Escorted Tour

HOKKAIDO SNOW FESTIVAL

per person USD 3,759
HNLSNOW/FEB 2023

Departure from Honolulu with air $3759.00. Departure from other city or meet group in Sapporo $2659.00. Please contact us for air from other cities for air arrangement.

Day 1: Feb 01 (Wed) Honolulu ~ Haneda Airport


01:15pm           

Depart Honolulu for Haneda Airport by All Nippon Airways 185

 

Day 2: Feb 02 (Thu) Haneda Airport - Chitose Airport ~ Chitose


05:40pm            

Arrive at Haneda Airport

07:00pm           

Leave for Chitose Airport by All Nippon Airways 77

08:35pm           

Arrive at Chitose Airport - walk over to hotel located inside of the terminal

Accommodations at Air Terminal Hotel

Day 3: Feb 03 (Fri) Chitose – Asahikawa - Sounkyo


Breakfast at the hotel

08:45am             

Leave for sightseeing with guide by chartered bus

Visit AEON mall for snowshoes or snow traction cleats (Across the street from our hotel)

11:00am            

Stop at Sunagawa Oasis for shopping and stretch your legs (about 30~45min)

01:00pm            

Lunch at Ramen Village on own

Visit Otokoyama Sake Brewery for tour and tasting

04:30pm             

Arrive at the hotel (onsen hotel)

Dinner at the hotel (Buffet)

Take hotel shuttle bus to Sounkyo Ice Festival

Accommodations at Sounkyo Kanko Hotel (Japanese-Western Room)  

 

Day 4: Feb 04 (Sat) Sounkyo - Abashiri


Breakfast at the hotel

08:45am            

Leave for sightseeing with ESG by chartered bus

Visit Ginga & Ryusei Water Fall

12:15pm           

Seafood BBQ Lunch at local restaurant

Learn about drift ice at Drift Ice Museum

Enjoy Drift ice breaker cruise (about 1hr)

05:30pm           

Arrive at the hotel (onsen hotel)

Japanese kaiseki dinner at the hotel

Accommodations at Abashirikoso (Japanese room)  

 

Day 5: Feb 05 (Sun) Abashiri – Akan


Breakfast at the hotel

08:20am            

Leave hotel for Smelt fishing on ice in Lake Abashiri by chartered bus

08:45am            

Enjoy smelt fishing on ice (fishing gear and tent included in fee)

(You can eat fish after fishing – cooked fried)

10:00am             

Return to hotel

10:15am             

Leave for sightseeing with ESG by chartered bus

Visit Mt. Io Sulphur Valley (No climbing required!)

12:15pm             

Stop at Lake Kussharo Sunayu Swan Lake

01:15pm             

Lunch at local restaurant (Local Mashu Pork Donburi)

03:30pm             

Visit AINU Kotan for ”Lost Kamuy” theater show

05:00pm             

Arrive at the hotel (onsen hotel)

Buffet dinner at the hotel

Enjoy Lake Akan Winter Festival with fireworks (8:10pm)

Accommodations at Akan Tsuruga Wings (lake view Japanese-Western room) 

Day 6: Feb 06 (Mon) Akan - Obihiro


Breakfast at the hotel

08:30am            

Leave for sightseeing with ESG by chartered bus

09:30am            

Visit Akan International Crane Center for Japanese red crown crane

11:30am            

Western set menu at local restaurant

02:00pm           

Enjoy Lake Shikaribetsu Kotan

-Ice café, Ice maze and snow activities available

04:30pm           

Arrive at hotel (Onsen hotel)

Japanese kaiseki dinner at the hotel

07:00pm            

Leave for Tokachigawa Sairinka Festival

09:00pm           

Return to the hotel

 Accommodations at Hokkaido Hotel

 

 

Day 7: Feb 07 (Tue) Obihiro – Chitose - Otaru


Breakfast at the hotel

08:30am          

Leave hotel with ESG by chartered bus

11:30am           

Tonkatsu (pork cutlet) lunch at Tamafuji           

01:00pm            

Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival

05:00pm           

Brief evening photo stop at Otaru Canal

05:30pm           

Arrive at the hotel – connected to Wing Bay Otaru shopping mall

Enjoy dinner and shopping  

Accommodations at Grand Park Otaru

 

Day 8: Feb 08 (Wed) Otaru – Sapporo


Breakfast at the hotel

09:00am            

Leave for sightseeing with guide by chartered bus

09:30am            

Hands on experience sand blast glass design

10:45am           

Enjoy stroll in Otaru-music box shop, sweets shops and glass wear stores

03:00pm           

Return to hotel

Free until dinner time – our tour escort will assist for Sapporo city tour on foot

06:30pm           

Farewell Crab course dinner at local restaurant

Accommodations at Mercure Hotel Sapporo

 

Day 9: Feb 09 (Thu) Sapporo


Breakfast at the hotel

Sapporo Snow FestivalOdori Park Main Site and Susukino Ice Sculpture

Explore the city and enjoy festival with our tour escort                                                               

Accommodations at Mercure Hotel Sapporo

 

Day 10: Feb 10 (Fri) Sapporo – Chitose Airport – Narita Airport - Honolulu


Breakfast at the hotel

11:00am            

Check out the room - Leave your belongings at the bell desk until hotel departure

02:00pm           

Leave for airport with an assistant by chartered bus

03:00pm            

Arrive at New Chitose Airport – some shopping time at the airport after check-in

06:30pm           

Leave for Haneda Airport by All Nippon Airways 76

08:05pm           

Arrive at Haneda Airport

10:15pm           

Leave for Honolulu by All Nippon Airways 186

 ** Arrive back in Honolulu on the same day 10:05AM**   

Note: Air and Land Itinerary are subject to change.

