hokkaido 2015

After 7 months of delays, we finally finished writing the story of this Japan trip. Unlike our previous trips, this time we were visiting the northern part of Japan. This 10-day…

We had to wake up really early today, because we needed to catch the 7:20 train to New Chitose Airport from Sapporo Train station. So, we did all the packing…

In the morning when we woke up, the sky was gloomy. There’s a high chance of rain that day, according to the weather forecast. It was unfortunate that we had…

Today was the end of our group traveling together in this trip. From Hirosaki, we planned to go back to Shin Aomori and there we would split; Noushka and Ditha…

Ishiba Ryokan is a 1879 family-run traditional guesthouse located a few blocks away from the castle ground. The wooden house felt cosy and much bigger from the inside because of…

Our plan at Hirosaki was to check out the Hirosaki Castle, one of the few original castle left in the whole Japan in the afternoon. We’ll stay one night at Ishiba…

We loved yesterday’s breakfast so much, that we had to go again today… I still wanted more uni! So, before we left Hakodate (and Hokkaido, actually), this morning we squeezed in…

Once we were done with Goryokaku, we were spent… We immediately looked around for a cafe to rest and have some drinks around there, but we couldn’t find any. So we…

Morning everyone! We all woke up early to catch the long awaited Hakodate Asaichi (Morning Market). It’s actually primarily a fish market that opens from 5am every day, with fishermen…

The trip from Toya Station to Hakodate was a little less than 2 hours. We left around noon, and planned to arrive a little before 2pm. Maybe because we started the…

Lake Toya is one of two destinations that we stayed in for two days instead of one. And today is our checkout day from Kawanami. After the big breakfast this…

Ever since we did our research on Lake Toya a few months before this trip, we’ve been hoping that we could ride bicycles around the lake. Yesterday, when we passed…