Blogs from Hokkaido, Japan, Asia - page 4

Ranajky opat velmi bohate. Ruri mama furt nukala jedlo. Vcera som spravil mensie faupax. Do kupelky som isol len v trenkach, tam ruri aj s mamou (kupelka pri kuchyni), tak trapna chvilka. V japonsku sa takto po byte nebeha. Inak vcera som aj rozmyslal ako sa s ruri zvitam na letisku. Ci len hi, podanie ruky, uklon abo objatie. Nastasti to vyriesila za mna a bolo objatie. Napraskany nasadame do auta a zacina nasa okruzna jazda po hokkaide. Dnesny ciel mestecko noboribetsu. Zastavka v dost velkom obchode s drogeriou kde ruri predtym pracovala. Kupa repelentu a zvitanie sa s exkoleginami. Nesmelo chybat klananie pri pozdrave a pri odchode. Nabiehame na dialnicu, pri vstupe fasujeme dialnicny listok, podla ktoreho sa vypocita celkove mytne pri opusteny dialnice. Samozrejme tu funguje aj elektornicke myto ale ruri auto ho nema, ... read more

Saturday, 14th July 2018 I started Day 07 of my trip in Hokkaido with a visit to the beautiful Former Hokkaido Government Office located at downtown Sapporo city. Built in 1888, I was fortunate to be able to catch hold of an outdoor concert taking place outside the red-bricked building. Since it was a Saturday when I visited, access into the building was closed. After lingering for 30 minutes, it was time for me to bade goodbye to Sapporo and head to the city of Asahikawa where the Asahiyama Zoo is located. Touted Hokkaido's most established zoo, my visit was worth it for I could get up close to the Polar Bear who was resting comfortably in his enclosure. There was also this very adorable Japanese Red Panda as it made its way up and down ... read more

Thursday, 12th July 2018 We took a Lavender Express Train bounded for Furano this morning. We were half-expecting that there would perhaps be some lavender scent or even decorations onboard this Special Train Service (which there were none unfortunately). Arrival at Furano station some 80 minutes later, we transferred to another local train that would bring us to the Nakafurano Station where the lavender fields are located. We chose to visit Farm Tomita due to its proximity to public transportation. This was an easy 25 minutes walk from the station. Along the way, we passed by the Town Lavender Fields which gave us a preview of what was to be expected at Tomita later. We paused for a short lavender-flavoured ice-cream break before continuing our walk along the main road. This was a warm and sunny ... read more

Monday, 9th July 2018 After breakfast at my favourite Dotour this morning, we left Tokyo to embark on our 857km rail journey to Hakodate, the gateway city in southern Hokkaido. The Hayabusa Shinkansen train did the trick in slightly over 4 hours. By 2.37pm, we had arrived at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station where we continued our 19-minute journey to the city centre via the convenient Hakodate Liner local train. From the main Hakodate Train station, our hotel at Goryokaku district was an easy tram ride away. This was my second stay at the Dormy Inn chain which was popular for its in-house hot springs facilities and complimentary ramen noodles served in the evenings. It was rather chilly by the time we arrived in Hokkaido this afternoon with overcast skies and light rains as we ventured out from the ... read more

04.04.2018 Today was our visit to Mount Fuji. It is world heritage site.Also highest mountain of Japan . It is also worshipped by them. We started in our bus. The view was good full of blossoms in between. For our first view of Mount Fuji we got down from bus. Behind was Mount Fuji with snow clad top. Now we were going to enjoy our Kaba ride. This is the Amphibian bus ride to enjoy the breathtaking view of Mt.Fuji not only from land but also on the water. First the bus went through jungle area. Then they announced now the bus will enter water. Are you ready? And splash !! The bus entered in water. A little further, we were able to see Mount Fuji. We took photographs Then the bus returned to Kaba station. ... read more