HOKKAIDO , RISHIRI ISLAND AUTUMN TOUR
Sept. 24 ~ Oct. 6 (11 nights, 13 days)
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SEPT. 24 (Tue.) |
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Depart Honolulu to Chitose. |
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25 (Wed.) |
CHITOSE AIR TERMINAL |
After you arrive at Shin-Chitose airport will take you to a hotel which is within the airport terminal. |
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26 (Thu.) |
SHIROGANE HOTEL PARK HILLS ♨ |
From Chitose go to Furano. Visit Tomita Farm, see the fields of different flowers of the season. Next visit Furano Winery and the Furano Cheese Factory, where you can sample their products. Next go to Biei, go to Shikisai-no-Oka, a panoramic flower garden then drive along the “Patchwork Road” and see the nice landscape scenery. Then go to see the Aoi-Ike(Blue pond), a man-made pond where the color of the water changes depending on the weather. Named after it’s deep blue color from natural minerals dissolved in the water. Then go to a hotel with natural onsen among the beautiful mountains & surrounded by untouched nature. |
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27 (Fri.) |
ASAHIKAWA Y's HOTEL |
After leaving the hotel go to ride the Asahidake Ropeway, you can see views of the alpine plants & wildflowers and Mt.Asahi is the highest mountain in Hokkaido, it is still an active volcano. Lunch at “Ramen Village” has several ramen shops to choose from. Visit Asahikawa City Museum (Ainu culture). Next go to Asahikawa, visit the Otokoyama sake factory then go to hotel. |
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WAKKANAI CROWNE PLAZA |
From Asahikawa station ride the limited express train “Super Soya” and go to Wakkanai, the northernmost city in Japan. Visit the Wakkanai-Koen up on a hill where you can see the city, port, Soya strait. Then go to hotel. |
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29 (Sun.) |
HOTEL UNIGOTEN
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From the hotel go to Wakkanai port and ride a ferry to Rishiri island, part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. For lunch those that want to eat Uni-don (sea urchin on rice), can order & others can choose something else. If on a clear day you can see Mt. Rishiri-Fuji, one of 100 famous mountains in Japan. See Himenuma – a man-made pond, Otatomari Swamp & other nice view places of Rishiri. Then go to a hotel with onsen on Rishiri island. |
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30 (Mon.) |
MOMBETSU PRINCE HOTEL♨ |
After leaving the hotel from Rishiri island catch the ferry back to Wakkanai. Next to the northern point of Cape Soya, if the weather is clear you can see the Sakhalin island. In Sarufutsu you can find scallop. Then go to hotel with onsen in Mombetsu and enjoy a variety of crab dinner. |
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OCT. 1 (Tue.) |
SHARI-SHIRETOKO GRANTIA HOTEL♨ |
From the hotel go visit the Okhotsk Ryuho(drift ice) museum where you can experience entering a cold room and swinging a wet towel and see how fast it hardens Next visit the old Abashiri prison which is a open-air museum showing the inside of the prison, how it was then. Then go to a hotel with onsen in Shari. |
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2 (Wed.) |
KUSSHARO PRINCE HOTEL♨ |
After leaving the hotel visit beautiful Shiretoko Five Lakes, surrounded by native forest and formed long ago by the eruption of nearby Mt. Io and filled by underground springs.Go to see Oshinkoshin waterfall then nearby see the natural salmon going upstream. Then go to hotel with onsen in Kussharo. |
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3 (Thu.) |
TOKACHI GARDEN HOTEL♨ |
After leaving hotel at Kussharo go to see Lake Mashu, a caldera lake in Akan National Park which is often covered with fog. Next go to see Mt. Io (Sulfur Mountain), an active volcano in the vicinity of Kawayu onsen on Shiretoko peninsula. Then go to Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park, known for their Tancho Tsuri(red-crowned Japanese crane) which you can see at the Tanchozuru Natural Park. Then go to hotel with onsen in Obihiro.After dinner for those that want to see the yatai stalls we can take you. |
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4 (Fri.) |
LAKE TOYA SUN PALACE ♨ |
After leaving the hotel visit Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura, a history theme park that highlights the time of the Edo period. Then visit a Hokkaido Bear Farm before going to hotel with onsen at Lake Toya.You can see Lake Toya, a caldera lake part of the Shikotsu-Toya National Park. |
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5 (Sat.) |
SAPPORO MYSTAYS PREMIER♨ |
Go to see Mt. Showa-Shinzan, a volcanic lava dome formed during the Showa period (that’s how it got it’s name). Enjoy Apple-picking. Next go to Yoichi town and visit the Nikka Whiskey Distillery. Then go to Otaru, known for the Kitaichi glassworks, music boxes and Otaru canal. Look around at the glasswork shops and music box museum. You can enjoy the rickshaw ride around the beautiful & historical port town sceneries. Next go to Sapporo, for dinner is their specialty, Genghis Kan BBQ at the Sapporo beer garden. Then go to hotel in Sapporo. |
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6 (Sun.) |
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After checking out of the hotel go to Jozankei Onsen, see very nice autumn color change scenery. Then leave for Shin-Chitose airport for departure flight to Honolulu. |
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HOTELS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO SAME OR BETTER CLASS
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