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HOKKAIDO

FMJ 8D7N Winter Story Rusutsu **seats limited**

Departure date:17 Dec, 2017 Coach Tour

Day 00
Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for direct flight to Hokkaido.
Day 00

Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for direct flight to Hokkaido.

Day 01
Singapore – Chitose – Lake Toya
(Coach: -/Lunch/Dinner)
Hotel: The Lake View TOYA Nonokaze Resort (Hot Spring) or similar
 
Start your tour with a short trip to Chitose Rera Outlet Mall. With over 400 brands ranging from fashion to household items, you will have a chance to get some winter accessories before heading off to Lake Toya. En route, you will drop by Lake Shikotsu, an oligotrophic lake that rarely freezes in most winters due to the depth of its waters. On calm days, you can see the surrounding snow white mountains reflected on the placid lake surface, making for a stunning introduction to the natural beauties of Hokkaido.

Day 02
Lake Toya
(Coach: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Hotel: The Lake View TOYA Nonokaze Resort (Hot Spring) or similar
 
Showa Shinzan or Showa new mountain is one of Japan's youngest mountains. "Born" between 1943 and 1945 amidst earthquakes, it rose from a flat wheat plain to a staggering height of 209m, and is still actively smoking today. Take a cable car ride up on the Mt. Usu Ropeway to catch a glimpse of the rather strange pairing of fire and ice. Next, get to know all about the Ainu – indigenous people of Hokkaido over at the Shiraoi Ainu Museum. Here, within reconstructed old-style Ainu houses, you can experience the ancient culture of the Ainu people from their intricate handicraft to their traditional music and dance performances.

Day 03
Lake Toya – Rusutsu
(Coach: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Hotel: Rusutsu Resort (Hot Spring) or similar
 
Enjoying Hokkaido’s famous soft ice cream takes on a different feel here at Lake Hill Farm. This ice cream shop offers a good variety of home-made ice cream that is futile to resist. The most difficult decision that you will have to make today may very well be which flavor of ice cream to choose. Pumpkin, rum raisin, blue salt, yam, chestnut…the selection goes on and on. With Mt Yotei as a picture perfect backdrop, it is a dreamy place to just be and to bask in the allure of Hokkaido’s scenery, with a ice cream cone that does not melt! Thereafter, we will proceed to Fukidashi Park. It is a spring water source set on beautiful grounds where a staggering 80,000 tons of spring water sprouts forth everyday. Wondrously, the spring water has flowed and filtered through the rocks over many decades before gushing out of an outcrop at the base of Mount Yotei.

Day 04 to 06
Free day in Rusutsu
(Coach: Breakfast/-/Dinner)
Hotel: Rusutsu Resort (Hot Spring) or similar
 
Rusutsu's spectacular scenery and long, wide groomed runs on undulating slopes are some of the best in the world. Skiing is available directly above the resort on West Mountain, while the majority of terrain is spread across the gondola-linked East Mountain and the lift-linked Mount Isola, with over 42km of runs. With 30 percent of its terrain suitable for beginners, 40 percent for intermediate and 30 percent for advance skiers, everyone will be able to find the right course in Hokkaido’s famed powder snow. Rusutsu Resort has plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy. Inside the hotel, there is a hot water wave pool with water slide, spa area and a charming carousel that also serves as a very pretty backdrop for photos. Various indoor activities are also available, such as leather working, glass craft and ice-cream making. Just outside the resort is a snow park (usually open in mid-December) with playground equipment for young children and a magic carpet for tubing and sledding! For those desirous of additional thrills, snowmobiling and dog-sledding are available too!

Day 07
Rusutsu – Sapporo
(Coach: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Hotel: I: Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo; II: JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo or similar
 
First up for today is the charming town of Otaru. It served as Hokkaido’s major trade and fishing port since the early days of its colonization in the late 1800’s. Beautifully preserved old warehouses and former office buildings by shipping companies give Otaru its unique character. Housed in these historic buildings are music box museums, intricate glassware shops and of course, cafes serving Hokkaido’s famed cream puffs, and sweet shops. Next, feel like a kid again at Ishiya Chocolate Factory. The whimsical design of factory grounds are bound to capture your imagination and sense of fun with a garden that comes to life and trash cans that burst into song at the hour mark. Inside the building, candies in cheerful colours of the rainbow at Candy Labo; and sweets, cookies, chocolates and cakes of all kinds imaginable can be found. In winter, Sapporo turns into a three-dimensional Christmas card with snow blanketing its famous sights like the Sapporo Clock Tower and Old Hokkaido Government Building. In the afternoon, do not miss the Sapporo White Illumination (end Nov – mid Feb) and German Christmas Market (late Nov – 24th Dec) as they herald the arrival of snow season to Hokkaido.  The main sight of the illumination is at Odori Park, within walking distance from our hotel. You will find the TV Tower, trees and artistic structures, all adorned with colorful light bulbs powered with renewable energy, including recycled cooking oil and solar panels specially designed to produce power even in the heaviest snow season.

Day 08
Sapporo – Chitose – Singapore 
(Coach: Breakfast/-/-)
 
Bid farewell to Hokkaido today and take the direct flight back to Singapore this morning.

Winter Story Rusutsu COACH TOUR (GOLD)
Assemble date:   17 Dec, Sun (SO12040)

Flight schedule (for suggestion only, not included in tour price)
17Dec    SQ 660     Singapore - Chitose    
2300 / 0730*1

25Dec    SQ 661    Chitose - Singapore    
0855 / 1640

Tour price per person (in SGD)
Group size:   15-19 pax
Adult twin share $4,780; Adult triple share $4,580
Child twin share $4,680; Child with bed $4,180
Child no bed (Age 4 & below) $1,780
Group size:   20 pax & above
Adult twin share $4,580; triple share $4,380
Child twin share $4,480; Child with bed $3,980
Child no bed (Age 4 & below) $1,780

Tour price includes:
Hotel accommodation as stipulated in itinerary
Meals as stipulated in itinerary
Comprehensive travel insurance

Tour price excludes:
Air ticket
Airport taxes & fuel charges (Estimated, subject to change)
Visa application fee (if any)

Optional Add-on:
International Sectors Airfare Adult $1,300; Child $1,100
Airport Taxes Adult $50; Child $40

Remarks:
The prices are subject to change upon fluctuations of currency exchange rates.  Flight schedule and the sequence of the itineary are subject to change with or without prior notice to ensure the smooth running of the tour.   
Minimum group size to confirm tour is 15 adults/children with bed.  
​Please refer to booking form for further terms and conditions.

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