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Tour Code
GOJP9481
Tour Duration
6 Days 4 Nights
Accommodation Rating
Airlines
Thai AirAsia X
Tour Highlights
Buddha Hill, Otaru City, Otaru Culture Canal, Otaru Glass, Music Box Museum, Sapporo Duty Free, Shiroi Koibito Chocolate Factory, Biei City, Shirogane Blue Pond
Day 1
Don Mueang International Airport
10:00 PM Meet at Don Mueang International Airport, International Departure Terminal, 3rd floor, AIR ASIA X (XJ) counter. Company staff will assist with documents and baggage tags.
Day 2
Don Mueang International Airport - New Chitose Airport - Buddha Hill (including entrance fee) - Otaru City - Otaru Cultural Canal - Otaru Glass - Music Box Museum - Sapporo
02.00 Depart for Japan by AIR ASIA X (XJ) Flight No. XJ620 (Tour price does not include meals on board, available on board)
10.40 Arrive at New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido, Japan (Local time is 2 hours ahead of Thailand. Please adjust your watch to the local time for convenience in making appointments) Take you through immigration and customs. Important!!! Japan does not allow fresh food such as meat, plants, vegetables, and fruits to enter the country. If violated, there will be a penalty of arrest and fine.
Noon Have lunch (Meal 1)
Take a photo and check in at Buddha Hill (Hill of The Buddha) (approximately 1 hour travel time) Masterpiece by Tadao Ando, a Japanese architect who won the Pritzker Prize, considered the best award for architects. It is a hill surrounded by a white Buddha statue, a perfect combination of man-made architecture and natural beauty.
Travel to Otaru City (approximately 1 hour). The old town combines the beauty of nature, culture and modernity. Important landmarks, if you don't come here, it's like you haven't arrived. Otaru Canal, a charming cultural canal that invites you to explore. With the unique way of life on both sides of the canal that still maintains the traditional Japanese style, Otaru Canal was built to allow small boats to transport goods from the port to store in warehouses along the canal. When technology advanced, large boats changed to a larger port and were easier to transport to warehouses. These old buildings storing goods along the canal were converted into restaurants of various styles and museums.
The intricacy of handmade glassware Otaru Glass (Kitachi Glass), the most famous glassware production source in Otaru. Admire the beauty of colorful glass, like being in a world of imagination. There are also many types of glassware for you to admire and buy. This city is famous for making various types of glassware, such as blown glass, cut glass, melted glass and glass jewelry that are charming and romantic. Otaru Music Box Museum Let you explore the land of sweet and charming music and poetry. With a variety of beautiful music boxes (MUSIC BOX) that will make you relax very well. More than 3,000 types, you can also choose to make a music box as you want. Free to make a cute music box in the style you like.
Take you to Sapporo (approximately 1 hour travel time) This city is the 5th largest in Japan. It is famous for fresh seafood such as Taraba crab, salmon roe, scallops and sweets from milk and cheese. Including various festivals that many people want to visit.
Accommodation: Tmark City Sapporo Odori 3 * similar level
(The name of the hotel you are staying at will be informed by the company with the appointment form 5-7 days before departure.)
After checking in to the hotel, we will take you to a restaurant (by walking) to have dinner.
Evening Dinner (Meal 2) Special Yakiniku menu
After you check in and finish dinner, we recommend that you enjoy walking around the food and drink area or go shopping freely at Tanuki Koji, an indoor shopping area about 1 kilometer long, divided into 7 sections or 7 blocks. Both sides of the road are filled with more than 100 shops selling food, medicine, clothes, shoes, ABC Mart. In addition to this place that is over 100 years old as a shopping area, it is also used for various events and festivals. It is a gathering place for young people and the food and drink area, Susukino, the largest entertainment area in northern Japan, bars, nightclubs, or karaoke bars. It is also a center for ramen and is the origin of the famous menu, Miso Ramen, which is delicious and you will never get tired of eating it!
Day 3
Duty Free – Shiroi Koibito Chocolate Factory – Biei City – Shirogane Blue Pond – Shirahige Falls – Asahikawa City – Aeon Mall
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel (meal 3)
Shopping at Duty Free, a tax-free shopping area that collects special price products and is famous for being from Japan, such as volcanic coal foam, vitamins, supplements, various creams, various Japanese sweets, including green tea, a famous Japanese product. Shop for Hokkaido's famous products at Shiroi Koibito Chocolate Factory (Shiroi koibito park). Visit the birthplace of the famous souvenir cookies. This popular souvenir from Hokkaido is produced by Ishiya. Thin, crispy cookies sandwiched with sweet white chocolate. In addition to this classic recipe, there are also new flavors and many other products. This place is a theme park in the form of a chocolate amusement park. You can shop for souvenirs in front and take pictures at many beautiful angles. (The tour fee does not include visiting the production inside.)
