Best of Hokkaido and Tohoku Tour

16 Days/14 Nights

Tour Inclusions

The full-time services of a Samurai Tours guide.

Local, licensed, English-speaking, Japanese guides where indicated in the itinerary detail.

Travel Select Travel Insurance Policy from Travelex, one of the world's largest travel insurance providers. (The insurance provided by Samurai Tours will cover the land portion only. Insurance to cover airfare is the tour member's responsibility.)

Download a PDF of the Travelex Travel Select Brochure

The provided insurance coverage includes:

  • Trip Cancellation (up to trip cost)
  • Trip Interruption (up to 150% of trip cost)
  • Trip Delay/Missed Connection (up to $750)
  • Medical Expense (up to $50,000)
  • Medical Evacuation/Repatriation (up to $500,000)
  • Lost or Stolen Baggage (up to $1,000)
  • Baggage Delay (up to $250)
  • Coverage for financial default of tour operator
  • A waiver of any pre-existing medical conditions that could eventually cause you to interrupt your trip

Transfers to and from the airport

Meeting service at Tokyo's Narita Airport and sending service to Tokyo's Narita Airport. (For those requiring meeting or sending services on other than the scheduled arrival/departure date, there will be a $100 fee for the meeting service to or from the airport should you need it.)

Lodging for 12 nights in Japanese-style ryokans and 2 nights in Western-style hotels

Meals

  • Japanese-style or Western-style breakfast every morning
    (Please Note: Some ryokans offer Japanese breakfasts only.)
  • 3 Japanese-style or Western-style lunches
  • 11 Japanese-style or Western-style dinners

The appropriate amount of free time to allow you to explore and discover your own personal Japan.

All transportation costs when traveling with the group. (Transportation costs during scheduled free times are the tour member's responsibility.)

Admission fees to the following destinations and activities (itinerary specifics subject to change):

  • Tokyo
  • Sapporo
    • JR Observation Tower
    • Sapporo Beer Garden
    • Historical Museum of Hokkaido
    • Historical Village of Hokkaido Open Air Museum
  • Shiraoi
    • Poroto Kotan Ainu Village and Museum
  • Noboribetsu Onsen
  • Toya-ko
    • Usu-zan
    • Showa-shin-zan
    • Toya-ko Volcanic Museum
  • Hakodate
    • Mount Hakodate Cable Car
    • Goryo-kaku Fort
    • Moto-machi Historical District
    • Hakodate Morning Market
  • Towadako
    • Oirase River Walk
    • Towadako Sightseeing Boat Cruise
  • Kakunodate
    • Denshokan Museum
    • Aoyagi Samurai Manor
    • Ishiguro Samurai House
  • Hiraizumi
    • Chusonji
  • Matsushima
    • Matshushima Bay Sightseeing Boat Cruise
    • Kanran-tei
    • Zuigan-ji Temple
  • Nikko
    • Rinno-ji Temple
    • Tosho-gu Shrine
    • Taiyuin

Sayonara dinner at the end of the tour

Luggage delivery from the hotel in Tokyo to the ryokan in Noboribetsu

Luggage delivery from the ryokan in Noboribetsu to the ryokan in Hakodate

Luggage delivery from the ryokan in Hakodate to the ryokan in Kakunodate

Luggage delivery from the ryokan in Kakunodate to the hotel in Tokyo

Each tour member receives a tour handbook. This handbook is full of tips and suggestions taken from our Japan travel experiences that allow you to better plan and prepare for your trip, and therefore enjoy your trip even more. The tips and suggestions included cover everything from how to save while exchanging money, what to pack, some basic Japanese-language tips, general etiquette do's-and-don'ts, ryokan customs, etc.

Exclusions

Airfare is NOT included

Alcoholic beverages are NOT included - except at the dinner the first evening and the sayonara dinner