The newly unveiled 2009 Sunrise Tours line-up brings you an even wider choice of experiences to choose from at great value prices.

We have made Japan even more accessible with English guided tours to see the local charms of Hokkaido, Okinawa and Kyushu. For visitors who want to experience Japanese culture firsthand, we offer hands-on tours to areas including Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.

Independent travelers will love discovering Japan's legendary hot springs resorts with our discounted travel + accommodation packages. Want to see Japan in style? How about a private tour by car with your own personal guide?

This page introduces just a small selection of the best new tours. With almost 50 new tours and packages for 2009, Sunrise Tours is here to help you have the vacation of a lifetime!

World Heritage Shiretoko & Eastern Hokkaido (4 Days)

From JPY 148,000 per person

Limited offer! Grab the chance to see Hokkaido in bloom: available only from June to October!

A 4-day package tour that takes visitors to see some of Hokkaido's many natural treasures, including Furano, Sonkyo Gorge, Lake Saroma, Utoro, the Shiretoko Peninsula, Lake Mashu, Lake Akan, Onneto and Kushiro Shitsugen National Park. Highlights of this tour include the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and the gently sloping hillsides of Furano covered in brightly colored lavender. The great wilderness of Hokkaido is made manageable, enjoyable and relaxing through our English-language guided tour that provides meals and top-quality accommodation throughout.

Free Plan Hokkaido Luxury Hotel Stay at The Windsor Hotel Toya Resort & Spa (4 Days)

From JPY 230,000 per person

This package offers visitors a two-night stay in a Junior Suite at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa--venue of the July 2008 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit--and one night in Noboribetsu Onsen, Sapporo or Niseko resort. At the world-famous Windsor Hotel, built high up overlooking both the sea and Lake Toya, guests can enjoy best in Japanese hospitality. This package includes accommodation in a 58 sq m Junior Suite, whose bathroom is equipped with a separate shower booth, an LCD television, and toiletries made by BVLGARI. Choose to have either a relaxing spa holiday or take advantage of the surroundings and take part in one of the many available activities: skiing, golf, canoeing, and trekking. This package is a great choice for honeymooning couples and families, too.

Sapporo Course: Sapporo Park Hotel (Brides Room) Stay

This hotel lies adjacent to the central Nakajima Park and makes a very convenient base for sightseeing. This package includes accommodation in the newly renovated (2007) Bride's Rooms. Guests are free to use all of the services available in the executive lounge, including drink service, meeting areas and concierge service.

Noboribetsu Course: Bouro Noguchi Noboribetsu (Luxury Suite Room) Stay

This stylish, luxury Japanese-style inn (or ryokan) has a refined and modern atmosphere. A small, intimate and relaxed ryokan for adults, perfect for couples and honeymooners. This package includes accommodation in a 100 sq m Luxury Suite, which features a living room with extra-large sofa, an open-air bath with a view of Noboribetsu's beautiful natural surroundings, and all-organic toiletries. Every detail has been taken care of to ensure that your stay is absolutely first-rate.

Niseko Course: Niseko Northern Resort An'nupuri (Junior Suite Room) Stay

The world class powder snow of Niseko's An'nupuri will be right on your doorstep with this tour! Located directly on the slopes, the Niseko Northern Resort An'nupuri offers the ultimate in winter ski and snowboarding access. For the rest of the year, outdoor activities like rafting, canoeing, trekking, hot air ballooning, or other activities like excursions to Hokkaido's bountiful farms are available. Lodging under this plan is in a Junior Suite of the Northern Resort An'nupuri, featuring an elegant interior finished in white wood and red brick accents, MP3 audio player, and free high speed internet access.

Experience Tohoku (3 Days)

JPY 138,000 per person

A 3-day English-language package tour to the relatively untouched northeastern area of Japan, known as Tohoku, which has become increasingly popular with overseas visitors. Highlights include six great Tohoku experiences: seeing the best of Japan's tuna catch at a bustling fish market; watching a maiko (apprentice geisha) show during lunch at a Japanese-style restaurant; relaxing in natural hot springs; walking around the scenic thatched-roof houses in Ouchi-juku village; tasting delicious seasonal flavors while enjoying fruit picking; and trying your hand at painting traditional handicrafts. Also, guests get to experience the best of Japan's wonderful nature, with a specially reserved pleasure cruise around Matsushima Bay--one of Japan's Three Scenic Wonders--and a trip to see the mysterious green, blue and red multi-colored waters of the Goshikinuma ponds.

Onsen Experience Wakura Onsen Kagaya

JPY 70,000 per person

This package is perfect for people who would like to experience the indulgence of a traditional Japanese inn with hot spring facilities, known as an onsen ryokan. The price includes round-trip train tickets from Kyoto to Wakura Onsen and one night's accommodation in a luxury ryokan. Wakura Onsen is a historical hot spring area that is said to have first been discovered about 1,200 years ago. With a beautiful view of the Sea of Japan and delicious seafood from the Noto Peninsula, the area continues to draw visitors from far and wide. [Kagaya] Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2007, this is the largest ryokan in the Wakura area. With 246 guest rooms, there is one attendant responsible for each room. Located in the center of this spa town, this ryokan is the picture of luxury. Experience the best hospitality Japan has to offer.

