Tour Name: WINTER WONDERLAND featuring Hokkaido

Japan is not a country many of us associate with snow or world class ski resorts. Hokkaido is blanketed with snow for almost six months of the year.

When & Where?

Route: Tokyo - Sapporo - Rusutsu/Furano/Niseko - Kanazawa - Takayama - Kyoto - Tokyo
Tour Type: Self Guided
Travel Dates: Between December and April
**Date for Diary** : Sapporo Snow Festival

February 6-12, 2012
Starts: Tokyo | Ends: Tokyo
Duration: 13 nights/14 days

From €2,600 per person sharing twin room or similar

Day 1: Met by English speaking assistant on arrival at Tokyo Narita Airport
Transfer to Tokyo by bus on your own
Free time in Tokyo
Day 2: Breakfast at your hotel
Meet your guide at your hotel lobby
Full day sightseeing with guide using public transport
Day 3: Breakfast at your hotel
Transfer to Tokyo Haneda Airport
Flight to Sapporo (Hokkaido)
Day 4: Breakfast at your hotel
Transfer to ski resort by bus
Free time at ski resort
Day 5: Breakfast at your hotel
Free day at ski resort
Day 6: Breakfast at your hotel
Free day at ski resort
Day 7: Breakfast at your hotel
Free day at ski resort
Day 8: Breakfast at your hotel
Transfer to New Chitose Airport by bus
Flight to Kanazawa & free time
Day 9: Breakfast at your hotel
Morning free time in Kanazawa
Transfer to Takayama & free time
Day 10: Breakfast at your hotel
Transfer to Kyoto by train & Shinkansen (Bullet Train)
Evening Kyoto Geisha walking tour including tea ceremony & shabu-shabu dinner
Day 11: Breakfast at your hotel
Free day in Kyoto
Day 12: Breakfast at your hotel
Transfer to Tokyo by Shinkansen
Afternoon free time in Tokyo
Day 13: Breakfast at your hotel
Free day in Tokyo
Day 14: Breakfast at your hotel
Transfer to Tokyo Narita Airport by train

Tokyo - Tsukiji morning fish market, Sumo stadium, Ginza, traditional Asakusa/Ueno, Edo museum, hip-Harajuku, neon lit Shinjuku & Shibuya
Kyoto - World Heritage temples and shrines (incl. Nara), bamboo forest, zen gardens, geisha district, local markets, authentic tea ceremony & old world charm
Hokkaido - Sapporo Distilliary, Susukino entertainment district, local cuisine (crab & ramen), snow festival (Feb 6-12, 2012), world class ski resorts (choice), magnificent mountain journeys, Otaru canal town, wildlife, national parks, Noboribetsu bear park, Ainu settlement
Kanazawa - 21st century Contemporary Art Museum, Kenrokuen Garden, Higashi Chaya (old geisha and samurai district)
Takayama - morning markets, old merchant houses, samurai buildings, local Hida beef cuisine