Sydney International Airport
4. syyskuuta 2016, Australia ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Sydney International Airport became very big. Lots of shops and lots of people. Jeff and I might try to get out of Australia from Canberra by going to Singapore next time.
Shin Chitose Airport
5. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Jeff and I arrived at Shin Chitose Airport this morning. Very tired from our long trip from Canberra. We nearly didnt make the JAL flight from Tokyo to Shin Chitose as Qantas flight to Tokyo wasLue lisää
Susukino Area Sapporo
6. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Susukino Area in Sapporo. Jeff and I are staying here for three nights. Jeff is still unwell but feels better than the first day in Hokkaido. I ate katsudon for dinner. Haven't done this for a longLue lisää
Toyohira River, Sapporo
7. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Nice river running through suburban Sapporo
Upstream Toyohira River
8. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
I have been noticing at breakfast buffet that everyone serve rice into the rice bowl the same way; an empty rice bowl in one hand, rice scoop thing on the other hand, serve rice in two (or three)Lue lisää
Another night in Sapporo
9. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
No trains to Wakanai because of heavy rain. Typhoon approaching from the Southern side of Japan, it's about Sendai now. We cancelled our hotels in Wakkanai and Rishiri Island. Booked Toyako onset (inLue lisää
Lake Toyako, Hokkaido
10. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Arrived at Lake Toyako today on a bus from Sapporo. It's very nice here. Our room looks over the lake. Some pics later. This is an old style Japanese hotel. A little bit shabby but I would say this isLue lisää
Still at Lake Toyako
12. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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 FrenchLue lisää
Toyako onsen
13. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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 erruptionsLue lisää
Otaru
14. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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 beLue lisää
Sapporo station
17. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Back to Sapporo Station. Now on train to Asahikawa.
Asahikawa
18. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Asahikawa feels like the Wild West of Sapporo. There are unusual looking people including an old woman with dyed pink hair with matching pink outfit.
Found a small Nepalese restaurant near the hotelLue lisää
Asahikawa Museum
18. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
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 ofLue lisää
Chubetsu River
18. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
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 picsLue lisää
Mt Asahidake
20. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
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 prettyLue lisää
Back in Sapporo
20. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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.
JeffLue lisää
Sapporo station
23. syyskuuta 2016, Japani ⋅ 🌫 16 °C
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)Lue lisää
































































