With direct flights between Songshan Airport in Taipei and Haneda Airport in Tokyo set to begin Oct. 31, Taiwanese travel agencies are planning to launch luxury tours to Japan via the flights, with a 33-day vacation priced at a whopping NT$1.25 million (US$39,000). EzTravel Co., a leading local online travel agency, announced Thursday at a press conference that it will start to sell the top Japan travel package online -- with only 20 places available -- from Sept. 9. Jack You, chief executive officer of ezTravel Co., said the tourists will travel business class on All Nippon Airways (ANA) and first class on the Shinkansen, Japan's high-speed railway, to 26 destinations in Japan. Miya Shinsuke, head of ANA's Taiwan branch office, said that as Haneda Airport is ANA's major base for domestic flights, it will be easier for the airline to plan tours in Japan from that airport compared to Japan's other main gateway, Narita International Airport. He was upbeat that the top-class tour will attract attention in Japan, as such tours have been rarely been seen, and he predicted that Japanese travel agencies might follow suit in designing similar packages. The tourists on the one-month luxury tour will stay at top hotels with an average room rate of NT$26,000 per night, which would bring the total accommodation cost of the tour to NT$800,000, according to the online travel agency. The Taiwanese online travel agency has been successful in launching various luxury vacations since the economy has recovered. In April, it sold out all 40 seats for a NT$2.25 million 60-day world tour. Lion Travel Service Co., one of Taiwan's largest travel agencies, also said the Songshan-Haneda flights will provide more flexibility for planning top tours in Japan. The company is also planning to launch top-level tours to Tokyo and Kyoto, with a seven-day tour priced at NT$300,000. 