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Full-day tour in Sapporo, taking in Jigokudani, Lake Toya Hot Spring and Lake Hill Farm. Run by 株式会社星辰, booked direct rather than through a reseller.
Highlights
- Bus/coach
- Jigokudani
- Lake Toya Hot Spring
- Lake Hill Farm
- Runs 10 hours
- Tour Guide (Chinese, English, Japanese)
Noboribetsu and Lake Toya : A Day Tour (Sapporo): Key Facts
| Price | From $83.5 per person |
|---|---|
| Duration | 10 hours |
| Languages | English |
| Tour type | Guided Tour |
| Booking | Direct with the local operator — no OTA markup |
Full description
This is a 10-hour experience from Sapporo, built around Bus/coach, Jigokudani and Lake Toya Hot Spring. It is run by 株式会社星辰, an operator we book with directly rather than through a reseller, which is why we can hold your place with them before we treat your booking as final.
Hokkaido is Japan's northern island, a different climate and a different scale: Sapporo is its city, with the beer museum, the ramen alley and the February snow festival; Otaru, 40 minutes away, has the canal and the glass and music-box shops; Noboribetsu is the hell-valley hot springs; Lake Toya and Lake Shikotsu are caldera lakes; and Biei and Furano in the centre are the flower fields and lavender of July. Winter brings two metres of snow to Sapporo and the powder that made Niseko famous. Distances are long and trains are few, so day tours from Sapporo are mostly by bus and run eight to ten hours.
The price covers Tour Guide and Coach. It does not cover Ticket for Mount Usu Ropeway or Bear Farm and Lunch, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price.
株式会社星辰 sends the meeting point and time by email as soon as the booking is confirmed. We need at least one day's notice, and we confirm the date with 株式会社星辰 before treating your booking as final. If they cannot take your date we tell you and refund you rather than leave you waiting.
Tour Itinerary
The schedule below is a suggested plan and can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
Starting/pickup location
Depends on the selected option
Bus/coach
(2 hours)
Jigokudani
Sightseeing (40 minutes)
Bus/coach
(1 hour)
Lake Toya Hot Spring
Sightseeing (20 minutes)
Lake Hill Farm
Free time, Shopping, Sightseeing (20 minutes)
Shikotsu Toya National Park Silo Observation Deck
Sightseeing (30 minutes)
Bus/coach
(1.5 hours)
Jozankei
Free time, Sightseeing (40 minutes)
Bus/coach
(30 minutes)
3 drop-off locations
Sapporo, Kita 1 Jo, Sapporo Eki Kitaguchi
Detailed Itinerary
Starting/pickup location: Depends on the selected option
Bus/coach: (2 hours)
Jigokudani: Sightseeing (40 minutes)
Bus/coach: (1 hour)
Lake Toya Hot Spring: Sightseeing (20 minutes)
Lake Hill Farm: Free time, Shopping, Sightseeing (20 minutes)
Shikotsu Toya National Park Silo Observation Deck: Sightseeing (30 minutes)
Bus/coach: (1.5 hours)
Includes
- Tour Guide (Chinese, English, Japanese)
- Coach
Excludes
- Ticket for Mount Usu Ropeway or Bear Farm
- Lunch
Important information
Meeting point
株式会社星辰 sends the meeting point and time by email as soon as the booking is confirmed.
Know before you go
- Free cancellation available up to 24 hours before the activity starts
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Traveler Reviews
It is too exhausting for me to learn how to take the JR that's why I join this tour going to Lake Toya and Noboribetsu. Reaching every destination by only getting on the bus is really nice. Our tour guide, Mr. Lee told us many things about Japan and Hokkaido, including how the showa shinzan was formed. I particularly appreciate his language skills to switch between Chinese, English, Korean and Japanese. Thank you for the day.
Noboribetsu, a.k.a hell valley is a must go place in Hokkaido. Watching smoke coming out from a barren land is simply astonishing. We visited the biggest pond in Hokkaido too.
The tour is well organized. Although we visited a lot of places, I do not feel tired. Thank for the the free footbath in Jozankei! Our guide, Lee, tell us that the showa shinzan formed less than 100 years ago due to a volcanic activity. His information makes our journey more fruitful.
有珠山ロープウェイ駅からの眺めがすばらしかった。教科書に記載されていた昭和新山も眺めて涙がでました。北海道らしい畑、農家、白樺林すばらしかった。ヨーロッパ都市郊外の地平線が見える平原の景色とは違うけれど、またこれはこれでとても良かったです。
Mr. Zhang is very nice and friendly that he advised me to go to the Mount Usu Ropeway. I thought that it is a bit expensive to take the Ropeway, but it is certainly worth to see the newly formed volcanic mountain at a highly level. The weather of today is a bit cloudy, otherwise it would be perfect if we can see Lake Toya with the blue sky.
The tour is well arranged. We travelled to Noboribetsu, Mount Usu, Lake Toya and Jozankei. We have heard that Jozankei was just added to this tour a few days before. The free footbath here is perfect for us before the end of a wonderful day tour. Especially we need to walk quite a distance at noboribetsu.
The experiences here was worth it. The timings may be just right or slightly not enough but it’s still worth the views and photo taking! But since the tour is travelling to so many place in a day, I cannot ask for more. Our guide, Zhang, gave us good recommendations and interesting information about each location that we visited.