Tohoku East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Regional Head Office president: Mikio Kashima, hereafter NEXCO EAST) and i.JTB (idot JTB) (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and Chief Executive Officer: Shinichi Kitakami, hereafter i.JTB) JTB) will work together to sell a discounted drive & ski travel product, "Let's go skiing! Appi/Hachimantai area ski area ETC play discount" on the JTB website from December 26th.

http://www.jtb.co.jp/kokunai/etc/iwate/

This product is a set of Expressway discounts for the section centered around the Appi/Hachimantai area, ski lift tickets, meal assistance tickets (800 yen), and hot spring bathing tickets at the Appi Kogen Ski Resort or Hachimantai Panorama & Shimokura Ski Resort. It is a great plan.

For example, the round-trip high-speed fare from Hachinohe IC to Ayoshiro IC in Aomori Prefecture is 1,400 yen less per regular car than the normal fare. In the case of Appi Kogen Ski Resort, lift ticket, meal assistance ticket (800 yen), hot spring The bathing ticket is 1,640 yen less per person than the normal price. In addition, this product is a highly convenient service that can be applied on the JTB website.

The product outline is as follows.

1 Target date

Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from Saturday, January 5, 2008 to Sunday, March 23
5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th January
2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th February
March 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd

2 Expressway usage conditions

The discount will be applied if all of the following conditions are met.

・Departure area (departure IC and arrival IC)

3 Advantageous use example

[Hachinohe area]

[When using the standard car from the Hachinohe area to the Appi Kogen ski resort (2 adults)]

-Let's go skiing! Appi/Hachimantai area ski area ETC play discount-
Expressway toll 2,500 yen
Set of lift ticket, meal assistance ticket, hot spring bathing ticket
4,800 yen x 2 people = 9,600 yen Total 12,100 yen

-Regular fee-
Expressway toll 3,900 yen (for Hachinohe IC ⇔ Ashiro IC ordinary car)
Lift fee + meal fee (800 yen) + hot spring bathing fee
6,440 yen x 2 people = 12,880 yen Total 16,780 yen

[Morioka area]

[When using the standard car from the Morioka area to the Appi Kogen ski resort (2 adults)]

-Let's go skiing! Appi/Hachimantai area ski area ETC play discount-
Expressway toll 900 yen
Set of lift ticket, meal assistance ticket, hot spring bathing ticket
4,800 yen x 2 people = 9,600 yen Total 10,500 yen

-Regular fee-
Expressway toll 1,800 yen (for Morioka IC ⇔ Matsuo Hachimantai IC regular car)
Lift fee + meal fee (800 yen) + hot spring bathing fee
6,440 yen x 2 people = 12,880 yen Total 14,680 yen

[Kazuno area]

[When using the ordinary car from the Kazuno area to the Appi Kogen ski resort (2 adults)]

-Let's go skiing! Appi/Hachimantai area ski area ETC play discount-
Expressway toll 1,800 yen
Set of lift ticket, meal assistance ticket, hot spring bathing ticket
4,800 yen x 2 people = 9,600 yen Total 11,400 yen

-Regular fee-
Expressway toll 2,300 yen (in case of Towada IC⇔Ashiro IC regular car)
Lift fee + meal fee (800 yen) + hot spring bathing fee
6,440 yen x 2 people = 12,880 yen Total 15,180 yen

[Kitakami area]

[When using the standard car from the Kitakami area to the Appi Kogen ski resort (2 adults)]

-Let's go skiing! Appi/Hachimantai area ski area ETC play discount-
Expressway toll 2,300 yen
Set of lift ticket, meal assistance ticket, hot spring bathing ticket
4,800 yen x 2 people = 9,600 yen Total 11,900 yen

-Regular fee-
Expressway toll 5,100 yen (for Mizusawa IC ⇔ Matsuo Hachimantai IC regular car)
Lift fee + meal fee (800 yen) + hot spring bathing fee
6,440 yen x 2 people = 12,880 yen Total 17,980 yen

Please see here for details such as charges.

4 How to apply

To use the service, you must apply in advance by 12:00 (noon) on the day of use. At the time of application, please register the date of use, departure/arrival area, vehicle type, ETC card, etc.

Applications will be accepted from Wednesday, December 26th.

Reception: JTB dedicated website: http://www.jtb.co.jp/kokunai/etc/iwate/
Operating company: i.JTB

5 Contact

• Thing about application
  i.JTB New Service Development Office
  TEL: 03-5796-5656
  (Hours/Weekdays 10:00-18:00)
• Thing about ski resort
  Appi Kogen Ski Resort
  (Representative) TEL: 0195-73-5111
  (Reception hours/9:00-17:00)
  Hachimantai Panorama Ski Resort & Shimokura Ski Resort
  TEL: 0195-78-2577 (Panorama ski area)
  TEL: 0195-78-3456 (Shimokura Ski Area)
  (Reception hours/8:30-17:00)
• Expressway
  NEXCO EAST Customer Center
  Navi Dial TEL: 0570-024-024
  PHS/IP phone TEL: 03-5338-7524

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