Sapporo station

Last day. Had lunch at Sapporo station. Soft rain outside.
Pics from Tanuki Koji (or Racoon Path shopping arcade) area where we ate dinner last night and the view from the JR Tower (38 floors tall)Read more
Last day. Had lunch at Sapporo station. Soft rain outside.
Pics from Tanuki Koji (or Racoon Path shopping arcade) area where we ate dinner last night and the view from the JR Tower (38 floors tall)Read more
We came back to Sapporo today. We are staying at Mercure Hotel. Its a compact hotel but very nice. We went for a stroll down a shopping area this afternoon and rested at the hotel after that.
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Indian food in Sapporo! I wonder if it's Japanese Indian, or Indian Indian. Waiting for your report :-)
Jeff drove us to Mt Asahidake. It was a magical place. We went for about an hour's walk on a rocky road. It was really scenic. The leaves were already starting to tirn yellow and red. It was prettyRead more
We cycled along Chubetsu River. The cycle parh goes for a really long distance. We stopped along the way and chatted. Saw this young father with two children. Made me think of the children in the picsRead more
Rented bicycles and visited Asahikawa Museum. There were some photos from old times showing lives in this place that gets v cold. Lives of children were very different then. The museum had lots ofRead more
I would love to visit this museum. The children look similar to those in my mother's photo album from her childhood (minus the cows and snow).
Back to Sapporo Station. Now on train to Asahikawa.
We travelled from Lake Toyako to Otaru today. We found this place called Otaru Asari Classe Hotel, which is located in the hills about 30 mins bus ride from Otaru Station on a bus. This place must beRead more
So you have ticked sea urchin off the list of things you have never tried. I don't mind sea urchin if good quality, but I like kani miso much more. Oh yum.
Today we went up Mt Usu. It was pretty wild up on the mountain. At the museum located at the top of Mt Usu, we saw how the whole Toyako onsen town came to be, how it came out of a series of erruptionsRead more
I'd love to visit this lake. Touring Hokkaido seems like a very good idea. The only time I went to Sapporo was December, and it had record snowfall. So it was difficult to travel (and very cold).
This is our third day in Lake Toyayo. We had breakfast, and sat meditation, and is now about 10am. We have been eating buffet style breakfast here (and elsewhere). We managed to get some nice FrenchRead more
A great view from the tower! And Tanuki Koji looks cosy. I love little Japanese bars and restaurants in lanes.