7D Tateyama, Alpine Tour

HIGHLIGHTS

✓ Alpine Route Best Season!

(Apr-May) Take Alpine Cable Car & Ropeway up to Mt Tateyama, walk along 11m-high Snow Corridor

✓ Sakura Season (Mid-End Apr)

✓ Shirakawago Minjoku Village (UNESCO)

✓ Karuizawa Outlet

✓ Special meal: Tateyama Highland Bento, Shabu Shabu

GIFU

Sample Village

Hida Takayama Jinya

Shirakawago Minjoku Village

Hida Wafu Machi

Washino-Sato

KANAZAWA

Kenrokuen Park

Korinbo Shopping Area

Higashi Chaya Street

TOYAMA

Tonami Tulip Park (End Apr-Early May)

TATEYAMA

Snow Corridor “Yuki no Ootani” (Mid-Apr-End Jun)

Kurobe Dam

GUNMA

Asama Volcano Museum

NAGANO

Karuizawa Outlet

Asama Volcano / Fruit Farm (Aug-Mid Nov)

TOKYO

Whisky/Beer Factory

Harajuku

Meiji Shrine

Shinjuku

ITINERARY

DAY 1 Singapore - Narita / Nagoya

Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to the “Land of the Rising Sun” ~ Japan.

DAY 2 Nagoya~Sample Village~Shirakawago~Minjoku Village~Hida Takayama Jinya~Hida Wafu Machi

Sample Village: Unique sample art workshop,you will be taught how to make the “WAX” sample which has always been used to display at the Japanese restaurants.

Hida Takayama Jinya: Ancient Edo era government house full of Japanese culture and a wide range of ancient collections. (Eg. CourtHouse, Government Office)

Shirakawago Minjoku Village: World Heritage, located at Shirakawa-go old traditional living habitat and environment village.

Hida Wafu Machi: Edo era traditional Japanese shopping street where you can find a lot of old traditional souvenirs.

DAY 3 Washino-Sato~*Tonami Tulip Park/Kenrokuen Park~Korinbo Shopping Area

Korinbo Shopping Area: The busiest shopping area in Kanazawa city.

*Kanazawa Kenrokuen Park: One of the most famous Japanese garden landscapes in Japan, which was built during the Edo era for enjoying the four season’s scenery. (Replace by Tonami Park during End April to Early May)

Washino-Sato: Washi means Japanese paper, a place where you can see how the traditional Japanese paper is made.

Higashi Chaya Street: Chaya is a traditional place of feasts and entertainment during ancient time, where geisha (traditional female Japanese entertainers) entertains people by performing dances and playing Japanese traditional musical

instrument. You could find yourself being emerged into an illusion of the past.

DAY 4 Tateyama~Cable Car & Ropeway~Taisetsu Valley~*Snow Corridor (Snow walk is only available in Mid-April to End June) ~ Kurobe Dam

Snow Corridor “Yuki no Ootani”: Take Alpine cable car to 977m of the Mt. Tateyama, follow by coach to 2,450m height. Alight from coach to experience the 10m high snow corridor. (Remark: Walking in the snow corridor is only available in Mid-April to End June, subject to weather conditions). After snow corridor, we will take tunnel Electric trolley bus & ropeway across the Mountain to Kurobe Dam.

Kurobe Dam: The construction of this dam has been called “the most difficult work of the century”, requiring seven years and 10million man-days. The dome-shaped arch dam, with a height of 186m and length of 492m, is the largest in Japan and was completed in June 1963 in Kurobe, a largely unexplored region.

DAY 5 Karuizawa Shiraito Falls ~ Karuizawa Outlet / Yatsugatake Outlet ~ Seasonal Fruit Picking (AugMid Nov)

Karuizawa Outlet: A western style city with lots of outlet store for your choice.

Fruit Farm*: Seasonal fruit picking like apple, pear and grape. (*Replacement for Asama Volcano Museum. From August to Mid-November, subjects to weather condition.)

DAY 6 Whisky/Beer Factory~Tokyo~Harajuku~Meiji Shrine~Shinjuku

Whisky/Beer Factory: Japan is also best known for its alcohol, be it beer or whisky. Visit the factory to see how the alcohol is being produced.

Harajuku: Tokyo street style, where you can find fashion surrounding here.

Meiji Shrine: One of the Japan Shinto worship place, built as a memorial for emperor Meiji.

Shinjuku (Red Light district): The heart of the present-day Tokyo, one of the vibrant, trendy and exciting locations in Japan.

DAY 7 Tokyo (Narita) - Singapore

Transfer to the airport to check-in for your flight back to Singapore with a memorable holiday by Hong Thai Travel.