Our first small group tour of 2019 was our Winter Wonders Tour. This tour was a 12 day tour which ran from January 27th to February 7th, 2019. Our small group from Australia had a wonderful time traveling through northern Japan taking in beautiful winter scenery at some of Japan's most famous Buddhist temples, Shinto Shrines, and nature spots. The highlight of the tour was undoubtedly the 2019 Sapporo Snow Festival though. We began the tour in Tokyo, where we experienced both