Travel - Tokyo & Hokkaido - Itinerary 2007/02

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ITINERARY
Day 1: Hong Kong -> Narita Airport (成田機場) --> Shinjuku (新宿)

Transportation : 京成特急<成田-日暮里>: $1000 yen，轉山手線<日暮里-新宿>: $160 yen

Sightseeing /Acitivites:
1. go to any Shinjuku Travel Service Center at a JR station to reserve seat
2. Shinjuku window shopping (department store, agnes b shop.... etc)


Day 2: Shinjuku (新宿) --> 南大沢 Fit House outlet --> Night Train (Tokyo 東京--> Hachinohe 八戶 --> Aomori 青森 --> Sapporo 札幌 )

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. 南大沢 Fit House outlet (Can skip this place - transporation is not convenient and other Tokyo outlets are bigger)


Day 3: Sapporo 札幌

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. Shopping area - Stellar Place, Esta, Apia.... http://www.stellarplace.net/
2. Hokkaido Ramen Hall (札幌 拉麵橫丁共和國) - Esta nearby
3. Sapporo TV tower
4. Hokkaido Old Government Building (北海道廳舊本廳)
5. Hokkaido University
6. Sapporo Snow Festival大通公園雪祭 (nightview)


Day 4: Sapporo 札幌 --> Otaru 小樽--> Minami Otaru 南小樽 --> Sapporo 札幌

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. Otaru (小樽) 1 day trip (Otaru Canal, 萬花茼館, 地道商店街, 壽司通, 點燈雪道)
2. Tanukikoji Shopping Street (札幌狸小路)


Day 5: Sapporo 札幌 --> Hakodate 函館

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. Hakodate 函館 - Supermarket and department store shopping


Day 6: Hakodate 函館

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. 函館朝市(三色飯)
2. Hakodate seaside (紅磚倉庫, 西波止場, 海鮮市場..... )
3. 函館山, 八幡坡道


Day 7: Hakodate 函館 --> Hachinohe八戶

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. Onuma Park (大沼公園)


Day 8: Hachinohe 八戶 --> Shinjuku (新宿) --> Karuizawa (輕井澤) --> Shinjuku (新宿)

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. Karuizawa (輕井澤)
2. Garden Walk Outlet


Day 9: Shinjuku (新宿) --> Hong Kong

Sightseeing / Activities:
1. Ikebukuro (池袋) shopping


TRANSPORTATION :
7-day Japan Rail PASS costs 28300 yen (day 2 - day 8) http://www.japanrailpass.net/ (Seat reservations can be made without additional payment.To make a reservation, go to any Travel Service Center or a Reservation Office (Midori-no-madoguchi) at a JR station, or to the sales office of a JR-associated travel agency. There, show your PASS, and obtain your reserved-seat ticket before the boarding. )


ACCOMMODATION :
9 days 8 nights - 1 night train, Toyoko Inn Hotel (7 nights) http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/

1. Toyoko Inn Shinjuku Kabuki-cho 東橫INN 新宿歌舞伎町 (far away from JR station)
2. Toyoko Inn Sapporo-eki Kita-guchi 東橫INN 札幌站北口 ( plus free dinner - Japanese curry rice; winter discount)
3.Toyoko Inn Hakodate Ekimae Asaichi 東橫INN 函館站前朝市 (plus free dinner - Japanese curry rice; winter discount)
4.Toyoko Inn Hachinohe Ekimae 東橫INN 八戶站前

COST :
Transportation - 7 DAY JR Bought at hk travel agency 28300 yen* 0.0615 = hkd1743
+ Flight ticket 2250 + tax 540 = hkd2790 + bus/subway 3120 yen*0.065 = hkd202.8
==> Total transportation fee hkd4735.8