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Relax and Recover at the Rest of the Day.
Overnight Stay Tokyo, at Designated Hotel.
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Tokyo's Ueno Zoo is world class, with animals and birds from around the globe. Best of all, its settings convincingly imitate the wild, meaning the animals can be observed in what come pretty close to their native habitats. Tokyo Zoo is divided into 63 main sections.
Sensoji is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa. It is one of Tokyo's most colorful and popular temples.
Meiji Jingu Shrine honors Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Built in the 1920s and nestled in a forest, it features traditional Japanese architecture with grand wooden torii gates and cedar structures. Serene and culturally rich, it draws locals and tourists to experience Japan's heritage.
Shibuya Crossing, is like a giant beating heart, sending people in all directions with every pulsing light change. Perhaps nowhere else says ‘Welcome to Tokyo’ better than this. Hundreds of people – and at peak times said to be over 1000 people – cross at a time, coming from all directions.
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Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Stay Tokyo, at Designated Hotel.
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A Shirahige waterfall is near the Shirogane hot spring of the biei River. A Fudoh waterfall is in about platinum dam.
This mystical pond whose appearance changes depending on the season and the angle of light is a hidden must-see spot. Within the natural and hilly Biei area, this is a prominent tourist spot.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Guide. Please pay the bill on your own.
Transfer from Asahikawa to Sounkyo by Private Car
Ryusei Waterfall
In the Soun-kyo Gorge there are many waterfalls. Of these, the most beautiful are the Ryusei Waterfall, with its fierce 90- meter drop, and the Ginga Waterfall, with its slender descending line of water. Ryusei Waterfall, Ryusei means meteor, is a powerful fall seemingly bursting out of solid rock. In contrast, Ginga Waterfall, Ginga means galaxy, is a series of thin, silvery rivulets cascading down the mountainside.
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Stay Sounkyo, at Designated Hotel.
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The Abashiri Prison Museum illustrates the daily life of prisoners and exhibits more than a dozen buildings and structures of the old prison, including the main prison building with its five radially constructed wings, a law court, bath house and a punishment chamber.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Driver. Please pay the bill on your own.
Visited this park on May, it's the season for the pink flower. The park is located in the foothills of Mt. Mokoto. From early May to early June, the dreamlike contrast between the 100,000 m2 park covered in cute little pink flowers and the crystal blue sky leaves a deep impression on visitors.
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Stay Abashiri, at Designated Hotel.
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Five beautiful lakes surrounded by native forest where you will also see a wide variety of plants and animals. From observatories along the elevated boardwalk you will see vast panoramas of the First Lake and the Shiretoko mountain range.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Driver. Please pay the bill on your own.
Activities:
Designated as one of Japan's best 100 waterfalls, Oshinkoshin Falls (Oshinkoshin-no-taki) is a spectacular waterfall just next to the coastal main road from Shari to Utoro. A free parking lot, public toilets and a souvenir shop are provided
From mid April to mid November, sightseeing cruises are operated along the rugged western coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula. It is the easiest way to view the peninsula's dramatic coastline with its tall cliffs and waterfalls. Another highlight is the variety of wildlife that can be seen.
Transfer from Shiretoko to Abashiri by Private Car
Drop off at Designated Hotel by Private Car with English Speaking Driver
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Night: On your own.
Overnight Stay Abashiri, at Designated Hotel.
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Lake Mashu (MashÅ«ko) is a endorheic crater lake formed in the caldera of a potentially active volcano. It is located in Akan National Park on the island of HokkaidÅ, Japan. The lake has been called the clearest lake in the world.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Guide. Please pay the bill on your own.
Transfer from Teshikaga to Lake Akan by Private Car
Activities:
The Ainu village of Lake Akan-ko is the greatest Ainu village in Hokkaido. You can observe the traditional Ainu housing (reconstructed) and on the left and right old houses are lined up selling valuable folk crafts such as wooden hand-crafted goods, and hand-sewn products when you pass through the gate with the Ainu God Blakiston’s fish-owl.
