Japan

JAPAN
(Tokyo - Sapporo)

Trip Highlights:
- Discover Hokkaido, the Northern island of Japan in winter.
- Learn how to blow the glass in Glassware-making experience.
- Enjoy a Taiko Drum lesson, and release all your stress.
- Experience making Soba Noodles and the king of Japanese cuisine Tempura.
- Enjoy a Natural foot bath (Oyunuma Natural Foot Bath) in Hokkaido.
- Visit an Anime Studio and learn how Japanese animations are made.
- Try your hand at Wagashi (Japanese Sweet) with a professional chef.
- Take part in a traditional Tea Ceremony and learn the proper way to enjoy Matcha tea.
- Stroll through famous Tokyo neighborhoods such as Shibuya, Ginza, and Akihabara.
- Get inspired by the fashion-forward youth of Japan at Harajuku.

Hotels:
1- Tokyo: Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier
2- Sapporo: Courtyard by Marriott Sapporo

The Itinerary:
- Dec 14 (Sun):
Arrival Day

- Dec 15 (Mon)
10:00 Meet
Meiji Jingu
Harajuku
Shibuya Crossing
13:00 Wagashi Experience
16:00 Finish

- Dec 16 (Tue)
9:30 Meet
Tsukiji
The East Garden of the Imperial Palace
Lunch
14:30 Taiko Experience
16:00 Finish

- Dec 17 Tokyo
10:00 Meet
Asakusa
11:30 Tea Ceremony
Lunch
Ginza Kabuki Performance (Optional)
16:00 Finish

- Dec 18 (Thu)
10:00 Meet
10:45 Fire Ritual
12:00 Anime Experience
Lunch
Shinjuku
16:00 Finish

- Dec 19 (Fri)
Free day in Tokyo

Sapporo (Hokkaido)

- Dec 20 (Sat)
Flight to Sapporo
16:00 Cooking class in Sapporo (Soba Noddles and Tempura)


- Dec. 21 (Sun) 
9:00  Meet at your hotel lobby
9:33 – 10:07  Sapporo – Otaru by JR train 
11:00-12:00 Glassware-making experience at a glass studio
12:20 - 13:20 Lunch at a seafood or sushi restaurant at Sakaimachi Street
13:20 - 14:20 Shopping/free strolling at Sakaimachi Street (souvenir/glassware/music box shops, and confectionery shops)
15:10 -15:45 Arrive at Nishimachi Kita 20-chome by highway bus
16:00 -17:00  Shiroi Koibito Park (Chocolate Factory)
17:30  Disband at Odori district or your hotel
 

- Dec. 22 (Mon)
9:00   Meet your guide and driver at your hotel lobby
*We will use a private van with driver.
10:40  Arrive at Jigokudani (Hell Valley)
11:00 - 11:45 Strolling at Jigokudani area
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at Noboribetsu district
13:15 - 13:30  Sengen Park (Geyser Park next to Jigokudani)
13:40 - 14:10  Natural foot bath (Oyunuma Natural Foot Bath)
14:10 Depart from Oyunuma natural footbath
16:00 Arrive at your hotel
 

- Dec 23 (Tus)
Flight back Home from Sapporo 

Price includes:
•6 nights accommodation in a 5-Star Hotel in Tokyo
•3 nights accommodation in 4-Star Hotel in Sapporo
• Breakfasts
• Professional Japanese guide services
• Workshops
• Admission fees
. Private Taiko Drum practice
•Private Tea Ceremony
• 2 Private Cooking classes with a professional chefs
• Private Anime Studio Visit
• Entrance fees for all historical sites and temples
• Domestic-Flight to Sapporo (By approved travel company)
• Farewell Dinner
• Airport pickup and drop off**
 
Price does not include:
• International Airfare Tickets
• Visa fees
• Travel or health insurance
• Personal expenses and purchases
• Early check in / Late check out fees
 
Sign up before: 10 November 2025
 
 
Note:
* USD 100 recommended for public transport card (Metro)

For payments made by credit card, a 3% charge will be added to the total cost.  Customers who prefer to make a bank transfer may do so, but must bear the cost of the transfer fee.
 
*Customers who wish to stay in a shared room must bring their travel partner with them.  Blue Book will never room two strangers together in one room.
**Airport pickups and drop offs are priced for Haneda Airport, which is closer to central Tokyo.  If your flight departs or arrives from Narita, an extra KD 20 will be charged each way.