Asahigawa Summer Matsuri , Hokaido , Japan 5days
Summer is the best season for visiting Hokaido.
Ride on two wheels ascending many high hills like “ Hill of four season color”,
the beautiful scenery is a reward for your every pedals’ effort.
Clean water and soil provide nice quality of agriculture products,
like rice , cantaloupe, also make gourmet food on your meals.
☆Will be a Mandarin Speaking or Japanese Speaking Tour Guide
185km
Advance
expenses explanation：
- Double NT 55800 /person
- Single NT 65800 /person
Features
day
1
TPE Airport
New Chitose Airport (CTS)
【Meet Up Location】New Chitose Airport (CTS) Arrival Hall
【Meet Up Time】3pm on 30-Jul, 2025
【Flight No. from Taiwan】
CI- 130 TPE 08:35 > CTS 13:30
JX- 850 TPE 09:30 > CTS 14:30
BR-116 TPE 10:10 > CTS 15:00
【Shirogane Hotspring】
Shirogane Hotspring is located in the southeastern part of Biei Town, where hills are scattered in a mosaic pattern, and the foothills of the Tokachi-dake mountain range can be seen. In 1950, hot spring water gushed out, and precious platinum was discovered in the hot spring mud, so it was named Shirogane Hotspring. On the road to Shirogane Hotspring, there is a 4km stretch of white birch trees, which is called "White Birch Avenue." This place is also famous as a base for climbing Mount Tokachi, Mount Biei, and Mount Biei Fuji, and is popular among many hikers.
In the evening, we will spend an hour getting our bicycles ready.
【Meet Up Time】3pm on 30-Jul, 2025
【Flight No. from Taiwan】
CI- 130 TPE 08:35 > CTS 13:30
JX- 850 TPE 09:30 > CTS 14:30
BR-116 TPE 10:10 > CTS 15:00
【Shirogane Hotspring】
Shirogane Hotspring is located in the southeastern part of Biei Town, where hills are scattered in a mosaic pattern, and the foothills of the Tokachi-dake mountain range can be seen. In 1950, hot spring water gushed out, and precious platinum was discovered in the hot spring mud, so it was named Shirogane Hotspring. On the road to Shirogane Hotspring, there is a 4km stretch of white birch trees, which is called "White Birch Avenue." This place is also famous as a base for climbing Mount Tokachi, Mount Biei, and Mount Biei Fuji, and is popular among many hikers.
In the evening, we will spend an hour getting our bicycles ready.
Breakfast： On own
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lunch： On own
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dinner： Hotel Dinner
day
2
77km
Shirogane Hot Spring
Bike Lane
Asahikawa City
Four Seasons Hill - Shineino Hill - Daisetsu Yusui Park
【Furano】
The Furano area is rich in tourism resources and is a must-visit spot for every traveler to Hokkaido. Along with the Biei area, it can be said to be representative of Hokkaido's summer impression. In addition to the lavender fields that make tourists linger, the eight scenic spots of Furano are also stunning. In recent years, the roller coaster road has also attracted attention. It was once used as a filming location for the TV drama "Gentle Times". The magnificent view of the 2.5-kilometer straight road extending all the way to the sky looks just like riding a roller coaster.
【Chubetsu River Bicycle Lane】
The 15.2-kilometer bicycle Lane extends along the left bank of the Chubetsu River. Cyclists are greeted by the magnificent view of the Daisetsuzan mountain range, the trickling waters of the Chubetsu River, pastoral landscapes reminiscent of country estates, and colorful scenery such as white birch forests. Additionally, on the four bridges encountered along the way, very special sculptures can be seen.
【Asahigawa Summer Matsuri Fireworks Festival】
The Doshin Noryo Fireworks Festival, held on the banks of the Ishikari River near the Asahi Bridge, is the grandest fireworks festival in Hokkaido. Over 5,000 fireworks are launched, including the massive "No. 10" fireworks. The reflections on the surface of the Ishikari River decorate Asahikawa City in a colorful and dazzling display. On the day of the festival, there will also be performances by the Japan Self-Defense Forces' Second Band and the Hokkaido Mikoshi Taiko drummers. The summer night, with music intertwined with fireworks, is a unique summer festival experience.
【Mont-Bell Store】
Mont-bell is a leading outdoor sports brand in Japan. With its products' functionality, reliability, practicality, and reasonable prices, it has gained the favor of numerous outdoor sports enthusiasts.
The Furano area is rich in tourism resources and is a must-visit spot for every traveler to Hokkaido. Along with the Biei area, it can be said to be representative of Hokkaido's summer impression. In addition to the lavender fields that make tourists linger, the eight scenic spots of Furano are also stunning. In recent years, the roller coaster road has also attracted attention. It was once used as a filming location for the TV drama "Gentle Times". The magnificent view of the 2.5-kilometer straight road extending all the way to the sky looks just like riding a roller coaster.
