7D5NHOKKAIDO FLORA INDULGE
HIGHLIGHTS
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SAPPORO/CHITOSE
- Mt Okurayama
- White Chocolate Factory
- Odori Park
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OTARU
- Otaru Canal
- Otaru Music Box Museum
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FURANO
- Glass Forest
- Cheese Factory
- Furano Tomita Farm
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MOMBETSU
- Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum
- Seal Centre
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ABASHIRI
- Abashiri Prison
- Lake Kussharo
DAY1NARITA/HANEDA -CHITOSE (Meals on Board)
- Assemble at Airport for your flight to Chitose via Narita/Haneda.
DAY2CHITOSE – OTARU – JYOZANKEI (Lunch/Dinner)
- Upon arrival, proceed to White Chocolate Factory to learn the production line of this sandwich cookie with white chocolate filling sandwiched, which ranked as the best selling gift among tourists in Hokkaido. Next, visit Otaru Canal, a lively town famous for its canals. Visit Otaru Music Box Museum, where you can see the beautifully crafted music boxes and the beautiful heaven sent sounds from the music box. Tonight, clad in yukata to enjoy a buffet dinner follow by a relaxing hot spring bath in Jozankei onsen resort
DAY3JOZANKEI - FURANO
(Breakfast/Lunch/ Dinner)
- After breakfast, proceed to Furano Tomita Farm and revel in the various sweetly scented seasonal flower gardens. Move on to Cheese Factory and enjoy hands-on ice cream making experience. Stop by Glass Forest to see exquisite diamond dust glassware design also known as Shibareru glass. Each piece is uniquely designed by the embedded crack line. Enjoy a hands-on candle making experience and an afternoon tea serve in an exquisite shibareru cup that will be yours to keep as a memento.
DAY4FURANO - MOMBETSU (Breakfast/Lunch/ Dinner)
- This morning, we will proceed on to Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum to experience the wonders of science on subjects like ice floes. Next, visit Okhotsk Tower, to see the mystery of drift ice in a minus 20-degree environment. You can even catch a glimpse of the mysterious creature, “Ice fairy” and try blowing “ice bubble”. See rare sea seals in Okhotsk Seal Centre, a conservation centre they live and protected. Overnight in Mombetsu onsen resort.
DAY5MOMBETSU-LAKE AKAN
(Breakfast/Lunch/ Dinner)
- After breakfast, proceed to Lake Akan. Stop by Abashiri Prison that built in 1890s for holding dangerous criminals and also the museum that documents the daily life of prisoners. Next, walk through the sulphurous valley and see boiling ponds and steaming streams at the Mt Sulfur, here you might get to taste the local sulfur steam egg. Enjoy a foot spa at the enchanting Lake Kussharo before proceeding on to Lake Akan, a unique crater lake in the park that is home to marimo, a very rare algae species that turns into beautiful “green balls” if left untouched for a few centuries. Explore Ainu Kotan, a small Ainu village in Akankohan. Stroll along the street lined with souvenir shops selling Ainu handicrafts and enjoy Ainu performance. Stay overnight at Lake Akan hot spring hotel.
DAY6LAKE AKAN – SAPPORO
(Breakfast)
- This morning, proceed to Mitsui Outlet Sapporo Kita Hiroshima for a shopping quick spree. Next, ascend Mt Okurayama to enjoy the spectacular panoramic views of Sapporo city before heading to Odori Park, decorated with fountains, sculptures and flowerbeds. Here is also the site of the annual Sapporo Ice Festival. End the day with shopping spree at Tanuki Koji Shopping Arcade.
DAY7CHITOSE – HANEDA/NARITA (Breakfast)
- After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home.
