On Dec. 6th we headed north to the island of Hokkaido with my mom and Aunt Patsy. We enjoyed yummy crab for dinner!
Our first full day was quite snowy! We explored the Hokkaido Historical Village, home to many old buildings and a glimpse at life in the 1800's.
We also visited the Hokkaido Museum to learn about the ancient Ainu people. There was even a woolly mammoth!
That night we toured Odori Park in downtown Sapporo and went to the top of the TV Tower. For some reason TV towers are very popular here, every city has one. Sapporo also had the White Illumination and the German Christmas Market while we were in town. Great way to get in the spirit!
On Monday we visited the Sapporo Clock Tower, which is featured on all the tourist brochures.
Then we hopped on the train to Otaru, a beautiful city on the Sea of Japan.
Otaru is famous within Japan for orgels (music boxes), glass blowing, and it's romantic canal.
That night we went to the Sapporo Bier Garten for delicious beer and Jingis Khan, a dish of grilled lamb and veggies.
They put plastic wrap on your coat and purse, and it's a good thing I wore my bib!
For our last day in Sapporo, we went to the Olympic Sports Museum and Park. It was very entertaining! They had simulators for the ski jump, bobsleigh, spinning like figure skating, and a ski lift. My mom and Patsy were troopers about the ski lift too!
2 comments:
It looks like you guys are having a blast traveling around Japan! The Olympic village looked really cool!
I love the pic of AA with the chop sticks and the bacon frying on the grill with what looks to be a pat of butter on it. Lovely. Even if that's not what it is....that's the story I'm going with. BANZZZAII!!!
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