Lake Akan is a beautiful crater lake in Akan National Park. It is home to marimo. Left alone for a few centuries, Lake Akan's marimo can reach the size of soccer balls. The algae have been designated a National Special Natural Monument.
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Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Stay Lake Akan, at Designated Hotel.
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There's an observation area next to a large field, where the migrating red crowned cranes land, eat, and mate. Easy to see these cranes, and photograph them
Washo Market, a long-established market, was founded in 1954, and is known as “the locals' kitchen†in Kushiro. The market is comprised of more than 50 stalls and it is famous for Kattedon (a bowl of rice with any ingredients you like on top)
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Guide. Please pay the bill on your own.
The Kushiro Marshland in Hokkaido was designated as a national park in 1987 in order to preserve the country's largest wetland and marsh habitat which supports the only known population of endangered Japanese Cranes in Japan.
Transfer from Shikaoi to Obihiro by Private Car (about 2 hrs)
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Stay Kushiro, at Designated Hotel.
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is amous tourist spot.The attraction of this garden is the fact that you can really sense the season of your visit as you walk through the garden and see its flowers. It also has a play space for children and a swing straight out of a fairy tail, which are very fitting for this lovely garden.
Midorigaoka Park is the most popular cherry blossom spot in Obihiro City. Around 780 ezoyamazakura trees bloom with bright pink flowers from late April to mid-May.
Transfer from Obihiro to Sapporo by Private Car (about 3 hrs)
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Stay Obihiro, at Designated Hotel.
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Take your flight home, Sayonara!
Transfers:
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Relax and Recover at the Rest of the Day.
Overnight Tokyo, 4 Star Hotel, Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku or similar
Transfers:
Activities:
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo is world class, with animals and birds from around the globe. Best of all, its settings convincingly imitate the wild, meaning the animals can be observed in what come pretty close to their native habitats. Tokyo Zoo is divided into 63 main sections.
Sensoji is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa. It is one of Tokyo's most colorful and popular temples.
Meiji Jingu Shrine honors Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Built in the 1920s and nestled in a forest, it features traditional Japanese architecture with grand wooden torii gates and cedar structures. Serene and culturally rich, it draws locals and tourists to experience Japan's heritage.
Shibuya Crossing, is like a giant beating heart, sending people in all directions with every pulsing light change. Perhaps nowhere else says ‘Welcome to Tokyo’ better than this. Hundreds of people – and at peak times said to be over 1000 people – cross at a time, coming from all directions.
Drop off at Designated Hotel (5pm)
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Tokyo, 4 Star Hotel, Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku or similar
Transfers:
Hotel:
Transfers:
Activities:
A Shirahige waterfall is near the Shirogane hot spring of the biei River. A Fudoh waterfall is in about platinum dam.
This mystical pond whose appearance changes depending on the season and the angle of light is a hidden must-see spot. Within the natural and hilly Biei area, this is a prominent tourist spot.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Guide. Please pay the bill on your own.
Transfer from Asahikawa to Sounkyo by Private Car
Ryusei Waterfall
In the Soun-kyo Gorge there are many waterfalls. Of these, the most beautiful are the Ryusei Waterfall, with its fierce 90- meter drop, and the Ginga Waterfall, with its slender descending line of water. Ryusei Waterfall, Ryusei means meteor, is a powerful fall seemingly bursting out of solid rock. In contrast, Ginga Waterfall, Ginga means galaxy, is a series of thin, silvery rivulets cascading down the mountainside.
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Sounkyo, 4 Star Hotel, Choyo Resort Hotel or similar
Transfers:
The Abashiri Prison Museum illustrates the daily life of prisoners and exhibits more than a dozen buildings and structures of the old prison, including the main prison building with its five radially constructed wings, a law court, bath house and a punishment chamber.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Driver. Please pay the bill on your own.
Visited this park on May, it's the season for the pink flower. The park is located in the foothills of Mt. Mokoto. From early May to early June, the dreamlike contrast between the 100,000 m2 park covered in cute little pink flowers and the crystal blue sky leaves a deep impression on visitors.