Meal and room arrangements may change due to availability (ex. Japanese to Western)

 

CONTACT HONOLULU OFFICE FOR DETAIL:

808-979-0111

 


1.

Deposit and Final Payment:

A $300.00 deposit per person at the time of signing up

The remaining balance is due 120 days prior to departure.

If reservation is made less than 120 days prior to departure, full payment is due at time of booking.

If remaining balance of payment is not made within the above-required period of time, JTB USA, Inc. reserves the right to cancel reservations.

 

2.

Cancellations and Changing Fees:  (Please read very carefully)

Regardless of reason, cancellations result in costly charges from travel and hotel providers covering penalties and fees incurred by canceling confirmed bookings. Therefore, the following fees will apply:

 

Cancellation or any changes within:

* Up to 100 days of departure                Free

* 99– 35 days of departure                     $500.00 of the total tour fee

* 34–15 days prior to departure:             $1200.00 of the total tour fee

* Within 14 days prior to departure:        100% of the total tour fee

*Any additional individual arrangement may not be refundable. Please check with our travel agents.

 

3.

Participation:

For the benefit of everyone in your tour group, JTB USA, Inc. reserves the right to accept or reject any person as a tour participant, and to remove from the tour any participant whose conduct is deemed incompatible with the interests of the other participants.

 

We require a minimum of 20 participants to guarantee a tour.

JTB USA, Inc. will notify participants of any changes 100 days prior to departure.

We regret that our escorted tours will operate only when booked by a sufficient number of participants. We reserve the right to cancel any departure date that has insufficient demand. 

 

** There may be a possibility to operate tours with less than 20 participants.

     However, it may require changes from each original tour itinerary and price.

 

4.

Responsibility:

The tour participant agrees that neither JTB USA, Inc. nor its affiliates shall be liable for any damage, loss (including personal injury, death, and property loss) or expense occasioned by any act or omission of any supplier providing services, or any insurer or insurance administrator under the Travel Protection Plan, or of any other person, or any other situations beyond the control of JTB USA, Inc., including weather, natural disaster, war, civil unrest, and order of government or immigration regulations.

We strongly advise that tour participants purchase the Optional Travel Insurance plans. Please ask one of our travel consultants for more information or contact:

                    ** Optional Travel Insurance is Recommend

                  Travel Insured: https://www.travelinsured.com

                      Or call   1-800-243-3174  /  Office Number: 52919

 

5.

Rules and Restrictions

* Traveler must have Covid booster shots (3 shots, except JJ count one dose as 2)

* Passengers with foreign passports (excluding U.S & Japan passports) may need to obtain visa   from Japan Consulate

* Price/Schedule is subject to change by Vendor

* Minimum 20 people are required to guarantee the departure.

* A moderate degree of physical health and Physical ability is required to participate in the tour.  In the event of special physical or mental needs, JTB USA cannot assume any responsibility in relation to the difficulty or impossibility that the said passenger may encounter in undertaking the activities planned for the tour, nor JTB USA assume any responsibility for providing assistance for their adaption to, or continuation of, the trip.

* JTB USA reserves right to suspend any tour for passengers whose physical and/or mental conditions make their participation very difficult or dangerous to themselves or others.

JTB USA likewise reserves the right to exclude passengers who significantly disrupt the smooth-running of the trip

 ** LAND ONLY designation without air and transportation to/from airport.

            Please make selection on your application form for LAND ONLY or WITH AIR.

 

6.

Package includes the following

* Roundtrip airfare tax and tax and surcharges

   (Tax and surcharge may subject to change, will be adjusted if more than $10.00 difference)

* English speaking guide from 2/03-2/08

* English speaking assistant 2/10

* 7 nights hotel accommodations in Japan

* Sightseeing in Japan by chartered bus

* Daily breakfast, 4 lunches and 5 dinners

* Bilingual Tour Escort from Honolulu by JTB

* Online Pre-departure briefing

 

Please contact JTB Reservation Center for the pickup service to assembly place.
JTB Reservation Center : Tel 1(800) 223-6104, email reservation@jtbusa.com

Date & Price Tour Start Tour End Departure ADL Single Supplement
02/01/2023 02/10/2023 Honolulu $ 3,759 $ 775
02/02/2023 02/10/2023 Sapporo $ 2,659 $ 775
$300.00 deposit per person at the time of signing up Cancellation period is based on United State PST time.. Notice must be received during JTB USA office hours. Mon. - Fri., 9:00AM-5:30PM PST Except National Holidays.

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