WWW.NONSTOP.TRAVEL | (808) 593-0700 | AUGUST 2017 Look inside for the First Explore the Premium Escorted Cruise! World inside: JAPAN CRUISES › Europe Cruise Tours › OBERAMMERGAU › USA & Canada Land Tours & MORE! We continue to receive rave reviews on the quality of service, meals and unique itineraries aboard the Diamond Princess, Japan cruises. Truly, one of the most luxurious and relaxing ways to explore Japan! We’ve put together a collection of Pre-Cruise land programs for a very special 7 Night Spring Time Flower cruise in April: • 3 Nights – Hakone, Kamakura, Yokohama & Tokyo • ights5 N – Tokyo, Nikko, Hakone & Kamakura • ights9 N – Sado Island, Nagano, Hakone & Tokyo • ights9 N – Japan’s “Top 3” Gardens – Premium Tour Make plans to join us today! Mahalo! nd Brenda Cabral 32 Gene Miyake 2017 Danny Ching Manager Vice President President Lezlee Tam Janet Tanaka Assistant Manager Manager P.S. We will soon announce the remainder of the 2018 Diamond Princess Japan Season which runs through October! Photos courtesy of Gary Fujimori • 2017 Hokkaido Winter Wonderland Plus Kawazu Cherry Blossoms Cover Background Left: Ice sculpture at Lake Shikotsu, Hokkaido. | Cover Background Right: Otokoyama Sake Brewery in Ashikawa, Hokkaido. Background Left: Decorate a music box in Otaru, Hokkaido. | Background Right: Kawazu cherry blossoms. Inset Bottom Left: Group photo with the Kawazu cherry blossoms. | Inset Bottom Right: Sapporo Ice Festival, Hokkaido. Table of Contents ›› 03 Photos: 2017 Canada & Alaska › 04 2018 Japan Diamond Princess Cruises › 10 2018 Premium Escorted Cruise › 12 2018 Majestic Grand Asia Cruises › 13 2018 Southeast Asia & Japan Cruise › 14 2018 Japan Winter Wonderland Tours › 15 2018 Japan Spring Break & Cherry Blossoms Tours › 16 2018 Europe Cruise Tours › 17 2018 & 2019 Oceania Cruises › 18 2020 Grand Catholic Italy with Oberammergau › 20 2020 Catholic Central Europe Oberammergau 1150 South King Street, Suite 102, Honolulu, HI 96814 › 22 2020 Imperial Splendors with Oberammergau › 24 2020 The Best of Switzerland with Oberammergau (808) 593-0700 or Toll-Free 1-800-551-1226 www.nonstop.travel › 26 2020 Munich, Salzburg & Vienna with Oberammergau › 28 Photos: 2016 & 2017 Exploring America’s Great Parks Monday – Saturday: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm › 29 2018 Exploring America’s Great Parks › 30 2018 Globus USA & Canada Land Tours › 32 Photo Contest Fully Validated Parking (Entrance on Young Street) 2 | August 2017 | Call 808.593.0700 or check www.nonstop.travel for detailed flyers 2017 Majestic Canadian Rockies June 2017 • Tour Manager: Andy Lau Photos courtesy of Tour Manager: Andy Lau A Meg Uehara having fun at Butchart Garden. B Bill Metzger dancing on top of Athabasca Glacier in the Columbia Icefields. C Group photo at the top of Sulfur Mountain via Gondola ride. D The group ready to ride the Ice Explorer at Columbia C Icefields for a glacier walk. B D A 2017 Alaska Glacier Bay Cruise June 2017 • Ruby Princess Tour Manager: Annette Nishikawa Photos courtesy of Tour Manager: Annette Nishikawa A Diane Kawashima, Jana Wicklund, Jinny Yokoyama, Alan Kawashima, Faye and Dale Mau at Mendenhall Glacier. B The Ketchikan tour group braved the wind, cold and rain to B explore Potlatch Park. C Cheryl Sutherland, Francine Sendall, Ruth Taomae and Faye & Dale Mau celebrated Francine’s retirement from the DOE. D Derek Mukai caught a 2.5 lb. Dolly Varden during a shoreline fishing experience from Princess Cruise in Juneau. C D A Book now! | Call 808.593.0700 or check www.nonstop.travel for detailed flyers | 3 2018 SPRING FLOWER CRUISE Plus Hakone, Kamakura, Yokohama & Tokyo 10 Nights / 12 Days • Escorted from Honolulu • Diamond Princess April 09 – 20, 2018 • Tour Manager: Harrison Kim Han 7 Night Cruise Plus 3 Nights Pre-Cruise Hotel Stay with Included Sightseeing and Meals COMPLETE PRE & POST CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS: PACKAGES! Mt. Fuji • Lake Ashi Boat Cruise • Hakone Yosegi-Zaiku • Kimono Dress Up Tsurugaoka Hachimangu • Hase Temple • Kotokuin Temple • Sankeien Garden FROM $ * Cup Noodle Museum • Yokohama Chinatown • Make a Furin 4004 Asakusa Sensoji Temple • Nakamise Shopping • Ameyoko • Sushi-Making Class INCLUDES ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE FROM HONOLULU, CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS: 7 NIGHT CRUISE, HOTELS, Kanmon Straits Scenic Cruising • Busan, South Korea SIGHTSEEING AS INDICATED ON THE FLYER, AND ALL Sakaiminato, Japan • Tsuruga, Japan • Akita, Japan TRANSFERS, TAXES & FEES YOUR ESCORTED SPRING FLOWER CRUISE PLUS HAKONE, KAMAKURA, YOKOHAMA & TOKYO INCLUDES: Roundtrip Airfare from Honolulu, 3 Nights Pre-Cruise Hotel Stay, Sightseeing as Indicated on the Itinerary on Pre & Post Cruise Land Portions, 7 Meals on Land Portion (3 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches & 1 Dinner), 7 Night Cruise Ship Early Booking Accommodations, Unlimited Shipboard Gourmet Dining, Nightly Shipboard Discount Entertainment, 24 Hour Room Service, All Transfers, Taxes & Fees Book by 08/31/17 and SAVE $100 Per Person!