SpringRelaxed
The Classic Trip in Cherry Blossom Season
Slow enough to feel it, full enough to remember it.
- First visit
- Base cities: Tokyo · Hakone · Kyoto · Osaka
- culture
- food
- nature
- history
Itinerary
Wild Hokkaido
- 12 nights
- Medium pace
- Returning visitor
Medium pace
Hokkaido is Japan's wild edge, and twelve nights reaches the far east most trips skip. Sapporo and Otaru to begin, the flower hills around Asahikawa and Biei, then Abashiri's drift ice, the Kushiro marsh cranes, and the volcanic lakes of Teshikaga before the loop back.
Bears, cranes, drift ice, and blue ponds. Four corners of Hokkaido in twelve nights.
Trip facts
- Length12 nights
- PaceMedium
- Designed forReturning visitor
- GatewaysIn and out via Sapporo
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- Day 1Arrive
- Day 2Day trip: Otaru
Hokkaido's vibrant capital, famed for ramen, beer, and the iconic February Snow Festival.
A preserved Meiji-era port city famous for its glasswork, canal district, and exceptional sushi.
- Day 3Travel in
- Day 4Day trip: Biei
- Day 5Day trip: Sounkyo
Hokkaido's second city and gateway to Daisetsuzan, with a famous ramen style and celebrated zoo.
A patchwork hill town near Furano with Japan's most photographed agricultural landscapes and a famous Blue Pond.
A mountain onsen village in a dramatic basalt gorge within Daisetsuzan National Park.
- Day 6Travel in
- Day 7Explore
The drift ice capital of Japan, with a notorious prison museum and the Sea of Okhotsk on its doorstep.
- Day 8Travel in
- Day 9Day trip: Teshikaga
Gateway to Japan's largest wetland and home to the iconic red-crowned crane.
A small town at the heart of the Akan-Mashu area, gateway to the extraordinarily clear Lake Mashu and its famous mists.
- Day 10Travel in
- Day 11Explore
- Day 12Depart
Hokkaido's vibrant capital, famed for ramen, beer, and the iconic February Snow Festival.
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