The last stop on my whirlwind tour of Hokkaido was Hakodate, a port city on the southern end of the island that’s famous for it’s night view of all the little sparkly lights and historical foreign settlements. And for their squid and sushi too!!ﾃつ Oh, and for micro-brewed beer!
I took a later train from […]
This was my last day on Rebun. I walked to the ferry and got “sent off” by the youth hostel staff. The weather was really clear but it was incredibly windy.
And here’s a really short video of the youth hostel singing and clapping me goodbye as the ferry left.ﾃつ Momoiwaso YH Send Offﾃつ You […]
And more photos of Rebun Island and the 8 hour hiking course:
So after the ferry trip on friday morning i took the same train trip back to sapporo and went back to the same lovely youth hostel. I didn’t arrive in Sapporo until somewhere after 7pm and was quite tired so I just picked up some miscellaneous dinner from a nearby supermarket, took a shower, did […]
i’m not sure what happened to my original post….i had a million photos up with long stories and informative links and now it has magically disappeared into cyberspace. makes a good case for keeping a backup copy of everything even after you think it’s “safely” posted… anyway. i’m reposting just the photos at the […]
I’m finally to my Hokkaido trip!!!ﾃつ Woohoo!ﾃつ Hokkaido was one of my favorite trips (definitely). It was a really beautiful place, people were a little more friendly, the food was delicious, I saw a lot of stunning nature scenes, and I made some great friends! What more could you ask for?!?!?ﾃつ So […]
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