【Chubetsu River Bicycle Lane】
The 15.2-kilometer bicycle Lane extends along the left bank of the Chubetsu River. Cyclists are greeted by the magnificent view of the Daisetsuzan mountain range, the trickling waters of the Chubetsu River, pastoral landscapes reminiscent of country estates, and colorful scenery such as white birch forests. Additionally, on the four bridges encountered along the way, very special sculptures can be seen.
【Asahigawa Summer Matsuri Fireworks Festival】
The Doshin Noryo Fireworks Festival, held on the banks of the Ishikari River near the Asahi Bridge, is the grandest fireworks festival in Hokkaido. Over 5,000 fireworks are launched, including the massive "No. 10" fireworks. The reflections on the surface of the Ishikari River decorate Asahikawa City in a colorful and dazzling display. On the day of the festival, there will also be performances by the Japan Self-Defense Forces' Second Band and the Hokkaido Mikoshi Taiko drummers. The summer night, with music intertwined with fireworks, is a unique summer festival experience.
【Mont-Bell Store】
Mont-bell is a leading outdoor sports brand in Japan. With its products' functionality, reliability, practicality, and reasonable prices, it has gained the favor of numerous outdoor sports enthusiasts.
Breakfast： Hotel
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lunch： BBQ Meal with Lamb
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dinner： On own
day
3
61km
Asahikawa
Biei Patchwork Hill
Asahikawa
Biei Patchwork Hill – Seven Stars Hill
【Seven Stars Hill】
This hill was named in the 1980s when it was used as a promotional landscape for MILD SEVEN cigarettes. The notable feature is a row of windbreak trees (larch trees) lined up on the slope of a wheat field. Additionally, the hill's charm lies in its varying scenery throughout the four seasons. In spring, there is fresh greenery; in summer, there are lavender and white potato flowers; in autumn, there are golden wheat fields; and in winter, there is a whole landscape of snow, offering a rich and diverse scenery.
【The Sun Kurando】
Located next to Kaguraoka Park in the southern part of Asahikawa, "The Sun Kurando Western Confectionery Store" has a warehouse-like exterior. The most popular sweets are the "brown sugar buns" filled with red bean paste and the round, elongated "Namiki cakes" with a white, bark-like outer layer. The store mostly uses ingredients produced in Hokkaido, such as milk, red beans, and beet sugar, ensuring that the confections are absolutely fresh and sweet without being overly rich. However, due to the lack of preservatives, the shelf life is short. If Taiwanese tourists wish to purchase souvenirs, the store provides packaging boxes with dry ice.
This hill was named in the 1980s when it was used as a promotional landscape for MILD SEVEN cigarettes. The notable feature is a row of windbreak trees (larch trees) lined up on the slope of a wheat field. Additionally, the hill's charm lies in its varying scenery throughout the four seasons. In spring, there is fresh greenery; in summer, there are lavender and white potato flowers; in autumn, there are golden wheat fields; and in winter, there is a whole landscape of snow, offering a rich and diverse scenery.
【The Sun Kurando】
Located next to Kaguraoka Park in the southern part of Asahikawa, "The Sun Kurando Western Confectionery Store" has a warehouse-like exterior. The most popular sweets are the "brown sugar buns" filled with red bean paste and the round, elongated "Namiki cakes" with a white, bark-like outer layer. The store mostly uses ingredients produced in Hokkaido, such as milk, red beans, and beet sugar, ensuring that the confections are absolutely fresh and sweet without being overly rich. However, due to the lack of preservatives, the shelf life is short. If Taiwanese tourists wish to purchase souvenirs, the store provides packaging boxes with dry ice.
Breakfast： Hotel
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lunch： Curry Udon
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dinner： Izakaya
day
4
47km
Asahikawa City
Asahikawa City
Asahikawa Zoo – Otokoyama Sake Brewery
【Otokoyama Sake Brewery】
Approximately 300 years ago, during the Kanbun era of Japan (1661-1673), sake brewing began in the Itami area of Otokoyama and continues to this day. Inheriting the brilliant achievements and traditions of Japanese culture, the famous sake is made using water from the Daisetsuzan Mountains and the cold climate suitable for brewing sake, resulting in the local chilled and mellow famous sake. The water from the Daisetsuzan Mountains has long been known as "water of longevity," and travelers can freely taste it here.
