Will come back again
our guide Mariko was amazing, she was knowledgeable and told us history of places we saw and answered questions we had. she was always on time. smiling and happy. accommodating and friendly. our driver was wonderful too as he drove us safely to each destination and always on time. our group of 17 & trip duration was from Feb 7-10 with Mariko: went to Otaru Village, along with the canal, walked around the old town, ate and did some shopping, and stopped by the chocolate factory for a show and goodies, lake shikotsu to see ice festival and got to see a beautiful sunset by the lake and bridge and had delicious bbq meal, went to asahiyama zoo and saw polar bears, the penguin walk, flying squirrel and other cute animals, stopped by the winter festival at asahikawa, and the last tour was at Okhotsk Tower and went on a Garinko ship to see ice breakers which was cold, but really fun to watch the drill break into solid ice and watch it drift into pieces. altogether, all the tours were fun and we were lucky to have great weather. our family very much enjoyed our time in Hokkaido and will come visit again. prior to the tours, we hung around sapporo for 6 days to enjoy the snow & ice festivals. will definitely come back again. Thank you Takashi, Mariko, Katso (i think that was our drivers name, can't recall spelling, sorry) and team.