2024 Northern Add-On Tour

Kingdom of the North

August/September 2024: Specific Dates TBA

Please note: This is a sample tour description based on the 2023 itinerary. 2024 tour itineraries and descriptions will be finalized circa December 2023. For an idea on what to expect, check out our 2023 Tour Recap.

Two NPB teams are located north of Tokyo, and on this tour, we’ll see them both!

We start off with a quick bullet train north to Sendai, to see Masahiro Tanaka and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Then, we’ll fly to Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, where the Nippon-Ham Fighters (former team of Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish) play in the city of Sapporo in Japan’s sleekest new ballpark, ES CON Field Hokkaido. And yes, you can visit the Sapporo brewery, which is beautiful and has a beer museum!.

This tour can be paired with the Main Tour.

*Sample Itinerary

- Sun. 9/24: Arrival to Sendai, Fighters @ Rakuten Golden Eagles (1:00 PM)
- 9/25 Sapporo: fly to Sapporo
- 9/26 Sapporo: Marines at Nippon-Ham Fighters (6:00 PM)
- Wed. 9/27: Depart Sapporo

*This is a sample itinerary. 2024 itineraries will be announced around December 2023.

What's Included

Price

As an add-on to the Main Tour :

TBD double occupancy

TBD single occupancy

As a stand-alone tour:

TBD double occupancy

TBD single occupancy

(does not include transportation to Sendai at the start of the tour)

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