【Asahikawa Zoo】
Asahikawa Zoo, located in the heart of Hokkaido. Established in 1937, it is the northernmost zoo in Japan and is home to over 150 species of animals from around the world, including polar bears, penguins, and the famous Hokkaido brown bears.
One of the zoo's most popular attractions is the Penguin Walk, where visitors can get up close and personal with adorable penguins as they waddle along a specially designed path. Another highlight is the Polar Bear House, which features a unique underwater viewing tunnel that allows visitors to observe these majestic creatures swimming and playing in their natural habitat.
【Asahigawa Summer Matsuri】
The Asahikawa Summer Festival is a brand new summer music festival that was established in 1991. Initially, it was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the development of the Asahikawa region. Since then, the festival has been held regularly every August. The main features of the festival include dancing, large drums, and a parade of floats. Each year, the participating teams make different variations to compete with one another.
Breakfast： Hotel
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lunch： On own
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dinner： On own
day
5
Asahikawa City
New Chitose Airport (CTS)
Tomita Farm
【Tomita Farm】
This is the most frequently featured place in Hokkaido's scenic postcards. Apart from the beautiful rainbow flower fields in summer, lavender in greenhouses can also be enjoyed in autumn and winter. Dry Flower House was specially designed by a European landscape architect. Situated in the vast, seemingly endless hilly basin that resembles the sea, it is the best spot for taking in the scenery.
【ETA for New Chitose Airport】11:30am ~12:30pm
CI- 131 CTS 15:00 >TPE 18:15
JX- 851 CTS 15:25 >TPE 18:40
BR-115 CTS 16:00 >TPE 19:15
Breakfast： Hotel
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lunch： On own
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dinner： On own
Remarks and Notices
■Cost inclusive of the following items:
4-2. When filing a claim, you must provide the certificate of diagnosis and the original/duplicate receipts (no photocopies).
4-3.The coverage of travel liability insurance is limited to accidents only, and coverage is exclusive of accidents that arise out of your own health conditions. If you think this coverage is still insufficient, please take out other insurance on your own, such as travel insurance, overseas medical health insurance for sudden illness, etc.
■ Cost exclusive of the following items:
3-2. If you are 70 years old or older, you must be accompanied by a friend or relative and submit a consent form.
For the safety of your travel and the interests of all tour members, if you are pregnant or suffer, or have suffered, from any severe diseases, including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, brain diseases, cancers, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases, respiratory diseases, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, alcohol or drug addiction and physical disability, please disclose faithfully before registering for a tour. If you suffered from any of the aforementioned diseases before and have been cured, you are still required to disclose faithfully. Please consider your health conditions before registering for a tour, or ask your family or friend to accompany you during the tour. As a cycling tour is a long-distance challenge with a high level of exercise intensity, participants are required to disclose their health conditions faithfully. If a participant has any accident due to his or her health conditions in any activity during the tour, the participant is willing to be solely held liable and such accident shall be irrelevant to the company.
9.【Overseas Travel – Notice of Safety Insurance】(for people who are not staying with the group for the whole trip)
I fully understand that I am responsible for obtaining my flight ticket and meeting the group members at the designated place, and that travel agency liability insurance coverage is not applicable to me in this trip. As the result, the travel expenses that I pay for this trip do not include any insurance. I will obtain necessary personal travel safety insurance on your own in the place of departure.
■ Bike related:
1. Welcome to bring your own bike, recommended Road Bike will appropriate for
this route. the price excluded the rental bike.
2. With limited sizes and quantity, we will arrange appropriate bike size according to your application in turn.
3. The battery of E+bike not allowed to hand carry or checked-in when you take a
flight. Don’t bring your own E-bike for oversea tour.
4. If you bring your bike, don’t forget to bring helmet as well.
5. Beware of the checked-in luggage regulation about bikes, if you decide to bring
your own.
6. Hotel Route-Inn Grand has no bicycle parking area, the storage place will be a shared warehouse with local habitants. If you worry about be stolen, please rent a bicycle from local provider.
※ Rental bike included Helmet and rate listed below:
■ Reminder for Entry Japan
Suggested to apply “Pre-Entry online sign up for Immigration and custom ” via Visit Japan Web https://vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/zh-hant/ . Finished your application before 6 hours ago and down load QR code to your smartphone.
■Activity contract is based on the domestic travel model contract by the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
1. 5% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 41 days before the activity date.
2. 10% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 31to 40 days before the activity date.
3. 20% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 21to 30 days before the activity date.
4. 30% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 2to 20 days before the activity date.
5. 50% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 1 days before the activity date.
6. 100% of the activity fares are charged if you inform on or after the activity date or do not inform not showing up.
