Kyushu Splendid Sakura Tour 2025
Savor spring’s beautiful cherry blossoms in Kyushu
Dive into a colorful landscape dyed pink! Vibrant Kyushu waits for you!
Always wanted to stand under Japan’s famous cherry blossoms? Our Kyushu Splendid Sakura Tour is the perfect opportunity to see this beautiful season in full bloom!
Newly updated with a more relaxed itinerary for spring 2025, our fully-guided itinerary will take you across Japan’s southernmost island, journeying to difficult-to-access regions like Mt. Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture and the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture. You’ll get to savor all-you-can-eat specialty varieties of Kyushu’s juicy, renowned strawberries, plus plenty of time to soak away your stress in a multitude of soothing hot springs (including two nights of PRIVATE ONSEN!), not to mention a chance to visit Nagasaki’s Gunkanjima “Battleship Island”, once the most densely-occupied human settlement in the world.
Sit back and relax with two rides on Kyushu’s famous small trains, the “Shimatestu Cafe” gourmet train and the “Minamiaso Torokko” open-air sightseeing train, and even marvel at dolphins leaping alongside you on a dolphin-watching cruise. Walk through ancient temples and gardens splashed with color, try your hand at making your very own “dragonfly ball” glass accessories and traditional bamboo crafts, enjoy your fill of local specialty cuisine each and every day, and much more! Explore Kyushu in its most beautiful season with our Splendid Sakura Tour!
Destination Highlights
Fukuoka – Ureshino Onsen – Huis Ten Bosch – Nagasaki – Gunkanjima “Battleship Island” – Obama Onsen – Unzen “Hells” & National Park – Kumamoto – Mt. Aso – Beppu “Hells” – and more!
Tour Includes
10 nights comfortable accommodations – 25 deluxe meals – Onsen (Hot Springs) – WiFi router – HNL Airport Lounge – Unique activities & experiences – and much more!
Price
Full Package (group airfare incl) $5,290 (Adult) / Land Package (no group airfare incl) $4,190 (Adult)
Kyushu Splendid Sakura Tour 2025
Tour Details
10 NIGHTS / 11 DAYS IN JAPAN
For an in-depth look at the many activities and destinations you’ll visit, see our written itinerary here: Kyushu Sakura Tour Itinerary (PDF)
Or check out the short summary below!
Itinerary Summary
| Day | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25-MAR | HNL Airport departure on Hawaiian Airlines (nonstop flight) |
| 2 | 26-MAR | Arrive in Fukuoka, rest at hotel |
| 3 | 27-MAR | Dazaifu Tenmangu, one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines, Yanagawa Riverboat ride for cherry blossoms, Yanagawa Doll Festival “Sagemon Matsuri”, Mifuneyama Rakuen Flower Festival, hot springs! |
| 4 | 28-MAR | Hizen Hamashuku sake brewery, Yutoku Inari Shrine sightseeing, Ureshino “Ochamura” tea specialty shopping, Huis Ten Bosch theme park illumination |
| 5 | 29-MAR | Free time to enjoy Huis Ten Bosch theme park at your own pace, specialty strawberry picking experience, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum & Peace Park, Mt. Inasa for famous night view |
| 6 | 30-MAR | Gunkanjima “Battleship Island” Digital Museum, ferry ride to Gunkanjima and sightseeing on the island (paved path), Glover Garden sightseeing (oldest wooden Western-style building in Japan), Move to Obama Onsen, enjoy PRIVATE hot springs! |
| 7 | 31-MAR | “Hot Foot 105″ foot bath, the longest foot bath in Japan! “Shimatetsu Cafe” gourmet sightseeing train, Unzen Jigoku “Hells”, Dolphin Watching sightseeing cruise, enjoy PRIVATE hot springs! |
| 8 | 01-APR | Unzen Vidro Art Museum (blown glass creations), hands-on “dragonfly ball” glass crafts experience, ferry to Kumamoto, Kumamoto Castle sightseeing |
| 9 | 02-APR | Suizenji Japanese Landscape Garden, Shirakawa Suigen natural springs (one of the “100 Best” waters in Japan), Minamiaso “Torokko” Sightseeing train (open-air train), Mt. Aso “Daikanbo” w/ 360-degree panoramic views, move to Beppu, hot springs! |
| 10 | 03-APR | Colorful Beppu “Hells” sightseeing, including “Sea Hell” and “Cooking Pot Hell”, hands-on traditional bamboo crafts experience, shopping stop at AEON Mall Chikushino, special farewell dinner at local restaurant in Fukuoka, free time begins |
| 11 | 04-APR | Full free day to explore Fukuoka! |
| 12 | 05-APR | Free morning & early afternoon, depart for HNL in the evening on Hawaiian Airlines (nonstop flight) |
