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North Japan 10 Days

Tokyo - Sendai - Morioka - Hakodate - Sapporo - Ferry Tomakomai Sendai - Aizuwakamatsu

Product Code:31681298

  • Start From
    Tokyo
  • Tour Ended
    Tokyo
  • Travel Days
    10 Days 9 Nights
Attractions Multi Days Tour Transportation Activities Luxury
Quick Notes
Admission Included Breakfast Included Europamundo
Highlights

Guaranteed Departure

Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance and breakfast buffet.
Includes arrival transfer
Excursion: Otaru and Hill of Buddha in Sapporo.
Boat: Cruise in Matshushima.
City tour in : Tokyo, Sapporo.
Evening Transfer: Shinjuku in Tokyo in Tokyo.
Ticket admission: Metro in Tokyo, Zojoji Temple, Meiji Temple, Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Tshogu Temple in Nikko, Taiyuinbyo Mausoleum, Traditional tea in Matshushima, Chusonji, Zen practice in Montsuiji, Takkoku no Iwaya Temple, Castle in Hirosaki, Nebuta Museum in Aomori, Goryokaku Tower in Hakodate, Sanctuary of Hokkaido Jingu and Kito prayer session in Sapporo, Ainu Village Museum (Pirko Kotan), Volcanology museum in Toyako Onsen, Complex of temples in Yamadera, Shake Museum in Yonezawa, Samurai Mansion Aizu Bukeyashiki in Aizuwakamatsu in Aizuwakamatsu, Former stone quarries of the Oya Museum.
Ferry: Aomori  Hakodate (Hokkaido Island), Tomakomai - Sendai.
Funicular: Hakodate Mountain, Summit of the Usu Volcano in Mount Usu.
10 Lunch or Dinner Included in: Tokyo, Tokyo, Matsushima, Aomori, Onuma, Sapporo, Toyako Onsen, Mount Usu, Ferry Tomakomai Sendai, Yamadera.


Itinerary
1

Tokyo Arrival

Dinner:Local restaurant
Activity:

Welcome to Japan! Transfer by coach (SHUTTLE BUS) to hotel.

18H30.- Meeting with guide. Late in the afternoon, we will pay a visit to this fascinating country by taking a trip on the metro (tickets included) to the Shinjuku district and see the crowds of people who use this modern and efficient collective transport system. Shinjuku is one of the most important nightlife districts. Dinner included and return to hotel by metro with our guide.


2

Tokyo

Breakfast:Hotel    Lunch:Local restaurant
Activity:

In the morning, we take part in a 5-hour trip with our guide to see this amazing city, with its hustle and bustle and extremely modern districts that coexist with quiet, peaceful areas. Brief stop at the Zojoji Temple to make a beautiful photograph of the Tokyo Tower. Pay attention to the hundred of Jizos, stone traditional protecting deities who guide us on our travels, give power to those who are weak (such children) and those in dangerous places, and who are dressed including hats, robes and windmills. Then we head to the junction of Shibuya, a junction that is said to be the most crowded in the world. The Meiji Temple is dedicated to the Emperor Meiji, his wife, and their spirits. We continue on our bus along the elegant street of Omotesando. We will edge the most beautiful part of the Imperial Palace and the gardens. Stop to visit the famous Nijubashi Bridge. We will pass through the district of Akihabara, the “electric town” with icons from the popular Japanese Manga and Anime culture and then see Kokugikan, the Sumo stadium, home of this Japanese sport. We will also visit the Buddhist temple of Sensoji, the oldest and most important temple in Tokyo, with its 55-metre high pagoda. Then we will have some free time to visit the traditional commercial street of Nakamise in the district of Asakusa. Lunch included in a local restaurant. Return to hotel.

Free time in the afternoon.

3

Tokyo - Nikko - Sendai

Breakfast:Hotel
Activity:

We leave for NIKKO and arrive at this fantastic city at 10.30am. There we visit the impressive Nikko Toshogu Shrine with the room of the crying dragon. We will also visit the Taiyuinbyo Mausoleum, set in an impressive, peaceful site, followed by a walk near the river, in Kannanga Fuchi, under the watchful eye of hundreds of Jizo statues! Free time in the city centre before leaving for SENDAI, a modern, bustling city with over 1 million inhabitants. Passengers can explore the city and have dinner in its busy, thriving centre.