† * Fares are per person, USD based on double occupancy and INCLUDE ALL AIRLINE & CRUISELINE TAXES AND FEES. Cruiseline and airline fuel supplements, taxes 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. exploreflightfees.com. After initial deposit, a $75 per person Non-Stop Travel (NST) Cancellation Fee will apply. Group departures may be cancelled, if there are less than (24) tour members. Final Payment to NST for “non-cruiseline” Air & 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. Tour Manager assignments and “final” tour itinerary are subject to change. NST reserves the right to correct errors or omissions including but not limited to, fares, fees and surcharges at any time. † Early Booking Discount is per person. Purchase of Non-Stop Travel’s complete Air & Land package is required. †† Gratuity is not included for optional shore excursions, shipboard personnel and your Tour Manager. Ships of Bermudan Registry. 4 | August 2017 | Call 808.593.0700 or check www.nonstop.travel for detailed flyers Akita JAPAN SOUTH Sakaiminato KOREA Busan Tsuruga Tokyo (Yokohama) Kanmon Straights (Scenic Cruising) Sightseeing in each port is NOT included. Shore excursions are available for purchase through Princess Cruises. Day 7: Sun, Apr 15 – KANMON STRAITS SCENIC CRUISING. 5:00 am – 7:00 am. Day 1: Mon, Apr 09 – HONOLULU. Depart Honolulu via Japan Airlines flt #783 at 1:35 pm. BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA. 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Day 2: Tue, Apr 10 – NARITA – YOKOHAMA. Arrive Narita at 5:20 pm. After entry formalities, Day 8: Mon, Apr 16 – SAKAIMINATO, JAPAN. 10:00 am – 8:00 pm. transfer by coach to the hotel in Yokohama. YOKOHAMA BAY SHERATON (3 Nights) Day 9: Tue, Apr 17 – TSURUGA, JAPAN. 7:00 am – 5:00 pm. Day 3: Wed, Apr 11 – YOKOHAMA – MT. FUJI – HAKONE – YOKOHAMA. After Day 10: Wed, Apr 18 – AKITA, JAPAN. 11:00 am – 8:00 pm. a sumptuous breakfast buffet, travel to Mt. Fuji, where you will ascend to the 5th station, at an elevation of 7,500 feet above sea level. Enjoy a boat ride on the beautiful Day 11: Thur, Apr 19 – AT SEA. Lake Ashi. Try your hand at “Hakone Yosegi-Zaiku,” inlaid and mosaic woodwork Day 12: Fri, Apr 20 – DISEMBARK DIAMOND PRINCESS – TOKYO – HONOLULU. After unique to Hakone. Return to Yokohama. Enjoy dinner at the hotel. (B, L, D) disembarkation, learn how to make Furin, Japanese wind chimes. Next, visit Asakusa, Day 4: Thur, Apr 12 – YOKOHAMA – KAMAKURA – YOKOHAMA. After breakfast, we located in the center of Tokyo’s shitamachi (literally “low city”), one of Tokyo’s districts, will head south to Kamakura for a day of touring. Our first activity today will be dressing where an atmosphere of the Tokyo of past decades survives. Asakusa’s main attraction is up in a kimono! A great photo opportunity! Next, visit Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Sensoji, a very popular Buddhist temple built in the 7th century. The temple is approached which is dedicated to Hachiman, the patron god of the Minamoto family and of the via the Nakamise, a shopping street that has been providing temple visitors with a variety samurai in general. Enjoy lunch (on own) and shopping at Komachi Dori, a 360 of traditional local snacks and tourist souvenirs for centuries. Then visit Ameyoko, a busy meter long shopping street full of restaurants and stores. After lunch, visit the Buddhist market street along the Yamanote Line tracks between Okachimachi and Ueno Stations. Hase Temple, before visiting Kotokuin Temple. Return to Yokohama, with the evening The name “Ameyoko” is a short form for “Ameya Yokocho” (candy store alley), as candies at your leisure. (B) were traditionally sold there. Alternatively, “Ame” also stands for “America”, because a lot of American products used to be available there when the street was the site of a black Day 5: Fri, Apr 13 –YOKOHAMA – EMBARK DIAMOND PRINCESS. We start our day visiting market in the years following World War Two. Today, various products such as clothes, bags, Sankeien – a spacious Japanese-style garden in southern Yokohama which exhibits a cosmetics, fresh fish, dried food and spices are sold along Ameyoko. Today’s highlight will be a number of historic buildings from across Japan. There is a pond, small rivers, flowers and hands-on, Sushi-Making session, which will yield your delicious lunch. After lunch, wonderful strolling trails that make you think you are in Kyoto rather than Yokohama. transfer to the airport for the flight home. Depart Narita via Japan Airlines flt #784 at 9:15 pm Visit the Cup Noodle Museum and Yokohama’s Chinatown before transferring to the and arrive Honolulu at 9:55 am the same day. Aloha and Welcome Home! (L) Yokohama pier for embarkation on the Diamond Princess. (B, L) Day 6: Sat, Apr 14 – AT SEA.