📆 Mid-December – Early March ❄️ | A Private Winter Journey Made with Heart 🤍
Min. 4 pax | With English Speaking Guide | Customisable | Pick up from Haneda or Narita Airport 👈🏻
Why Choose This Tohoku Winter Tour?
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Magical Winter Landscapes – See snow-covered castles, hot spring towns, and the famous Zao Snow Monsters.
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Unique Local Experiences – Explore nostalgic post towns, taste premium sake, and stroll through atmospheric onsen streets.
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Wildlife Encounters – Meet over 100 free-roaming foxes at the Zao Fox Village.
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Balance of Tradition & Modern Japan – From historic samurai towns to Tokyo’s neon shopping districts, this tour blends old and new.
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Private & Customizable – Travel comfortably with your own English-speaking guide, with flexibility to match your group’s pace.
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Stress-Free Planning – Hotels, transport, highlights, and local insights are all arranged for you.
🚘 Sample Itinerary Overview
🗓️ Day 1: Arrival in Japan
- Pick-up from Haneda/Narita Airport
- Freedom city walk in Tokyo (Depending on the time of arrival)
🏨 Stay: Saitama
🗓️ Day 2: Tochigi Region
- Bandai Museum (Find your childhood dream here)
- Oya History Museum (Indie Jones atmosphere)
- Ouchijuku Post Town (Snowy thatched-roof village)
🏨 Stay: Aizuwakamatsu
🗓️ Day 3: History & Onsen Charm
- Tsuruga Castle (Snowy samurai castle)
- Toko Sake Museum (Tastings)
- Ginzan Onsen Street (Most photogenic winter onsen town)
🏨 Stay: Tendo
🗓️ Day 4: Snow Adventures in Zao
- Zao Snow Monster Ropeway (Rare winter phenomenon)
- Zao Fox Village (Can see many foxes just in front of you)
🏨 Stay: Koriyama
🗓️ Day 5: Fukushima & Lake Views
- Takayashiki Inari Shrine (Torii path + fox statues)
- Lake Inawashiro (Winter swans & Mt. Bandai views)
- Sano Premium Outlets (Tax-free shopping paradise)
🏨 Stay: Saitama
🗓️ Day 6: Tokyo Highlights
- Asakusa Sensoji Temple (The oldest & most iconic temple in Japan)
- Tokyo Tower (One of the landmarks in Japan)
- Shibuya Crossing & Shinjuku Shopping (More than a thousand people cross here every day)
🏨 Stay: Saitama
🗓️ Day 7: Departure
- Hotel check-out & transfer to Haneda/Narita Airport
Safe flight & see you again! ✈️
Trip Highlights ✨
- 🏯 Tsuruga Castle – a samurai castle draped in snow
- 🏘️ Ouchijuku Post Town – nostalgic Edo-era village in a snowy landscape
- 🛤️ Ginzan Onsen – Japan’s most beautiful winter hot spring town
- 🐺 Zao Fox Village – rare chance to see foxes roaming freely
- ❄️ Zao Snow Monsters – natural ice sculptures covering mountain trees
- ⛩️ Takayashiki Inari Shrine – red torii path with spiritual atmosphere
- 🦢 Lake Inawashiro – winter swans and mountain reflections
- 🌆 Tokyo Highlights – temples, towers, and neon city life
*All photos are for reference only.
✅ Things to Prepare
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Down jacket, gloves, heat tech inner wear layers, scarf & earmuffs
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Anti-slip & waterproof boots for snow
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Heat packs (Easy to buy in Japan)
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Packages & Pricing 💰
| Package | Meals Included | Onsen Hotels | Attraction Tickets | Price (per pax) |
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| Economy | None | 0 | ✖ | From US$1,780 ~ US$2,480 |
| Standard | 5 Meals | 2 Night | ✅ | From US$2,280 ~ US$2,980 |
| Comfort | 10 Meals | 3 Night | ✅ | From US$2,780 ~ US$3,580 |
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📧 Email: milocaljapan@gmail.com (For more enquiries)
🍜 Breakfast is included for all packages.
🍱 No meals for the first & last day of every package.
✅ Customisable for an additional cost
📌 Basic fees include guide, hotels, and vehicle. Flights excluded.
💳 30% deposit to book | Balance due 60 days before departure.
🌏 Anyone from any country can join this tour. We welcome the internationals!
Terms & Conditions
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- Excludes air flight fares, personal expenses, travel insurance (strongly recommend you buy on your own), some meals, and optional activities are not listed.
- Natural disasters like typhoons, earthquakes, heavy rain/snow, and floods might happen during the tour, so the tour guide has the right to make changes/cancel the itinerary. However, refunds for natural occurrences preventing access will not be issued. In the event of severe weather disrupting transportation or accommodations, we will assist with arrangements as much as possible.
- Cancellation up to 20 days before: planning fee(20%) only
- Children: Ages 6+ charged full tour price, 2–5 years charged half tour price, under 2 years old free.
- Min. 4 participants per tour
- A single traveler will be charged an extra 30% of the tour package for a single room.
- No tattoos are allowed in most of the onsen.
- Driver hours follow Japanese law (max. 10 hrs/day incl. standby)
- Excludes air flight fares, personal expenses, travel insurance (strongly recommend you buy on your own), some meals, and optional activities are not listed.
