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  • Longing to enjoy snowy Hokkaido? Ride on an icebreaker ship! Super cheap tour covering Lake Mashu, Lake Akan and stays at onsen in Hokkaido!

2017-11-21

Longing to enjoy snowy Hokkaido? Ride on an icebreaker ship! Super cheap tour covering Lake Mashu, Lake Akan and stays at onsen in Hokkaido!

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Everyone visiting Japan wants to enjoy the beauty of snowy Hokkaido! Of course, it’s amazing to drive around in a rental car or take a bus on a private trip but if you aren’t used to driving in the snow, it can be quite dangerous! There are also schedule disruptions for buses. Here, we introduce a super cheap & safe 3 nights/4 days Hokkaido tour to Ikidane Nippon users!

Highlight of the tour: Aurora, an icebreaker ship

The drift ice of Abashiri comes from the Amur River which freezes as it flows through the border between China and Russia gradually reaching the Sea of Okhotsk in January. As the ice moves down south of the sea, it becomes bigger and approaches the Abashiri region of Hokkaido around the end of January. As you gaze out into the sea, you see a mysterious sight of a huge ice mass floating on the sea. This is something you cannot miss when visiting Hokkaido in winter!! Going as an individual is extremely time consuming but by joining this tour by YOKOSO JAPAN, all you have to do is hop on a bus! Ride on the icebreaker ship “Aurora” and smash your way through the drift ice!

For reservations, click below!
“Enjoy watching drift ice super cheap! 3 nights/ 4 days tour with dinner and breakfast in snowy Hokkaido!”

Enjoy the natural beauty of snowy Hokkaido

On this tour, you will visit hidden secret spots that are difficult to access in the snow by yourself. In the olden days, Lake Mashu was known as a “region of the Gods” and it was apparently very difficult to reach it. After Lake Baikal, Lake Mashu is said to have the most clear and transparent water in the world. And without a doubt, it is much more beautiful in the snow!

The tour also covers Lake Akan and if you’re lucky, you might see “yuki-no-hana” or frost flowers and a frozen lake. Lake Akan is also home to marimo, a rare algae species that forms itself into beautiful green balls.

Not just that, you might also get a glimpse of the beautiful and elegant red-crowned Japanese crane on the frozen lake!

Covers popular tourist spots!

This tour will also cover popular sightseeing spots of Hokkaido like the Asahiyama Zoo which is famous for exhibiting animals in their natural habitat, and the Abashiri Prison where vicious criminals were held in custody among other spots.
*Additional entrance cost

Stays at hotels where you can enjoy famous hot springs of Hokkaido

Snow and hot springs are the two things to enjoy most in winter. For this tour, all three stays will be in hotels located in famous onsen areas, so you can truly enjoy hot springs. There are very few tours that offer three different onsen experiences in one go! Soaking in a hot spring while looking at the snow (yukimi onsen) is something even Japanese yearn for.
On the first night, you will stay at the Sounkyo Kankou Hotel, which has the largest outdoor bath in Hokkaido! If you’re shy of going naked into a bath, don’t worry. In the rotenburo (outdoor bath) of this hotel, you can wear a layer of clothing and enjoy the warm onsen water.

Free to choose your lunch!

This tour includes a dinner and breakfast. Can you believe you can enjoy two meals at such a reasonable cost? Eat the best of Hokkaido’s cuisine to your heart’s content at this hotel.
Since you are free to have your own lunch, how about trying Obihiro’s specialty, Buta-don (rice topped with pork), or Asahikawa’s specialty, Asahikawa Ramen?

Get the most out of your winter trip to Hokkaido!

You can board this tour at any one of the hotels in Sapporo listed below and you will be dropped off at the same hotel once the tour is over. For those staying in Sapporo, if you plan a stay in any of the following hotels, then you have the benefit of traveling light with stuff required only for 3 days and you can leave the rest of your bulky luggage at the hotel.

◆List of hotels for boarding
・ANA Hotel Sapporo
・Sapporo Grand Hotel
・Sapporo View Hotel Odori Park
・Sapporo Excel Hotel Tokyu
・Sapporo Tokyu REI Hotel
・JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo

For those staying at hotels other than the ones mentioned above, you can choose to board the bus at the closest hotel to your stay. For those planning to take a flight directly after the tour, you will be dropped off at New Chitose Airport. How convenient is it that you can enjoy a 3 nights/ 4 days tour without worrying about your luggage, and head straight to the airport?!

Cost of drift ice icebreaker ship, accommodation including breakfast and dinner, and commuting to such long distances individually can end up being quite expensive; however, this tour starts from 42,900 yen!! Isn’t that amazingly cheap?

Let’s cover snowy Hokkaido efficiently at a reasonable cost without any worries!

For reservations, click below!
“Enjoy watching drift ice super cheap! 3 nights/ 4 days tour with dinner and breakfast in snowy Hokkaido!”

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