Goryōkaku Tower

I caught the tram up to Goryokaku Tower and to have a look around. It was at this point I realised Hakodate was a lot bigger than I originally thought but it's nice it still had the small town feel to it.
The tower wasn't busy and so I hung around a little until the lights for the star came on.
I then walked down and through the star grounds which compared with the others I had been too again felt quite small but I still enjoyed it. The trees which lined the area looked amazing at night.
Wandered south a little and came across a busy yakitori bar where the locals ate. It was very good food and I spoke to a guy there the whole time, he had good English and helped me translate to order what was being suggested to me. The sake drinks were really good being poured into the wooden cup until that and the plate below it almost overflowed.
I went to catch the tram back and had my first slip over in the ice, might have been from the couple of sakes or was just about time. I went back to the train station as my hotel is not far from it and changed the train tickets and booked another night in this hotel as I wanted to explore Hakodate a little more than just one day.
I kept running into these little statues everywhere, I only took photos of a few but that was another thing I liked about smaller towns was they had a little more art scattered around.
I then caught up on washing and while that was running I went out for a few drinks at local pub. Again ended up talking to the locals a lot who found it very interesting that I would choose to stay in a small town. The girl seemed interested and so did the bartender, they asked questions like what type of girls I like and if I was single but found it hard to know if they were or not. Guess this is my insecurity and naivety or they could have just been friendly.
As I was heading back to the hotel it was -11° which you really felt but I was glad I was wearing full thermals.Read more