**If Shiroi Koibito Chocolate Factory (Shiroi koibito park) is closed, it cannot be visited due to bad weather conditions. And other issues are subject to change. Sapporo Beer Museum, which exhibits the history of Sapporo beer in each era. Because Hokkaido is famous for being the first place to produce beer in Japan. This is the oldest production area and the most popular brand in the country. Beer has been brewed since 1877 until now and is also exported all over the world. This is a place to learn about world-famous products. Without prior notice in any case.
Noon Lunch (Meal 4) Buffet of crab legs (types of crab legs depend on the type of crab imported by the shop)
Take you to Biei City (travel time approximately 1.30 hours), a small city famous for its beautiful scenery, including rice fields, hills, and mountains. The beautiful nature is magnificent. See the Blue Pond (Shirogane Blue Pond) located in Biei City. A pond that was blocked by a dam to prevent mudslides in the area of the volcano. The water in the pond is bluer than normal ponds because of aluminum hydroxide from the volcanic eruption. In the winter, the water in the pond freezes into pure white snow, but it is beautiful in another way.
Too amazing to bear Shirahige Waterfalls or White Beard Waterfalls are beautiful waterfalls originating from a group of streams flowing from a cliff and flowing into the stream below, resembling a white beard. The waterfalls here have a unique identity that is hard to find even in Japan. The Biei River, which flows under the waterfall, is often called the "Blue River" because of its deep cobalt blue color. The contrast of the blue river and the white waterfall is a stunning and beautiful natural image.
Then travel to Asahikawa City, the second largest city in Hokkaido, located in the northwest of the Daisetsuzan mountain range. This city is an important center of trade and agriculture and has beautiful nature.
Accommodation: Art Hotel Asahikawa 3 * or similar
(The name of the hotel you are staying at will be announced with the appointment form 5-7 days before departure.)
Evening Free time to explore and have dinner at your leisure so as not to disturb your time.
After checking in at the hotel, We recommend that you enjoy walking freely at Aeon Mall Asahikawa, a shopping area in Asahikawa. AEON MALL is a place where you can find many famous sweets and delicious food from all over Hokkaido. There is a food court on the 1st floor and a restaurant area on the 4th floor. There are many types of food to choose from, from Western to Japanese food. You can also buy all kinds of souvenirs here, including famous Hokkaido sweets and internationally-awarded sweets, such as ROYCE', which has Potato chip Chocolate (potato chips covered in chocolate), which is also popular in Thailand.
Day 4
Asahikawa City - Daisetsuzan Asahidake Ropeway - Ningle Terrace - Sapporo - Former Hokkaido Government Office - Odori Park - Clock Tower
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel (Meal 5)
Visit the magnificent nature. Take the Daisetsuzan Asahidake Ropeway up to Mt. Asahidake, the highest peak in Hokkaido. With a distance of over 2.3 kilometers, you can see the beautiful scenery and here is full of abundant nature, high mountains, hot springs, you can fully experience the Japanese atmosphere.
Noon Have lunch (Meal 6)
See the cuteness of Ningle Terrace, located within the New Furano Prince Hotel. It is like a small village full of cute wooden huts built along the walkway. Each hut is a shop selling handicrafts, woodwork, ceramics, carvings, and many more.
In the event that Ningle Terrace is closed, the company will adjust you to the Furano Cheese Factory. This is not just an ordinary cheese factory, but it is like heaven for cheese lovers. Because you can see the cheese production process up close, taste the taste of various fresh cheeses, and there are many activities to do instead without prior notice.
Take you to Sapporo (approximately 2 hours), a city famous for its nature, food, and festivals. Take a photo with the Old Hokkaido Government Office, or Akarenga, which means red brick in Japanese. Built in 1888, it is an American neo-baroque style building modeled after the Massachusetts State House in the United States. It was made from over 2.5 million bricks. The city hall has an entrance in front and can be walked through to another street behind it. Therefore, it is one of the routes that people in the city use as a route to travel within the city. You will see people walking back and forth all the time.
Continue walking at Odori Park, located in the heart of Sapporo, which separates the city into two sides: the north and the south. This park is like an oasis in the city full of greenery and a variety of flowers. In addition to enjoying the greenery of this garden, the garden was built in 1871 to mark the boundary between the north, which is the administrative part of the city, and the south, which is the residential area and various businesses. This garden has become a resting area for the people and is also a popular tourist spot for tourists.
The classics that remain The Sapporo Clock, an ancient clock tower in Sapporo that is one of the important landmarks. Just the exterior shows the antiquity that has passed through many eras and times because this is the oldest Western-style building in Sapporo. On top of the building, there is also an ancient clock that still tells the time accurately, with a bell that rings every hour to tell the time. This building has a wooden architecture with a red roof and yellowish white walls in the style of houses that were popular in Central and Western America during the pioneer era. (The tour fee does not include the entrance fee to the clock tower.)
