Day 3
Asahikawa - Sounkyo
Breakfast at the hotel before checking out. Visit the Asahikawa Winter Festival, which has one of the biggest snow sculptures which varies each year with different themes. There are also several other snow activities such as snow slides, snowmobile rides, horse drawn sleigh rides and an ice bar. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit Asahiyama Zoo which is home to 700 animals of 124 different species, including animals that live in cold regions, such as polar bars, amur leopards, and scops owls and penguins. Visit the biggest facility in the world to experience the winter season in Hokkaido for all year. Transfer to Sounkyo. Visit Sounkyo Ice Light Up Festival, an event that can only be experienced in the intense cold weather. Ice-climbing experiences, winter fireworks that light up the night sky in glorious color, and a 13-meter high ice sculpture that forms an ice tunnel are just some of the features of the festival. Check in and dinner at the hotel.