Blogs from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia - page 9

on thursday, i jetted off to hokkaido (northern japan) to see the world famous snow and ice festival known as yuki matsuri... the train journey to my hotel was incredible... i was so excited to leave the airport tunnel and see outside and when i finally saw the view, it didn't disappoint... the sky was bright blue and the snow was beautifully white and sparkly... and there was so much of it! i've never seen so much snow in my life! by the time i arrived at my hotel it was late in the afternoon but i literally just dropped my bags and went straight out again, as i couldn't wait to see all the amazing snow sculptures. it wasn't AS cold as i thought it would be but i'm glad i had my very unattractive ... read more

札幌千歲機場 - 白之戀人朱古力工房 - 明治時計台 - 大通公園 - 白色燈火節 White Illumination - Sheraton Hotel 一起身執好晒野就去食早餐, 準備乘坐內陸機到北海道喇!! 要趕飛機所以要比之前2日早起, 晨早流流起車度已經覺得好累, 但又好興奮好想快d到hokkaido! 導遊已預先話我地知, 日本人做野手腳好慢, 所以等頒手續要一段時間~ 真係等左好耐先有得check-in呢~ 坐內陸機要1個hr多d就到喇, 可能部機細d, 所以我覺得有d拋~ 臨降落時, 已見到周圍既地方一片白茫茫, 好靚好靚!!! 一落機已感受到溫差喇! 東京凍極都未below 0度, 北海道daytime 都零下1至2度~ 拿晒行李搞掂所有野, 跟住我地就由札幌千歲機場坐車去bbq lunch buffet既地方~ 沿路不停欣賞雪景同埋北海度既景色, 一路坐車都一路影相~ 個bbq lunch buffet好多野食, 又有好多糕點/cakes/其他甜品食, 又可以自己整細個成日食既大大舊棉花糖添! 一路食出面就落起大雪, 好靚~ 食完暖lup lup大家連羽絨都唔使著就即刻起餐廳出面狂影相~ 之後到白之戀人朱古力工場, 因為過期事件冇得入去, 但單單工場出面已令我地流連忘返! 一入去就有好多好似歐洲古堡既建築, 有聖誕老人坐既鹿車啦, 屋仔啦, ...etc. 到時鐘答正時, 整個地方有音樂, 望真d先見到古堡上面d廚師起度郁~ 凍到流晒鼻水, 跟住去下一個景點, 明治時計台~ 好大雪呢! 任我地起附近行行到夠鐘去大通公園睇白色燈火節~ 不得不提北海道既冬天, 4.30已經開始天黑架喇, 比起響東京還要早呢~ 我地見有間doughnut店, 於是入左去暖一暖~ doughnut唔太甜很好, 而個粟米湯好好味好甜的~ 吃完就見到大通公園既燈飾已著左就起行~ 入夜後起0甘空曠地方格外凍, 但d燈飾幾靚, 離遠眺望著左燈既札幌電視塔仲靚~ 然後返酒店, sheraton比起之前2日果間更好, 地方大d舒服d... read more

Hey! In Sapporo now. Caught the plane up yesterday . It was a good call on the flight - 40quid and it took around an hour ........... not such a good call on the hostel. We've been punished for badmouthing backpackers as this place is completely empty - thats not an exaggeration, its actually empty apart from us. Not a single other westerner to be seen. * We had a wander yesterday - much quieter than Tokyo but it still has a good feel to it . Its reminicent of Vancouver in the way the mountains are visible to the west and its one of the few Japanaese cities that has adopted a US style street grid system . Went to a small bar/eatery and it went like this: (in Japanese) Owner: ... read more

September 2nd - 3rd was the craziest travel day either of us has ever experienced. Woke up at 3 am, taxi to Vancouver airport, flight to San Francisco, 3 hour wait, flight to Tokyo, 3 hour wait, flight to Sapporo airport, train to Sapporo, subway to Hostel area, walk to Hostel. All of this took more than 25 hours so needless to say we were sleepwalking by the time we arrived. Unfortunately, the hostel hadn't received our reservations for a 3 night stay, but they did have a vacant room so we took it and were asleep before our tired heads hit the pillows. In the morning we called a different hostel and they had vacancies so we headed over there and booked in. Dormitory style only, and men and women sleep in different rooms. That's ... read more

Keep on Moving - A Final Kampai! was the name of the rockin joint farewell party for Leo, Maiko, Yara, Kako and myself to celebrate four plus years of friendship and adventures all over Sapporo and Japan. We had all decided that it was time to move on (Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia) and wanted to bring our extended group of friends together for a final kampai! Things kicked off around 1 in the morn with Rob V. playing a sweet accoustic set and he did a kick arse job considering he was the first man up. Volansky's voice was so powerful that a mic was not actually needed, but rain jackets or umbrellas could've helped those within ten feet of the stage - he really gets that saliva going ;-) From there Mario brought his Brazilian ... read more