Blogs from Hokkaido, Japan, Asia - page 2

Japan , Hokkaido ,Noboribetsu , hell valley. Jigokudani (地獄谷) or "Hell Valley" is a spectacular, appropriately named valley just above the town of Noboribetsu Onsen, which displays hot steam vents, sulfurous streams and other volcanic activity.... read more

Onsen Explorer Day 8 Kenichi Onsen. Yakumo. Hokkaido. Several travellers this morning were not yet ready for another Japanese breakfast and the convenience store across the road had an increase in business and a potential shortage of sandwiches for the locals at lunchtime. Northwards we cycled along the coast all day starting with an overcast sky which turned to rain at tea break. We huddled under a tarpaulin and donned our wet gear. Someone who is a proper tourist even donned a cape which saved him from a drowning by lunchtime. Lunch was at Asashi where there is a replica Dutch 17th century trading ship built in 1988 and is now s museum. The early birds ate pork curry and rice until the rice ran out and the later ones had fish noodles or sandwiches and ... read more

Onsen Explorer. Day 7. Hokkaido. Well, my washing was dry after a broken sleep caused by a bony pillow and a nameless person who chose to go bar chasing in the night and coming back flicking switches to make our room resemble a lighthouse on the Outer Hebrides. Away at 9am for a 20 minute walk to the station for our train to Aomori and the connection to the Shinkansen train to Kikonai in Hokkaido. What a sleek machine this is, and so smoothly gliding along in luxurious splendour. The weather is favouring us again, setting out at 8am in 19 degrees and getting hotter. Ken was waiting for us at Kikonai Station, where we donned our cycling clothes for another day in the saddle. The weather was significantly cooler on Hokkaido so jackets on for ... read more

Onsen Explorer day 3 A great day of continuous sunshine started with a 5km climb just to get our lungs working on this 52 mile ride to Yukisawa with a total climb of 1000m. Much of the ride was undulating accompanied by a few million Cicadas chirping in the background wearing their hind legs out. What amazed us was the volume of unmelted, and unmelting snow on the hillsides in temperatures in the mid 20’s, which was perfect for cycling. Our first tea break was by a river running quite fast and falling down several spectacular waterfalls, one of which was called Kumoi. Lunch was at a small town by lake Towadako where I had delicious eggs noodles st 1026JPY. This was followed by a climb of 5 miles which felt like 10 miles to several ... read more

Mama opat nachystala ranajky. All inclusive Dnes smer mesto a zhananie darceku pre kakavo. Nakonec mu kupujem mini kimono. Pred tym vsak zastavka na miestnej farme kde predavali cerstvu zeleninu a genialnu zmrzlina. Smer obchodak a asi 5 podlazne parkovisko. Na parkovisku v obchodaku prekvapili elektropistole na nabijanie elektroaut. Tie boli aj na roznych odpocivadlach pri dialnici. Po nakupe smerujeme pesibusom do blizkeho pivovaru sapporo. Pred tym sme si s ruri este zabehali medzi polievacom travnika. Prehliadka muzea je zdarma ale nic extra tam neni. Akurat zaujali rozne reklamne plagaty z roznych obdobi. Na jednom bola dost odhalena japonka. Na konci muzea, restika. Mama hadze do automatu prasule a uz vylieza kupon na 3 vzorky piva. Kupon odovzdany pri vycape, tam sikmacky velmi rychlo naplnili 3 3decove pohare. Restika je len na pivo, nie na ... read more