If you’re looking for another excuse to go to Japan, we have yet another one for you. This time, it’s a different view from the fall foliage. It’s a dreamy Japanese winter wonderland.
This winter, Club Tourism has curated tours with snowy getaways for you to consider. Let’s get into the details.
Hokkaido Tours
Club Tourism’s winter Hokkaido tour package is about snow, eats, and natural views. It’s more than some of the classic hotspots to see with this package. It’s about experiences and festivities that delight Japanese local travelers and those coming from abroad.
Some highlights of this tour package include Okhotsk Sea drift ice cruises, adventures dipping in relaxing hot springs, and tasting of hairy crab legs and scallops. You’ll also be able to attend the Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japan’s biggest winter events, where you can see numerous ice sculptures and go on snow slides.
This package costs around $680 (99,900 ¥ yen) and $700 (104,900 ¥) and departs on its three-day adventure in February of 2026. You can book your trip here.
Tohoku Tours
This tour is easily accessible via Tokyo’s bullet train. The Tohoku tour package is for those keen to connect with mythical Japanese lore, with snowy scenery paired with relaxing hot springs.
Highlights of this tour package include exploring areas of hundreds of trees in Zao, which, when covered with snow, take on an ethereal form. The Japanese call this curious phenomenon to be the “Zao snow monsters.” You’ll see the once lush waterfalls in the Oirase Gorge turned into a frozen paradise.
There are eight of these packages. The costs range for the time booked and the length of the trip. Most of the packages last three days, but one of the packages (the most affordable option) is only one night and two days. Pricing for these packages starts at $325 (47,900 ¥) and goes up to $1000 (159,900 ¥). Trips leave in multiple different winter months: December, January, February, and March. You can book your trip for one of these experiences here.
Related: Experience Japan’s stunning autumn with fall foliage and hot springs
Chubu & Hokuriku Tours
This package is geared toward giving travelers interested in both snowy escapes and history an adventure through Japan’s past.
Highlights of this tour package include seeing classic and traditional Japanese homes covered in snow in an Unesco landmark area called Shirakawa-go and Gokayama. The thatched roofs were constructed to look like “like hands in prayer.” The farmhouses in the area are a marvel to see. Have winter seafood like crab or oysters and warm yourself up with hot springs among Japanese gardens like Kanazawa’sKenrokuen Gardenin this package.
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