Written by eugenebeh on February 26, 2004
- On my way to the Makomanai site, I was constantly reminded by signs and posters that it was accessible from the Jietai Mae (literally "Before the Self-Defense Force") subway station and not Makomanai station. As...
Written by eugenebeh on February 24, 2004
- Further ahead were the next five sites:
6-chome: Rest Area
It’s a place thoughtfully provided for people to spend their money on more souvenirs and for smokers to tar their lungs inside closed rooms. I didn’t spend...
Written by eugenebeh on February 24, 2004
- All the statues at Odori are positioned in a line stretching from the Sapporo TV Tower to Odori 12-chome. Visitors are supposed to walk to the end on one side of the display sites and...
Written by Composthp on January 6, 2005
- Otaru, once a herring town/major commercial city in the early 1900s, is steeped in history and historical buildings. Its proximity to Sapporo makes this a popular destination for day-trippers. The compact town can be easily...
Written by Composthp on January 2, 2005
- The Akan National Park is situated in Eastern Hokkaido. It spans 905 square kilometers and has many natural attractions, like volcanic peaks, large caldera lakes, and ancient forests.
In winter, the most popular activities seemed...
Written by Oyaji on March 8, 2006
- While many people visiting the Niskeo region are more than content to stay in Hirafu and explore the four zones that make up the United Niseko field, I wanted to explore. John, from The Niseko Company,...
Written by eugenebeh on February 28, 2004
- Having scouted the area the day before, I arrived at the entrance of Tokyu department store to do some last-minute shopping at 9:50, just ten minutes before opening time. The department store opened at exactly...
Written by eugenebeh on February 28, 2004
- Just a note of caution before starting: everything in Japan is horrendously expensive. What else would you expect from a country where a movie costs around ¥2000 per person or a coin locker costs ¥300...
Written by eugenebeh on February 24, 2004
- A few blocks south of the TV Tower, Sapporo’s entertainment district of Susukino also had a large number of ice sculptures lined along one street, but no snow sculptures. Most of the sculptures were, in...
Written by eugenebeh on February 24, 2004
- Odori 11-chome was the site of the International Contest, where countries all over the world competed to shape a block of snow 3.5m by 3m by 3m into a sculpture of their own design. The...
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