Wrap up warm kids we're off to Hokkaido
May 16th 2011
So the journey continues northwards towards Hokkaido and to temperatures 10 degrees lower than the main island via a rather long train journey which takes us through the Japanese equivalent of the channel tunnel.
First stop on the itinerary is Sapporo, the prefectural capital and japan's fifth largest city.
We were both pleasantly surprised at how cosmopolitan and lively the city was as I
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