Category: Traveling

There were two large revisions we made to our Japan Dec 2019 itinerary in the months of planning from July onwards. Firstly, we decided not to a round city by city loop from Tokyo and opted instead to spend a

While Nakajima Park was always on our itinerary but on Day 12 morning, Moerenuma Park wasn’t anywhere on our itinerary. The park isn’t in Sapporo Centrals but on the outskirts, but accessible by bus 76 from Kitasanjuyojo Station, with the

The last nine days has seen us getting up really early every morning – for the adults, it’s been as early as 5:30AM – and routinely returning back to the hotel 8PM or later. The kids have borne up very

Otaru is a lovely town, and we’re glad we set aside a full-day to check out the place’s sights. The highlight for the kids again was the copious amount of snowfall, and of the lovely powdery type. Day 09’s a

We left the Otaru Aquarium after the penguin walk in time to catch the 11:45AM-ish bus ride back into Otaru Central, stopping by the Victoria Station steakhouse for lunch. After that, it was a leisurely walk – in snowfall but

Sankaku Market done; the next place on the itinerary was Otaru Aquarium where we’d spend the rest of the morning. We swing back to the bus terminal, look for station counter 3, and board bus 11. The Otaru Aquarium Pass

Day 09 is our day trip to Otaru. The forecast for Day 09 the day before reported that there would be a good chance of snow fall in Sapporo. As it turned out, snowfall started probably late night that by

Mt. Usu is an active volcano in Hokkaido, and the fact that it could blow up at any time is a reminder issued prominently as one lines up to go up via ropeway. The four eruptions since 1900 were in

Two of the popular lakes for sightseeing in Hokkaido are Shikotsu, and Toya, both of which are located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park. Both are reachable from Sapporo through good road connections, but because of the amount of driving involved –

One of Sapporo’s most famous landmarks is its Sapporo TV Tower, which sits on one end of Odori Park. The digital clocks – courtesy of Panasonic – installed on all four sides of the tower don’t just tell time: they