Evening Free time for dinner at your leisure so as not to disturb your time.
Accommodation: Tmark City Sapporo Odori 3 * or similar
(The name of the hotel you are staying at will be notified by the company with the appointment form 5-7 days before departure.)
After you check in to your accommodation and have dinner, We recommend that you enjoy walking around the food and drink area or go shopping freely at Tanuki Koji, an indoor shopping area about 1 kilometer long, divided into 7 sections or 7 blocks. Both sides of the road are filled with more than 100 shops selling various products, food, medicine, clothes, shoes, ABC Mart. In addition to this place that is over 100 years old and is a shopping area, it is also used for various events and festivals. It is a gathering place for young people. And the food and drink area, Susukino, is the largest entertainment area in northern Japan. Bars, nightclubs, or karaoke bars and is a center for ramen and is the origin of the famous menu, Miso Ramen, which is delicious and you will never get tired of eating it!
Day 5
Free time to travel at your own leisure, full day!
Morning: Have breakfast at the hotel (meal 7)
•Free time to travel at your own leisure, no car, food, guide and tour leader provided
•Everyone can travel and shop with a guide to recommend routes
Recommended program
- JR Tower is the tallest building in Sapporo, located next to JR Sapporo Station. It is a department store, hotel, cinema and food court. There are BIG CAMERA stores selling digital cameras, electrical appliances and electronics, 100 yen shops, UNIQLO stores selling fashionable clothes for teenagers, MATSUMOTO KIYOSHI stores selling medicine and cosmetics. JR TOWER has an observation deck on the 38th floor called T38 (Tower Three Eight) at a height of 160 meters, so you can see a wide and beautiful view of Sapporo city both day and night. Especially at night, you can see the TV Tower in the middle of Odori Park with lights from the Susukino area. Shining in the center of the city, next to it is the ESTA building, which on the 10th floor is a center of ramen shops, with about 10 shops to choose from, delicious as ramen alley in the Susukino area (the tour price does not include the ticket to the observation deck, the price is about 700-1000 yen). - Nijo Market, a fish market in the heart of Sapporo, although not very large, but in the middle of the city, it is easy to travel and has a complete range of products. It is popular with many Japanese and foreign tourists. This fish market consists of shops selling fresh seafood, shops selling various processed products. Don't miss it!!! For those who love the taste of the famous giant hairy crab of Hokkaido, at this market you will see live hairy crabs swimming in tanks, which I must say are not expensive. Or grilled scallops eaten with soy sauce. In addition, there are restaurants behind clear curtains separating the screens if you want to eat cooked food. Fresh, you can order in front and go sit and eat in the back.
- Hokkaido Shrine is located in Sapporo. It can be said that it is a Shinto Buddhist shrine that is quite old in Hokkaido. Because this shrine was built during the early development of the island. Not only do you come to worship and ask for blessings from the 4 deities residing inside the shrine, but because the shrine itself is connected to Maruyama Park, it is considered another great viewpoint in the city. And it is easy to get to by bus or train.
- Mitsui Outlet Enjoy shopping for many famous world-class brands and Japanese brands such as MK MICHEL KLEIN, MORGAN, ELLE, CYNTHIA ROWLEY, DIFFUSIONE TESSILE, etc. Choose high-end bags BALLY, PRADA, GUCCI, DIESEL, TUMI, GAP, ARMANY, etc. Choose to see accessories. And luxury watches such as TAG HEUER, AGETE, S.T.DUPONT, TASAKI, LONGINES, etc. Fashion shoes HUSH Including food zones such as
Japanese restaurants, Chinese restaurants, Western restaurants and fast food restaurants, cafes and others to choose from and taste. And you can eat here
Free lunch and dinner at your leisure. So as not to disturb your time
Accommodation: Tmark City Sapporo Odori 3 * or similar
(The name of the hotel you are staying at The company will inform you with the appointment 5-7 days before departure)
Day 6
New Chitose Airport – Don Mueang International Airport
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel (meal 8) or a SET BOX meal service if you are staying far from the airport or if the hotel restaurant opens late.
Travel to New Chitose Airport, Japan to prepare for your return trip to Thailand.
11.55 Depart for Don Mueang International Airport by AIR ASIA X (XJ) Flight No. XJ621 (Tour price does not include meals on board. Food is available for purchase on board).
18.00 Arrive at Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand safely.
Please read and study all details before booking for accuracy and mutual understanding between you and the company. When you agree to pay the deposit or the full tour fee to the company, the company will consider that you have accepted all terms and conditions.