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2011 Sapporo Snow Festival Package

Packages are now available for Japan's premiere winter event: the Sapporo Snow Festival! These 2-day or 3-day packages include round-trip flights between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Sapporo's New Chitose Airport and accommodations (with breakfast) in Sapporo. Choose from three different flight time slots as well as accommodation in one of seven hotels located near Sapporo Station or the main location of the festival, Odori Park!

About the Snow Festival

Sapporo's snow festival had its humble beginnings in 1950, when some local high school students decided to build six statues in Sapporo's Odori Park. Since then, the event has grown exponentially, with hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures adorning the city in Odori Park and the streets of Susukino, plus the massive snow and ice slides at Tsudome. The festival attracts about 2 million tourists each year from Japan and all over the world!

About the Package

Packages are available with flights leaving each day from February 6th to 12th, 2010. Besides some assitance from staff in checking in for your flight on the first day, this package is guide-less and group-less (except for any of your personal travel companions), so you can enjoy the festival and the city of Sapporo at your own pace. It includes round-trip airfare from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, accommodations at the hotel of your choice from a list of twelve, and breakfast at the hotel.

With your traveling freedom in mind, departure flights from Haneda (Tokyo) and return flights from New Chitose (Hokkaido) have three time slots each that you can choose from (the flight takes about an hour and a half):

Leaving Haneda:
• Morning: between 6:50 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
• Afternoon: between 11:00 a.m. and 2:50 p.m.
• Evening: between 3:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Leaving New Chitose:
• Morning: between 7:50 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
• Afternoon: between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
• Evening: between 4:00 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.

The 2-day package is great for those just interested in the festival, but for those wanting to do a little sightseeing, the 3-day package gives you one more full day to explore.

Hotel List

Prices shown are per person traveling with one other guest staying in a twin room. Please note that these are the lowest prices for such conditions with departure on Februay 8-10. Actual prices will vary depending on number of guests, room type, and departure date. Click here to see the full price list for all departure dates and room types available this year (opens a new window).

Hotel Name:	Price:	Close to...
Mitsui Garden Hotel Sapporo	from JPY 51,000	Sapporo Station
Hotel Gracery Sapporo	from JPY 52,500	Sapporo Station
Sapporo Aspen Hotel	from JPY 54,000	Sapporo Station
Hotel Monterey Sapporo	from JPY 58,500	Sapporo Station
Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo	from JPY 62,500	Sapporo Station
Sapporo Grand Hotel	from JPY 56,000	Odori Park
Sapporo Korakuen Hotel	from JPY 57,000	Odori Park

See full price list (opens a new window) with all departure dates and room types.

Click here to request the 2-Day Sapporo Snow Festival Package!

Click here to request the 3-Day Sapporo Snow Festival Package!

This package is by request-base only. Prices on the package details page are for the Mitsui Garden Hotel Sapporo. Prices vary by hotel, departure date, and number of guests/room type. Click here for the full price list (opens a new window). Please include your hotel, departure date and flight time preferences when requesting the package.

Sapporo

Sapporo, the largest city on Japan's northern island, is well known for its delicious food. One of the most famous local dishes is Sapporo ramen, a variant on the famous Chinese noodle dish. The ramen served with miso soup is especially tasty. There are a lot of ramen restaurants around the city center, and some of these are now expanding to establish branches all around Japan.

Sapporo is also home to the Sapporo Breweries Co., which started brewing beer in 1876 and is the oldest Japanese-constructed beer brewery in the country. There are numerous beer halls in the city where visitors can go and enjoy Sapporo beer while eating a type of mutton barbeque known as jingisukan (named after Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan), another Sapporo specialty.

There are numerous parks, museums, and gardens around town, not to mention a bustling nightlife scene in the Susukino area, so why not take an extra day to enjoy the Snow Festival, take in some sights, and chow down on some awesome food!

[ Events, Hokkaido, Winter | published 2010.12.07 | PermaLink ]

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