Nagano Prefecture with its abundance of nature, history and culture is a must for sightseeing. Take in the hightlights of this fascinating area with a selection of tours departing from Hakuba.


The following day tours from Hakuba are available to groups and individual customers. Tours will run from the December 15th to March 31st 2010 on set dates. Tours will require minimum numbers. Customers are required to make reservations directly with the Ski Japan Holidays.

Jigokudani Wild Monkey Hotsprings and Masuichi-Ichimura Sake Brewery and Zenkoji Temple Tour

The world famous Jigokudani wild monkey hot-springs is home to about 200 wild monkeys who spend their days soaking in the natural hotsprings, keeping warm from the harsh winter. The park was opened in 1964 and is considered to be the only places in the world to see snow monkeys bathing in the wild. The hike to the hot-springs takes about 20 to 30 minutes each way. Departing from the Kambayashi Onsen we make our way to the historic town of Obuse, home to the famous Japanese artist Hokusai and the museum dedicated to his works. Enjoy a traditionally cooked superb Japanese set menu lunch (various options available) at the Masuichi Club Restaurant, which is an open style country restaurant and see the beautifully preserved 240 year old Masuichi Sake Brewery & of coarse enjoy many different types of Japanese Sake. The next stop is Nagano City home to Zenkoji Temple designated a national treasure and has a history of over 1400 years. It is one of Japan's most revered temples and house the first image of Buddha brought to Japan in the 7th century. The streets surrounding the temple are lined with lantern lit shops and tierd roofed stalls, souvenir shops, restaurants and galleries.

This is a full day tour departing at 8.00am and arriving back in Hakuba at 5.30pm. Full Day Tour Cost - 10,000 yen per person. Children 8,000 yen (3 to 11 years) includes entry into the Jigokudani wild monkey hot-springs, lunch & Zenkoji Temple costs.

Every MON, WED, FRI, SAT - Dec 16th to Mar 31st 2010
(except 1st & 15th Jan, 6th & 13th Feb)


Links to Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park
Links to Nagano Zenkoji Temple
Links to Masuich Sake Breweryi

1. Jigokudani Wild Monkey Hotsprings and Masuichi-Ichimura Sake Brewery and Zenkoji Temple Tour
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Tour date :	December 16th WED December 18th FRI December 19th SAT December 21st MON December 23rd WED December 25th FRI December 26th SAT December 28th MON December 30th WED January 2nd SAT January 4th MON January 6th WED January 8th FRI January 9th SAT January 11th MON January 13th WED January 16th SAT January 18th MON January 20th WED January 22nd FRI January 23rd SAT January 25th MON January 27th WED January 29th FRI January 30th SAT February 1st MON February 3rd WED February 5th FRI February 8th MON February 10th WED February 12th FRI February 15th MON February 17th WED February 19th FRI February 20th SAT February 22nd MON February 24th WED February 26th FRI February 27th SAT March 1st MON March 3rd WED March 5th FRI March 6th SAT March 8th MON March 10th WED March 12th FRI March 13th SAT March 15th MON March 17th WED March 19th FRI March 20th SAT March 22nd MON March 24th WED March 26th FRI March 27th SAT March 29th MON March 31th WED
Number of people :	Adult Child
Hotel :	Hotel La Neige Higashikan Tokyu Hotel Mominoki Hotel Phoenix Hotel Phoenix Chalets Echoland Apartments Alpine Azumi Deluxe Apartments One Hakuba Aqua Alpine Hotel Hakuba Hana Hotel & Apartments Sierra Resort Hakuba Hotel La Neige Honkan Marillen Hotel Hakuba Taigakukan Hotel Hakuba Hifumi White Horse Hotel Shirouma-Sou Phoenix Hotel - Hakuba Hakuba Springs Hotel Hotel De Laile Hakuba Hotel Ougiya Yamano Hotel Hakuba Sports Hotel Terry Hotel Moegi Villa Hakuba Hotel Viola Hotel Hakuba High Mount Hotel Hakuba Century Hotel Hotel Grace Hakuba Weisser Hof Happei Hotel Stelle Belle Hakuba Meteor Pension & Bar Side Hill Wadano Cottage Gakuto Alpine Lodge Canadian Cabins Log House A Type Hotel Kuraya Aria Hotel Resort House Windy Canadian Cabins Epoch Cabins Happo Lodge Petit Amac Yamano Oyado Alupu Others
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Matsumoto Castle and Daio Wasabi Farm Tour