Onsen Experience Wakura Onsen Tadaya

JPY 70,000 per person

This package is perfect for people who would like to experience the indulgence of a traditional Japanese inn with hot spring facilities, known as an onsen ryokan. The price includes round-trip train tickets from Nagoya to Wakura Onsen and one night's accommodation in a luxury ryokan. Wakura Onsen is a historical hot spring area that is said to have first been discovered about 1,200 years ago. With a beautiful view of the Sea of Japan and delicious seafood from the Noto Peninsula, the area continues to draw visitors from far and wide. [Tadaya] Located slightly away from town, here you can enjoy the sight of the Sea of Japan as it turns orange with the sunset in intimate surroundings. This ryokan has a notably good view, even among the hotels of the Noto Peninsula.

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (3 Days) One Way

JPY 139,000 per person

An English-language package tour that combines visits to the incredibly preserved old village houses of Shirakawago, the history and culture of Takayama, and the dynamic scenery of Hakuba on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, made famous as the venue of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. Take a trip over the snow-covered peaks of the mountain range between Nagano and Toyama Prefectures by cable car and ropeway, then take an exhilarating bus ride through a maze created by the over 20 m-high walls of snow on either side of the roads!

Round trip course

Sake Tasting & Stroll Through Fushimi

JPY 7,800 per person

An English-language guided afternoon tour to the town of Fushimi, which starts and ends in Kyoto. The town of Fushimi has long flourished as a home for sake breweries, having been blessed with high quality reserves of underground water. Known as one of the 100 Best Views of Kyoto, the architectural style of the townscape surrounding the breweries has remained unchanged since the Edo Era. Take the chance to enjoy sake and spring water tasting at the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum.

Experience Making & Tasting Tofu

JPY 7,800 per person

Tofu is a healthy food that has become popular thanks to its high protein and low calorie content. This half-day English-language walking tour, starting and ending in Kyoto, gives visitors the opportunity to experience the process of making tofu from beginning to end. Try out hand-making the momen-dofu variety of tofu using traditional methods, first by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds. Visitors then get to enjoy the taste of their freshly made tofu!

Nagasaki & Imari Pottery (5 Days)

JPY 138,000 per person

A 5-day tour that lets visitors explore the two sides of Kyushu: the exotic Nagasaki, whose particular character has been shaped by the influence of numerous foreign countries over the last 400 years, including Portugal, Holland and China; and the pretty town of Imari, where Japan's traditional culture lives on. The remote town of Okawachiyama, part of the larger Imari area, is known as being the origin of some of the finest porcelain in the world. Located in a valley, the city has a truly unique atmosphere. There are around 30 potteries here where ancient kilns still remain. Come and marvel at the Arita/Imari porcelain, whose beautiful colored designs on a milky white background have been sought after for 400 years. Another highlight is a tour of the Unzen Jigoku hot spring area, where the smell of sulfur lingers in the air and steam rises from among the rocks.

Mt. Aso & Kagoshima (5 Days)

JPY 158,000 per person

An English-language guided tour around the southwestern island of Kyushu that starts in Fukuoka, takes in Kumamoto, and ends in Kagoshima. This tour is a must for visitors who want breath-taking natural scenery and the chance to see a real active volcano. Highlights on this tour include Mt. Aso, which boasts Kyushu's best scenery and one of the world's largest volcano calderas, as well as the grand Sakurajima--an active volcanic island that rises out of the sea. Try out a sand bath at Ibusuki Onsen, hailed for its health benefits!

Free Plan Okinawa (4 Days)

From JPY 73,000 per person

Visit Okinawa: Rich in natural beauty; warm weather all year round! This holiday package includes 2 nights' accommodation in Naha, 1 night in a beach resort hotel, as well as all airport and hotel transfers!


Category A


Naha Stay:
Okinawa NaHaNa Hotel & Spa (2 nights)

This hotel is conveniently located near a monorail station, the bus terminal, and only 15 minutes' walk from Naha's main street, Kokusaidori. An excellent base for sightseeing!


Beach Stay:
Okinawa Kariyushi Beach Resort Ocean Spa (1 night)

This resort hotel is built on a hill and has sweeping views over the East China Sea. The glistening blue ocean opens out in front of the hotels' restaurant, spa and pool.

Category B


Naha Stay:
Hotel Nikko Naha Grand Castle (2 nights)

This landmark building is located on the top of a hill overlooking the ancient city of Naha, near the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site of Shuri Castle.


Beach Stay:
Renaissance Okinawa Resort(1 night)

Every room in this resort hotel comes with a balcony and an ocean view. This hotel is replete with seven distinctively styled restaurants, natural hot springs, and water sport facilities.

Half Day Diving Intro in Okinawa

From JPY 12,800 per person

If you are a beginner swimmer or do not have a diving license, there is no reason for you to miss out on seeing the fantastical clear underwater world of the warm seas surrounding Okinawa. Try out beach diving under the tutelage of an experienced English-speaking diving instructor.

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