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Asamushi Gawa

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    • Day 70

      Day 69-70

      May 9 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 8 °C

      Day 69

      We took today at a nice slow pace having a lie in and milling around the city for the day. This included a nice walk along the pier passing some modern art statues that unfortunately didn’t do it for me and looked more like junk than art sorry to all the modern art lovers reading! We visited a lighthouse that has been sprayed funky colours and patterns as well as visiting a few shops and going to the top of a very triangular building for the view over the sea with Hokkaido in the distance. We enjoyed a DELICIOUS steak that was served rare - to perfection if you ask me and enjoyed the day wondering through the city and savouring our last few moments before heading back to Tokyo tomorrow!

      Day 70
      Boohoo day 70 🥲

      We checked out of our hotel and headed to the station to find a coin locker for our big rucksacks. Luckily we managed to find one locker big enough for both our bags which was very impressive amongst lots of little lockers we did well to secure the only big one! We then went ten pin bowling and played two games with both of us winning one but both of us playing awfully with the top score being about 70!! I blame the very small very slippery bowling shoes that they made me wear!

      Then to round off the day we went to a fishing spot about 20 minutes from Aomori on this lovely secluded pier with a stunning view. Sadly we didn’t catch any fish in the time that we were there but it was so bloody windy that I was quite glad when Jacob agreed it was time to give up so that I could head back inside to somewhere a bit warmer!

      Catching the train back to Aomori station we had a quick dinner and filled our backpack with snacks and drinks and then headed to the bus stop. We are taking a 12 hour bus from Aomori all the way down to Tokyo tonight so super looking forward to that one! But it’s a very cheap way for us to get back to Tokyo only costing £40 in total versus over £200 each on the bullet train although this would have only taken 4 hours!

      Clambering onto the bus we were pleasantly surprised when we discovered we had been given blankets and a pillow like on a plane! And we also have this bonnet type thing that you could pull down over your head if you wanted to be in the dark but it does look very funny!

      We are just settling into the bus journey now only an hour in so far so wish us a smooth journey and we will update you once we get to Tokyo!
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    • Day 203

      Asamushi-Onsen

      June 2 in Japan ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

      A brief stop in the tiny town of Asamushi-Onsen on our way north for lunch, hitching a lift with Cathie and Gareth in the Cube before they headed along the coast and we continued up to Hokkaido.

      We had read about the outstanding size, quality and price of the tuna rice bowls at Tsurukameya Shokudo so we went to find out for ourselves.

      The rumours were true. Chris ate the big one. Elli had done her best work in the Wanko Soba challenge yesterday and decided to take it easy.

      It was outstanding.
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    • Day 31

      Sapporo > Aomori

      October 5 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      We woke up at 7:30 very tired and packed our bags. We grabbed a quick breakfast from a convenience store and headed onto a train that went to shin Hakodate and transferred to a Shinkansen which went 240 metres below sea level. We walked to our hotel which was right across from the station and got settled in. Mum and dad went to the micro brewery across the road while we rested for a bit. The sunset looked beautiful so we took some pictures and walked up the street which had some cozy little home style restaurants. We also saw some artwork along that way. We went back to the hotel for an onsen and went down for dinner. The food was amazing and we got to see some interesting traditional entertainment afterwards of singing and Japanese guitar and drums. The people dancing had many different costumes on with most having bells on them. The kids went back to the room while mum and dad went and watched more Japanese guitar over some sake. 10:30 bed for another big day tomorrow.
      Narrated by Bryce
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    Asamushi Gawa, あさむしがわ

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