This is a full-day tour to Matsumoto City, home of the famous Matsumoto Castle. In Japan there are only four castles that have been designated as "National Treasures" and Matsumoto Castle is one of these. The five-storied donjon is one of the oldest castle structures extant in Japan. Construction of the main donjon began in 1592 when warlords around the country struggled for dominance. Matsumoto Castle is one of the few great castles of the feudal era to survive in its original form. On the way to Matsumoto we stop at the Daio Wasabi Farm, the largest of its kind in Japan and the perfect place to taste many of the various different Wasabi products, one of which is Wasabi ice cream! After the guided tour of the Matsumoto Castle a delicious Japanese set menu lunch (various options available) has been arranged and then customers are at their own leisure to explore the many historical sites around the city. Numerous stores and galleries sell fine traditional crafts and local foods of the Shinshu area.

Full Day Tour Cost - 10,000 yen adults. Children 8,000 yen (3 to 11 years) includes entry into the Wasabi Farm & Castle and lunch. The tour departs at 8:15am and returns around 5:00pm in the afternoon.

Every TUES - Dec 29th to March 31st

Links to Matsumoto and Castle
Link to Hotaka Wasabi Farm

2. Matsumoto Castle and Daio Wasabi Farm Tour
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Tour date :	December 29th January 5th January 12th January 19th January 26th February 2nd February 9th February 16th February 23rd March 2nd March 9th March 16th March 23rd March 30th
Number of people :	Adult Child
Hotel :	Hotel La Neige Higashikan Tokyu Hotel Mominoki Hotel Phoenix Hotel Phoenix Chalets Echoland Apartments Alpine Azumi Deluxe Apartments One Hakuba Aqua Alpine Hotel Hakuba Hana Hotel & Apartments Sierra Resort Hakuba Hotel La Neige Honkan Marillen Hotel Hakuba Taigakukan Hotel Hakuba Hifumi White Horse Hotel Shirouma-Sou Phoenix Hotel - Hakuba Hakuba Springs Hotel Hotel De Laile Hakuba Hotel Ougiya Yamano Hotel Hakuba Sports Hotel Terry Hotel Moegi Villa Hakuba Hotel Viola Hotel Hakuba High Mount Hotel Hakuba Century Hotel Hotel Grace Hakuba Weisser Hof Happei Hotel Stelle Belle Hakuba Meteor Pension & Bar Side Hill Wadano Cottage Gakuto Alpine Lodge Canadian Cabins Log House A Type Hotel Kuraya Aria Hotel Resort House Windy Canadian Cabins Epoch Cabins Happo Lodge Petit Amac Yamano Oyado Alupu Others
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Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival Tour

Nozawa's most famous festival, held on January 15th every year, is a must-see cultural experience. Here fire erupts in a designated area of the village where thousands gather to celebrate and pray for the well being and good fortune of the village, and to ensure a plentiful harvest for the coming year. The Dosojin festival is one of Japan's three most celebrated fire festivals, where torch bearing villagers battle against young men barricaded in a pre-built wooden fort with an aim to burn it down. This festival begins in the early evening and rages through most of the night with fire, food, Japanese sake and good cheer being the main focus of the evening.

Tour Cost: 5,000yen per person
Bus departs at 5:15pm and arriving back in Hakuba at 1:00am

3. Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival Tour
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Tour date :	January 15th Friday
Number of people :	Adult Child
Hotel :	Hotel La Neige Higashikan Tokyu Hotel Mominoki Hotel Phoenix Hotel Phoenix Chalets Echoland Apartments Alpine Azumi Deluxe Apartments One Hakuba Aqua Alpine Hotel Hakuba Hana Hotel & Apartments Sierra Resort Hakuba Hotel La Neige Honkan Marillen Hotel Hakuba Taigakukan Hotel Hakuba Hifumi White Horse Hotel Shirouma-Sou Phoenix Hotel - Hakuba Hakuba Springs Hotel Hotel De Laile Hakuba Hotel Ougiya Yamano Hotel Hakuba Sports Hotel Terry Hotel Moegi Villa Hakuba Hotel Viola Hotel Hakuba High Mount Hotel Hakuba Century Hotel Hotel Grace Hakuba Weisser Hof Happei Hotel Stelle Belle Hakuba Meteor Pension & Bar Side Hill Wadano Cottage Gakuto Alpine Lodge Canadian Cabins Log House A Type Hotel Kuraya Aria Hotel Resort House Windy Canadian Cabins Epoch Cabins Happo Lodge Petit Amac Yamano Oyado Alupu Others
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Shirakawago Illumination Tour

This is a very special tour to the UNESCO declared - World Heritage mountain village of Ogimachi in Shirakawago.

