- Airport Limousine Bus transfer coupon (one-way)
- JPY 1,500 Suica Card
- 14 Day Japan Rail Pass
- 3 nights at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel - Tokyo
2 nights at the Hotel Metropolitan Sendai East - Sendai - 2 nights at the Kura Hotel in Ichinoseki inc. breakfast daily - Ichinoseki
- 2 nights at the Hotel Metropolitan Morioka New Wing inc. breakfast - Morioka
- 2 nights at the Art Hotel Hirosaki City inc. breakfast daily - Hirosaki
- 2 nights at the Hotel Resol Hakodate - Hakodate
- 3 nights at the Keio Plaza Hotel - Sapporo
Journey north for the cherry blossoms of Tohoku and Hokkaido. Cherry blossoms in the northern region of Japan come into bloom from mid-April and this tour shows off some of the best cherry blossoms along with the highlights of the region.
*inclusions shown in the bullet points - package does not include airfares
Check-out of your accommodation and from Morioka Station board a Komachi bullet train to Akita Station. (90 mins) Change trains and board a JR Ou Line train to Hirosaki Station. (150 mins)
Your accommodation at the Art Hotel Hirosaki City is a one minute walk from the station.
Hirosaki is a small castle town in Aomori with a varied architectural heritage featuring temples, samurai residences and a castle from the Edo period, and churches, libraries and civic buildings from the Meiji Period when many foreign scholars were invited to Hirosaki.
With Aomori producing more than half of the nation's apples, and being the birthplace of the Fuji apple, you will find apple-incorporated sweets throughout Hirosaki. A Hirosaki Pie Guide Map will direct you to 47 of the best apple pies around.
After check-in, commence your exploration of Hirosaki by boarding a Dote-Machi city sightseeing loop bus from in front of Hirosaki Station to Shiyakusho-mae bus stop. (15 mins) From here it is a two minute walk to the Otemon Gate of Hirosaki Castle (09:00 - 17:00/JPY310). Built in 1611, this castle of the Tsugaru Clan is one of the 12 remaining original castles in Japan. More than 2,600 cherry blossom trees of more than 52 varieties bloom throughout the castle grounds, making it arguably one of Japan's best cherry blossom viewing spots. Petals fall from the trees and turn the castle moat a delicate shade of pink. During the annual Cherry Blossom Festival (late April to Early May) various food stalls can be found in the Shinomaru area of the park, and the cherry blossoms are illuminated from sunset to 10pm.
Visit the Tsugaru-han Neputa Village (09:00 - 17:00/JPY550) where you can watch as artists create traditional crafts, and enjoy a performance of the Tsugaru-jamisen, a three-stringed folk instrument.
A short walk from here is the Nakacho Traditional Buildings Preservation District where the traditional townscape has been maintained. Visit the Kawasaki Dyeing Plant where the traditional art of natural indigo dyeing is still carried out.
*Your stay at the Art Hotel Hirosaki City includes breakfast daily
Stay: Art Hotel Hirosaki City - 1/2
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