北海道 2008

***Another old entry to fill up the gap on days when I do not have new posts. =Pp Been seeing lotsa Hokkaido pictures on my friends' Facebook recently. Looks like it's a popular destination for year-end holidays, especially for us living in tropical countries to get a real taste of a snowy winter. Here's my Hokkaido trip taken in 2008 together with milmilky!*** (10/2/2011)

北海道ing (2008年 3月 17日-22日)
a recap of my Hokkaido trip in pictures...

Day 1


took my first ever domestic flight from Kobe airport


arrived at Chitose Airport in 2hours, then JR Sapporo station a further 40mins later


freestyle class with Nishino-san, who's really nice and friendly! =)

Day 2


breakfast at 二条市場 - 海鮮丼!


first stop of the day - 開拓の村


dressing up as people from that generation


there was snow everywhere


weeeeeeeeee!


next - 白い恋人パーク


the making of 白い恋人 cookies (it's really delicious!)


yummy cake buffet!


cute snowman around the whole place


third stop - 藻岩山


took the ropeway up


to enjoy the night view of Sapporo


last stop - すすきの where we had sushi for dinner

Day 3


went up 札幌テレビ塔


saw 大通公園 from the top


the mascot of the place - テレビ父さん


took pics at 時計台


and then at 赤れんが


soup curry for lunch


reached 手稲スキー場 after some rest and travelling


i love lying on the snow


tried snowboarding for the 2nd time


while Audrey tried skiing for the 1st time


the snow bike we got to ride on cos we were too scared to slide down the slope =P


when dusk began to fall


both of us managed to ski/snowboard a little better by the end of the day


Sapporo Ramen after a super tiring day!

Day 4


arriving in Otaru 小樽


walking along 寿司屋通り


fresh and yummy 海鮮丼


ornamental glassware at 浪漫館


the mascot of Hokkaido (i have no idea why its... *ahem* is protruding!)


big and juicy scallops at only 100yen each


Otaru Music Box Museum


pretty pretty pretty!


mesmerised


the famous Otaru Canal


when it was still bright


when it was all dark


love the clear reflection in the water


the weirdest ice-cream flavours!


Audrey had squid's ink & cranberry while i had sea urchin & butter potato


cute sweets (available in both chinese and japanese)


on the train back


conveyor belt sushi at only 136yen per plate - big and cheap and oishii!

Day 5


snowy scenery along the 3-hour bus ride


arrived at 旭山動物園


saw a number of animals, and 10 times the number of people... -_-


旭川ラーメン in the zoo cafeteria


Hokkaido milk - very fresh & rich taste


時計台 and 札幌テレビ塔 at night


walking along 狸小路 shopping street


visited numerous souvenir shops


sushi for dinner again!

Day 6


walked to 二条市場 to buy some souvenirs


a last look at the TV Tower


幸福駅 merchandises


前往幸福车站的票... 谁会陪我去呢？


goodbye Hokkaido


hello Kobe


all the souvenirs i bought

Extras


where we spent our nights everyday - internet cafe!


北海道限定 Purikura!

hope to visit Hokkaido again in summer next time... and find my 幸福駅!