For the past 300years Shirakawago lived in its own isolated world, cut off from the outside civilization for months at a time by the snowy mountains of the Japan Alps. To the Japanese, the name Shirakawago conjures the image of an immortal hamlet, 110 gassho-style houses with steeply pitched snow covered thatched roofs huddled next to each other with the sacred mountain of Mt Hakusan towering over in the distance. With snow laiden rice fields and flowing rivers, this treasured village gives us the most uplifting and authentic reminder of Japan's rural past. The tour takes us along the Sea of Japan with spectacular view of the Japan Alps and back into the mountains where the village of Shirakawago has been hidden for so long. For only a few nights during the middle of winter the village of Ogimachi in Shirakawago is illuminated into a glowing winter wonderland. Departing from Shirakawago we stop for a traditional Japanese style course dinner enroute back to Hakuba

This is a full day tour departing at 11:00am and arriving back in Hakuba at 11:30pm. Full Day Tour Cost - 12,000 yen per person. A child 10,000 yen (3 to 11 years) and includes dinner. A rest stop is provided enroute for customers to purchase their own lunch.

Two Tours Only - limited seats, book early to secure your place

4. Shirakawago Illumination Tour
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Tour date :	February 6th SAT February 13th SAT
Number of people :	Adult Child
Hotel :	Hotel La Neige Higashikan Tokyu Hotel Mominoki Hotel Phoenix Hotel Phoenix Chalets Echoland Apartments Alpine Azumi Deluxe Apartments One Hakuba Aqua Alpine Hotel Hakuba Hana Hotel & Apartments Sierra Resort Hakuba Hotel La Neige Honkan Marillen Hotel Hakuba Taigakukan Hotel Hakuba Hifumi White Horse Hotel Shirouma-Sou Phoenix Hotel - Hakuba Hakuba Springs Hotel Hotel De Laile Hakuba Hotel Ougiya Yamano Hotel Hakuba Sports Hotel Terry Hotel Moegi Villa Hakuba Hotel Viola Hotel Hakuba High Mount Hotel Hakuba Century Hotel Hotel Grace Hakuba Weisser Hof Happei Hotel Stelle Belle Hakuba Meteor Pension & Bar Side Hill Wadano Cottage Gakuto Alpine Lodge Canadian Cabins Log House A Type Hotel Kuraya Aria Hotel Resort House Windy Canadian Cabins Epoch Cabins Happo Lodge Petit Amac Yamano Oyado Alupu Others
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Customised Tour

Tailor made to suit your groups needs, destinations such as Nozawa Onsen, Tsumago, Takayama and overnight trips to the World Heritage village of Shirakawago can be all be arranged. Please contact us to discuss you itineary.

5. Customised Tour
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Number of people :	Adult Child
Hotel :	Hotel La Neige Higashikan Tokyu Hotel Mominoki Hotel Phoenix Hotel Phoenix Chalets Echoland Apartments Alpine Azumi Deluxe Apartments One Hakuba Aqua Alpine Hotel Hakuba Hana Hotel & Apartments Sierra Resort Hakuba Hotel La Neige Honkan Marillen Hotel Hakuba Taigakukan Hotel Hakuba Hifumi White Horse Hotel Shirouma-Sou Phoenix Hotel - Hakuba Hakuba Springs Hotel Hotel De Laile Hakuba Hotel Ougiya Yamano Hotel Hakuba Sports Hotel Terry Hotel Moegi Villa Hakuba Hotel Viola Hotel Hakuba High Mount Hotel Hakuba Century Hotel Hotel Grace Hakuba Weisser Hof Happei Hotel Stelle Belle Hakuba Meteor Pension & Bar Side Hill Wadano Cottage Gakuto Alpine Lodge Canadian Cabins Log House A Type Hotel Kuraya Aria Hotel Resort House Windy Canadian Cabins Epoch Cabins Happo Lodge Petit Amac Yamano Oyado Alupu Others
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Tour Conditions
-Tours will run from the 15th December to 31st March 2010 on set dates
-All group and private tours require bookings made in advance
-Tours will require minimum numbers to run on set dates
-Tours are to be prebooked and paid for by credit card in advance
-Cancellations must be made at least one day in advance, otherwise a 20% cancellation fee applies
-Clients under the age of 15yrs must be accommpanied by a parent or guardian


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