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Abashiri, 4 Star Hotel, Abashirikohan Onsen Hotel Abashirikoso or similar
Transfers:
Five beautiful lakes surrounded by native forest where you will also see a wide variety of plants and animals. From observatories along the elevated boardwalk you will see vast panoramas of the First Lake and the Shiretoko mountain range.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Driver. Please pay the bill on your own.
Activities:
Designated as one of Japan's best 100 waterfalls, Oshinkoshin Falls (Oshinkoshin-no-taki) is a spectacular waterfall just next to the coastal main road from Shari to Utoro. A free parking lot, public toilets and a souvenir shop are provided
From mid April to mid November, sightseeing cruises are operated along the rugged western coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula. It is the easiest way to view the peninsula's dramatic coastline with its tall cliffs and waterfalls. Another highlight is the variety of wildlife that can be seen.
Transfer from Shiretoko to Abashiri by Private Car
Drop off at Designated Hotel by Private Car with English Speaking Driver
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Night: On your own.
Overnight Abashiri, 4 Star Hotel, Abashirikohan Onsen Hotel Abashirikoso or similar
Transfers:
Lake Mashu (MashÅ«ko) is a endorheic crater lake formed in the caldera of a potentially active volcano. It is located in Akan National Park on the island of HokkaidÅ, Japan. The lake has been called the clearest lake in the world.
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Guide. Please pay the bill on your own.
Transfer from Teshikaga to Lake Akan by Private Car
Activities:
The Ainu village of Lake Akan-ko is the greatest Ainu village in Hokkaido. You can observe the traditional Ainu housing (reconstructed) and on the left and right old houses are lined up selling valuable folk crafts such as wooden hand-crafted goods, and hand-sewn products when you pass through the gate with the Ainu God Blakiston’s fish-owl.
Lake Akan is a beautiful crater lake in Akan National Park. It is home to marimo. Left alone for a few centuries, Lake Akan's marimo can reach the size of soccer balls. The algae have been designated a National Special Natural Monument.
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Lake Akan, 4 Star Hotel, (La Vista Akangawa or similar)
Transfers:
Activities:
There's an observation area next to a large field, where the migrating red crowned cranes land, eat, and mate. Easy to see these cranes, and photograph them
Washo Market, a long-established market, was founded in 1954, and is known as “the locals' kitchen†in Kushiro. The market is comprised of more than 50 stalls and it is famous for Kattedon (a bowl of rice with any ingredients you like on top)
Lunch Excluded - Local Cuisines with Reasonable Price at Local Restaurant Recommended by Our Guide. Please pay the bill on your own.
The Kushiro Marshland in Hokkaido was designated as a national park in 1987 in order to preserve the country's largest wetland and marsh habitat which supports the only known population of endangered Japanese Cranes in Japan.
Transfer from Shikaoi to Obihiro by Private Car (about 2 hrs)
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Obihiro, 4 Star Hotel, Hotel Nikko Northland Obihiro or similar
Transfers:
Activities:
is amous tourist spot.The attraction of this garden is the fact that you can really sense the season of your visit as you walk through the garden and see its flowers. It also has a play space for children and a swing straight out of a fairy tail, which are very fitting for this lovely garden.
Midorigaoka Park is the most popular cherry blossom spot in Obihiro City. Around 780 ezoyamazakura trees bloom with bright pink flowers from late April to mid-May.
Transfer from Obihiro to Sapporo by Private Car (about 3 hrs)
Drop off at Designated Hotel
Dinner Excluded - By your own arrangement.
Overnight Sapporo, 4 Star Hotel, Sapporo Excel Hotel Tokyu or similar
Transfers:
Take your flight home.Sayonara!
