After this Susukino, we got on a train going to Otaru. The train ride was one of the most beautiful rides in Japan that really reminded me of Spirited Away as our train coasted next to the ocean and the otherside were mountains, it was absolutely enchanting.
Otaru was already snowing when we got there, we took a bus going to an onsen first. Jesse was already feeling quite tired and I was hoping the onsen would help, and it certainly did as afterwards she regained much of her composure. It was already dark when we got out and we stumbled our way around the dimy lit streets of Otaru, looking for the snow festival. We went inside a shop and asked where it was and were pointed to the right direction. We finally caught sight of the Otaru canals, and on point as we started to see candles. Otaru's snow festival focused a lot on the romanticism of its canals and candle-lit snowladen street beside it. We walked along the path and saw a lot of small snow sculptures with candles inside. This continued all around Otaru but we were also running out of time as our flight was in a few hours. We started to rush back to the station and caught one train going to Sapporo. We rushed to the lockers to get our stuff only to realize we didn't have the keys with us, this caused a lot of panic and some heightened emotions and the guy standing near the lockers just watched it all happen despite knowing having the key in question. Kinda annoying as we missed another train and this set us back a lot of minutes, this made Jesse really anxious but I was still confident we would make it. We got on our train and made it just fine at the airport. I met a guy on the airplane and we talked for a bit while I played Pokemon on my Switch.Read more
February 9, 2020 in Japan ⋅ -9 °C