4

Sendai - Matshushima - Hiraizumi - Morioka

Breakfast:Hotel    Lunch:Local restaurant
Activity:

We depart for the marvellous city of MATSHUSHIMA, on the “Thousand Islands” Bay in the Pacific Ocean and considered one of the most attractive cities in Japan. After arriving, we will visit a magnificent “tea house” overlooking the sea and enjoy a cup of traditional tea while our guide tells us about the city. Then we will go on a 50-minute cruise (included).

Lunch included. We continue to HIRAIZUMI to visit its temples and the UNESCO World Heritage. In a first step we visit the magnificent Buddhist temples of Chusonji. We take time to relax in the gardens of Motsuiji temple, where passengers can take part in a Zen ceremony (admission included). Finally, we will know Site of Takkoku no Iwaya, carved in the rock in 801.
We then carry on to MORIOKA, the pleasant capital of Iwate province, where we settle in at our hotel and have some free time to explore.

5

Morioka - Hirosaki - Aomori - Hakodate

Breakfast:Hotel    Lunch:Local restaurant
Activity:

In a region of beautiful scenery, we travel to HIROSAKI, where we will visit its castle in a beautiful park where more than 2,500 cherry trees blossom in the spring. After this we go on to AOMORI, the provincial capital of the Bay of Mutsu. We will see the Nebuta Museum where we will learn about the Japanese traditional parties that remind us of carnival, with their painted and lit up floats. Lunch included in a local restaurant. Then we board the ferry to HOKKAIDO Island. The crossing takes just over three and a half hours. HAKODATE –Arrival-. Before going to our hotel, we will ascend Mount Hakodate, which has wonderful views. We make the descent by cable car. Time in the beautiful city pedestrian centre in which to admire the influence of other cultures in the city (Russian Orthodox and Christian churches).


6

Hakodate - Onuma - Noboribetsu - Sapporo

Breakfast:Hotel    Lunch:Local restuarant
Activity:

In the morning we visit the impressive and busy fish market. Then we climb the GORYOKAKU Tower with its impressive views, from where we can make out the star-shaped fortress of Hakodate. Then we will take a stroll through the castle area before continuing to ONUMA. Free time in this wonderful tourist site, with its countless small islands in which to explore the islands, go on a boat trip and have lunch included. In the afternoon our journey takes us towards the ocean and NOBORIBETSU, an impressive volcano site, where we can walk amidst geysers in Jigoku Dani (Hell’s Valley), admire the hot spring lake of Oyunuma and follow the path next to the hot spring to the site of the footbath. Then we carry on to SAPPORO.- At the end of the day, we arrive at this beautiful city, the capital of North Japan.


7

Sapporo - Hill of Buddha - Otaru - Sapporo

Breakfast:Hotel    Lunch:Local Restaurant
Activity:

City tour (included) stopping at the clock tower and Odori Koen avenue-park, dominated by the telecommunications tower. We will see the beautiful Shinto shrine of Hokkaido Jingu. The visit includes a ceremonial Kito (prayer session) in which we give thanks for the journey. We will leave Sapporo, we know the HILL OF BUDDHA, new center of avant-garde architecture opened in 2015, the hill covered with lavenders keeps the giant statue of Buddha, in the complex we will also see the replica of the statues Moai (Easter Island). We then continue to OTARU, a small city with a European air and streets filled with shops, an old canal and tiny museums. Lunch included. We return to Sapporo at about 4.30 hrs. Free time in the afternoon.

8

Sapporo - Toyako Onsen - Porotaokotan - Tomakomai

Breakfast:Hotel    Dinner:On board
Activity:

Amidst beautiful scenery in the interior of Hokkaido Island, we pass lakes and mountains and eventually come to the spa city of TOYAKO, at the foot of an impressive volcano, on the banks of a pretty lake that occupies a former crater. Free time to wander along the bank. We will visit the volcanology museum to learn about the eruptions suffered by this region. Then we will take the cable car to the summit of the USU Volcano with time to walk around the volcano and its awesome landscape. Lunch included. We continue to Shiraoi where we visit the POROTOKOTAN, the Ainu village museum; here we will see the culture of the Eskimo people who inhabited this island before the Japanese. We then carry on to TOMAKOMAI where we take a modern ferry for a night crossing. Accommodation in double cabins with private bathrooms. Dinner included. We spend the night on board crossing the Pacific Ocean.