Hakone, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima
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We recently completed our trip to Japan in April 2025. We used TravelOne services to plan and book this trip. Right from the beginning, TravelOne helped us with the planning all aspects our trip from hotels, ground transfers, sightseeing and restaurant recommendations. Our driver guides for Tokyo (Yuki), Kyoto/Osaka (Nobu) and Hiroshima (Remi)Â were extremely knowledgeable and took care of us throughout the day. They were always on time and customized the trip according to our needs. Working with TravelOne took the stress out and we were able to focus on enjoying the trip. We plan to use TravelOne services again and highly recommend this for your future trip as well.
Hakone, Kyoto, Tokyo, Mount Fuji
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Overall it was a fantastic holiday for us, i can say very memorable trip for all of us. Time was just perfect, not too cold and not too hot, very pleasant. Every city was difference experience.
The line outside was super long when we arrived! The castle itself is stunning and packed with history. Just be ready for a bit of a climb to get there. There are elevators inside, but the walk up includes some steep paths and stairs. We saw some transport options going back down, which looked helpful.
We had such an amazing time with Nathalie at Eat Osaka! The other couple didn’t show up, so we ended up having a private class. All the food we prepared was so delicious, I actually enjoyed our tempura more than the tempura we got as street food! And the udon and miso dipping sauce were AMAZING. Nathalie explained everything so well and she was so friendly. I loved chatting with her about things to do in Japan and giving her tips for things to do in my hometown. Half the fun was just chatting with her, but it was complimented by the very simple and delicious recipes. I feel like I can go home and actually make this meal, unlike other classes I’ve taken where it felt too complicated. I also loved the location in the traditional Japanese home with many of the old fixtures. It made the whole experience feel much more authentic and I felt lucky to get to be in such a beautiful setting. I cannot recommend this class enough. Please support Nathalie and her business, you will have an amazing time!
Our boat experience in early summer was fantastic! The weather in Japan was perfect—not too hot and not too cold. On the deck of the boat, we enjoyed a comfortable breeze and beautiful night views. During the performances, the atmosphere on the whole boat really came alive. If the boat ride had been a bit longer, it would have been even better!
Great overview and history of the city. Really helpful to start your trip here so you can make better plans to experience the city. Iku was so sweet and kind with our tour. She went above and beyond to introduce us to Sapporo as well as great recommendations and help making plans for the rest of our trip. Highly recommend and request Iku if possible.
This Tokyo tour combines food and religious rituals in a neighbourhood that's not frequented by many foreigners. The tour starts off with a special meal of clam "chowders" served on the grounds of a shrine and moves on to a temple where you can see and participate in a fire ceremony, a standup (sake) bar, an shop specializing in ume-shu (plum wine), a restaurant specializing in toro (tuna), a grill-your-own okonomiyaki-type pancake, and traditional sweet and rice cracker shops. The food experience was excellent, as are all Culinary Backstreets walks, but this one really shone because of the religious sites we visited. Our guide Michelle has lived in Tokyo for 20 years and was able to convey her knowledge of the rituals to our group, ensuring that we were respectful and committed no faux-pas during our visit. Her affection and understanding of Japan added greatly to our experience. There's no question that's too obscure to ask her, she said, and we put her to the test, asking about daily life, social habits, and general questions about living in the country. As with the tour of Kichijoji, this tour truly enhanced our enjoyment and understanding of Tokyo life. There are certainly less expensive tours available, but with a huge influx of tourists in Japan these days, there are also some tours which don't meet a very high standard. This Culinary Backstreets tour delivers excellent value for money -- in terms of the generosity of what is offered food-wise, and the terrific knowledgeable guide who knows her stuff and how to create a great atmosphere for learning. Highly recommended!
I knew basically nothin' about Shintoism before this tour, but our guide was super patient and explained everything in a way that was easy to understand. We learned all about the different myths and legends, and even got to try some traditional Shinto rituals. The whole thing was just really interesting and enlightening - I feel like I learned so much!
Such a lovely morning! Exceeded my expectations. Went with the “ladies†in our family. Definitely a “girly†think to do. You are whisked in to have your hair fixed and dressed in a kimono. Then into a beautiful tatami room for the tea ceremony lead by an expert. So elegant and beautiful. Plenty of opportunities for photos.
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