit Rera Premium perfect location to experience the Sapporo mysterious Lake Mashu, one of the world’s Outlets instead of Mitsui Premium Outlets. nightlife. clearest transparent lakes; also prized as one of the greatest scenic spots in all Hokkaido. DAY 8 Continue to Kawayu Onsen District to visit an DAY 7 ✈ active volcano – Mount Io (known as Sulphur Sapporo - Chitose Mountain). This mountain can be seen ejecting Sapporo - Otaru - Sapporo ✈ - Breakfast, Japanese Set Lunch, Haneda / Narita yellow sulphurous jets. Journey to Lake Akan, renown for its curious-looking spherical moss, a Shabu-Shabu Dinner - Singapore natural phenomenon unique to the lake. After breakfast, visit the Ishiya White - Breakfast, Meal on Board - Explore Ainu Kotan, a small Ainu village in Chocolate Factory where you'll get the After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Akan Kotan. Stroll along the street lined with opportunity to sample and buy a variety of airport for the flight back to Singapore. We souvenir shops selling Ainu handicrafts, food, Hokkaido’s manufactured white chocolate. hope that you had a memorable vacation with etc. Proceed to Hokkaido Jingu Shrine, a large ASA Holidays. Note: hotel is unavailable, it will be replaced by another hotel of similar standards. 1. In the event of local religious festivals, unforeseen circumstances and/or bad weather 7. During major events, accommodation may not be in the city mentioned conditions, the sequence of the itinerary may be changed or altered. Alternative attractions 8. ASA Holidays recommends you to buy travel insurance for your travel to ensure coverage. will be substituted without prior notice and/or at short notice in order to ensure a smoother 9. All flights are subject to change without prior notice journey and tour. 10. In the event of discrepancies between English and Chinese itinerary, please refer to English 2. All bookings will be subjected to terms and conditions as stipulated in this brochure. version. 3. Admission and entrance ticket will be included when specified. 11. Room types are based on run of the house and allocated by respective hotels. All hotels 4. Minimum group size of 16 passengers is required for a confirmed departure. Group size of room will based on tatami style. ASA Holidays will not be responsible for the differences of 15 and below will solely be at the discretion of ASA Holidays and passengers need to accept the room allocated. the arrangement. 12. For groups of 26 passengers and above, we will have a tour manager to accompany the tour 5. Tour is conducted in Mandarin. throughout. 6. All hotel ratings are based on local standards. In the event that accommodation in the stated .