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JULY 30 (Tue.) |
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Depart Honolulu to Shin-Chitose. |
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31 (Wed.) |
AIR TERMINAL HOTEL |
Arrive at Shin-Chitose airport, hotel within airport terminal. |
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AUG. 1 (Thu.) |
SAPPORO TOYOKO-INN
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Within Sapporo.Visit Salmon Park Chitose, Sapporo beer factory, NijoIchiba (market). Watch a night baseball game at Sapporo Dome between Nippon Ham Fighters x Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Hotel in Sapporo. |
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2 (Fri.) |
SAPPORO TOYOKO-INN
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From Sapporo go to Otaru, visit the Music box museum, the Kitaichi Glass. Ride the rickshaw around town, see the canal area and the old redbrick warehouses which is now used for shops, café and restaurants. Then return to same hotel in Sapporo. |
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3 (Sat.) |
AOMORI TOYOKO-INN
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From Sapporo go to Aomori by train going through the Seikan tunnel, theworld's longest underwater tunnel. See the Nebuta Festival, parade of enormous lantern floats with taiko drums, musicians and dancers. Hotel in Aomori. |
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4 (Sun.) |
AKITA TOYOKO-INN
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Aomori to Akita. See the Rice Field Art, then go to hotel in Akita. In the evening watch the Kanto Festival (Pole lantern festival), an impressive display of skill in which performers balance “kanto" or long bamboo poles with arrays of lighted paper lanterns to the ends. |
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5 (Mon.) |
YAMAGATA TOYOKO-INN
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After check out of the hotel in Sakata visit Kaikoji temple where it houses priests that became mummies in hope of salvation. Next visit Kamo Aquarium, it has a huge collection of jellyfish. Then go to hotel in Yamagata. In the evening go out to watch the Hanagasa Festival (Flower Hat Festival), is a hat decorated with artificial flowers & dancers wearing same costumes per group & parades through the streets dancing. |
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6 (Tue.) |
SHINAGAWA EX INN
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From Yamagata along the way going to Sendai you can try their famous Jogisan Aburaage (triangle shape fried bean curd). Next see the TanabataFestival, colorful decorations & papers with wishes written on it on bamboo poles put up in the arcades and other parts of the city. Then continue on to Tokyo by shinkansen and to the hotel. |
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7 (Wed.) |
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After check out of the hotel go to Toyosu market, Asakusa and then to Narita airport for your departure flight to Honolulu. |
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