Upon your arrival in Hokkaido, travel from New Chitose Airport to your hotel in Sapporo or Niseko with a shared transfer service available from 5:00am to 10:00pm, 7 days a week.

Hokkaido is Japan's northernmost and 2nd largest island offering superb skiing and snowboarding in world class winter resorts such as those in Niseko or Furano, vast national parks, cool temperate summers, historic towns and villages, wonderful food and beer, and interesting festivals such as the famous Sapporo Snow Festival, modern art, wild bears and wildish nightlife.

When making a booking, you will need to advise your flight details and your accommodation details. Your transfer will be confirmed immediately and you will be provided with a travel voucher to present to the driver.

Vehicle used:

• SHARED - Current model Toyota Hiace Commuter - Air-conditioned

At time of booking, YOU MUST include the following flight and hotel details:

• Arrival Flight Number
• Arrival Time
• Hotel Name (where you would like to be dropped off)
• Hotel Address

Don't forget to book your Hotel to Airport transfer!

Sagano is located northwest of the Kyoto Basin and covers an area of 16 acres. Start with a walk through Sagano Bamboo Grove which sits in a basin surrounded by mountains in the greater area of Arashiyama

Then onto Jojakkoji Temple located halfway up a mountain, this temple has a 12-meter-high pagoda in its precinct and is graced with many Japanese maples. Jojakkoji was the final home of Empress Dowager Kenrei-mon-in, a principal character in the "Tale of the Heike" one of the most important works of classical Japanese literature. It is said to be built as a nunnery and has a history streching back to the 6th century. The temple?s principal treasure is a statue of the Jizo, which has been desiganted an important cultural property.

Later visit Tenryuji Temple which is one of the head temples of the Rinzai Zen School and was established in 1339 by Takauji the first shogun of Ashikaga shogunate, in memory of the Emperor Godaigo. It is famous for its landscape garden, which unlike the temple buildings has survived in its original form.

Finally walk through Togetsukyo Bridge, literally meaning "Crossing Moon Bridge". The present bridge was rebuilt in 1934 using steel but faithfully copying the structure of the original bridge.

Start with a bullet train ride to Himeji to visit the Himeji Castle, one of the most famous castles in Japan and designated a World Cultural Heritage site. Its sublime form and white walls have earned it the nickname of "White Heron Castle". The castle grounds are divided into inner and outer-walled zones, with gates built around maze-like spaces to confuse enemies, and a double moat for extra protection.

Lunch on your own at Koko-en Garden, which is a short distance from Himeji Castle. The gardens where opened in 1992 on the former site of of the feudal lords' west residence (Nishi-Oyashiki). They consist of nine separate gardens designed in various garden styles of the Edo period.

Following lunch it's off to the Hakutsuru Sake Brewery. Hakutsuru was founded in 1743 and has come to establish its present "sake" brewing techniques by maintaining old traditions combined with the latest development in new techniques. The museum exhibits the actual process of sake making and its history, then experience a taste test.