7. The fee charged should deduct the administration fee first. Then calculate the fee charged because of cancellation.
- Snacks, support van, and Photo shooting service and upload pictures to Google Drive daily. No longer making photo slideshow as usual.
- Tips of staff.
- Accommodations, meals, admission tickets during the tour.
- Insurance coverage for this activity:
4-2. When filing a claim, you must provide the certificate of diagnosis and the original/duplicate receipts (no photocopies).
4-3.The coverage of travel liability insurance is limited to accidents only, and coverage is exclusive of accidents that arise out of your own health conditions. If you think this coverage is still insufficient, please take out other insurance on your own, such as travel insurance, overseas medical health insurance for sudden illness, etc.
■ Cost exclusive of the following items:
- Airfare and transportation to and from the trip pick-up/drop-off locations
- Lodging before and after the bike trip.
- Personal expenses, such as beverages, alcohols, shopping…, and so forth.
- Personal traveling insurance: One may purchase any other additional travel insurances to fit your needs.
- If you are using your own bicycle, please prepare your own repair parts for special components and spare batteries.
- Please inform us your height/weight upon registration for necessary bike arrangements. Name and phone number for one’s emergency contact purposes are also required.
- Tour participants:
3-2. If you are 70 years old or older, you must be accompanied by a friend or relative and submit a consent form.
- Schedules and meals are subject to change to meet the needs of participants and weather condition.
- Accommodations and cycling routes are subject to change. Please refer to notices published on Giant Adventure official website. In the case of accommodations change, changes will only be made to hotels of the same level.
- Giant remains the explanation right of the tour and right for itinerary change if the weather or similar situation doesn’t allow certain schedule. Refund will NOT be given for participant who leaves or terminates the tour on his/her own.
- Cycling tour requires certain personal fitness; please take your own fitness level into consideration. People who have chronic or acute diseases are not suggested to participate. (such as cardiovascular disease)
- Travelers have the obligation of disclosing their health conditions and providing with the medical certificate upon the request of the travel agent. As you need to have sufficient physical energy to complete the activity, we suggest that you should adjust fitness by starting training yourself 2 weeks prior to the activity.
For the safety of your travel and the interests of all tour members, if you are pregnant or suffer, or have suffered, from any severe diseases, including but not limited to cardiovascular disease, brain diseases, cancers, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases, respiratory diseases, chronic diseases, infectious diseases, alcohol or drug addiction and physical disability, please disclose faithfully before registering for a tour. If you suffered from any of the aforementioned diseases before and have been cured, you are still required to disclose faithfully. Please consider your health conditions before registering for a tour, or ask your family or friend to accompany you during the tour. As a cycling tour is a long-distance challenge with a high level of exercise intensity, participants are required to disclose their health conditions faithfully. If a participant has any accident due to his or her health conditions in any activity during the tour, the participant is willing to be solely held liable and such accident shall be irrelevant to the company.
9.【Overseas Travel – Notice of Safety Insurance】(for people who are not staying with the group for the whole trip)
I fully understand that I am responsible for obtaining my flight ticket and meeting the group members at the designated place, and that travel agency liability insurance coverage is not applicable to me in this trip. As the result, the travel expenses that I pay for this trip do not include any insurance. I will obtain necessary personal travel safety insurance on your own in the place of departure.
■ Bike related:
1. Welcome to bring your own bike, recommended Road Bike will appropriate for
this route. the price excluded the rental bike.
2. With limited sizes and quantity, we will arrange appropriate bike size according to your application in turn.
3. The battery of E+bike not allowed to hand carry or checked-in when you take a
flight. Don’t bring your own E-bike for oversea tour.
4. If you bring your bike, don’t forget to bring helmet as well.
5. Beware of the checked-in luggage regulation about bikes, if you decide to bring
your own.
6. Hotel Route-Inn Grand has no bicycle parking area, the storage place will be a shared warehouse with local habitants. If you worry about be stolen, please rent a bicycle from local provider.
※ Rental bike included Helmet and rate listed below:
■ Reminder for Entry Japan
Suggested to apply “Pre-Entry online sign up for Immigration and custom ” via Visit Japan Web https://vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/zh-hant/ . Finished your application before 6 hours ago and down load QR code to your smartphone.
■Activity contract is based on the domestic travel model contract by the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
1. 5% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 41 days before the activity date.
2. 10% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 31to 40 days before the activity date.
3. 20% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 21to 30 days before the activity date.
4. 30% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 2to 20 days before the activity date.
5. 50% of the activity fares are charged if you inform 1 days before the activity date.
6. 100% of the activity fares are charged if you inform on or after the activity date or do not inform not showing up.
7. The fee charged should deduct the administration fee first. Then calculate the fee charged because of cancellation.
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