9

Sendai - Yamadera - Yonezawa - Aizuwakamatsu

Breakfast:On board    Lunch:Local restaurant
Activity:

We arrive in Sendai port at around 10 in the morning and go on to YAMADERA, a very beautiful complex of temples founded more than 1,000 years ago in the mountain’s, amidst forests of immense trees. Time to see this magical place. Lunch included. We then go on to YONEZAWA. We are in one of the main producer regions of Sake, we will visit the Sake Museum with its small distillery before carrying on through pretty scenery to AIZUWAKAMATSU. Accommodation.

10

Aizuwakamatsu - Ouchijuku - Tokyo

Breakfast:Hotel
Activity:

In AIZUWAKAMATSU we visit the SAMURAI MANSION, a historical mansion where we will learn about the Samurai Warriors. After this we stroll in the Castle Garden and maybe we will see children doing martial arts on the Dojo. We will go up to Iimoriyama, where we will see the sculptures donated by Mussolini and they will tell us about the child martyrs of this city. We continue our route to OUCHI-JUKU, a very picturesque village of traditional houses with thatched roofs, where there will be time for lunch. After lunch we travel to the impressive former stone quarries of the OYA-MUSEUM

Return to TOKYO – Arrival at the end of the day-.End of our services. Please, check the time of your flight in case you might need an additional night.


Pick Up / Drop Off / Meet Point

Pick-up on arrival at Tokyo Airport

What's Included

General Services: Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance and breakfast buffet.
Includes arrival transfer
Excursion: Otaru and Hill of Buddha in Sapporo.
Boat: Cruise in Matshushima.
City tour in : Tokyo, Sapporo.
Evening Transfer: Shinjuku in Tokyo in Tokyo.
Ticket admission: Metro in Tokyo, Zojoji Temple, Meiji Temple, Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Tshogu Temple in Nikko, Taiyuinbyo Mausoleum, Traditional tea in Matshushima, Chusonji, Zen practice in Montsuiji, Takkoku no Iwaya Temple, Castle in Hirosaki, Nebuta Museum in Aomori, Goryokaku Tower in Hakodate, Sanctuary of Hokkaido Jingu and Kito prayer session in Sapporo, Ainu Village Museum (Pirko Kotan), Volcanology museum in Toyako Onsen, Complex of temples in Yamadera, Shake Museum in Yonezawa, Samurai Mansion Aizu Bukeyashiki in Aizuwakamatsu in Aizuwakamatsu, Former stone quarries of the Oya Museum.
Ferry: Aomori  Hakodate (Hokkaido Island), Tomakomai - Sendai.
Funicular: Hakodate Mountain, Summit of the Usu Volcano in Mount Usu.
10 Lunch or Dinner Included in: Tokyo, Tokyo, Matsushima, Aomori, Onuma, Sapporo, Toyako Onsen, Mount Usu, Ferry Tomakomai Sendai, Yamadera.


Booking / Cancellation Policy

PAYMENT TERMS

A deposit of C$500 per person is required within 3days after booking confirmation.

Balance Payment due on 45days prior to departure.


CANCELLATIONS

Customer may cancel the booked or confirmed services at any time, whereby they are entitled to a refund for the amount paid, but must compensate the agency, except in cases of force majeure, as per the following: The processing costs plus the cancellation cost, if these have been incurred, once the journey has been confirmed and regardless of the departure date.

            At time of booking confirmation:                               CAD500 or equivalent in local currency.

            45 days or more before arrival city/country              CAD500 Nil.

            Less than 45 to 31 days                                           CAD500 + 10% of basic land tour component

            Less than 30 to 21 days                                           CAD500 + 20% of basic land tour component

            Less than 20 to 8 days                                             CAD500 + 30% of basic land tour component

            Less than 7 day or No Show                                    100% of land tour component


No shows at the start of the trip, without prior cancellation, will not be entitled to any refund (except force majeure cases, which will be examined on a case-by-case basis).

Different cancellation conditions apply for some programs (circuits that include train / airplane / cruise) and during particularly difficult dates (fairs, special events, periods involving increased hotel booking difficulties). 

**The above terms & conditions only applied to this tour package and supersede our General terms & conditions.

Other terms & conditions and cancellation policy, please refer to our web site.


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