Sapporo Beer Museum

Sadly the next day it's time to leave Otaru, it's been a beautiful white Christmas and the romantic getaway I'd planned but it's time to see more of Japan so it's hardly a sad day.



The train to Sapporo is uneventful but on arrival we weren't prepared for the weather to be even more insane than Otaru. The walk to the hotel was …

... a bit of a disaster and the figure skating made us both feel sick. After our sports musuem, we headed to the Sapporo beer museum. Sapporo is one of the major beer brands in Japan, it produces lots of various beers. Unfortunately, the museum itself was ...

... from Switzerland.  We got along well, and there was always someone to do something with.  Dominic and I hit the Sapporo Beer Museum which was quite good, but the highlight definitely was the fact that it had cheapest Sapporo beer in town.  ...

... go to the lavender fields like we had planned, so we improvised.  Sapporro being the beer capital of Japan, we headed to the beer museum.  Fascinating though it was, we were still below Japan's drinking age and therefore felt a little left out ...

... the walkers and one never hears a bell announcing their approach.   Yes, we finished the afternoon with a visit to the Sapporo beer museum and garden. Bryan was keen on returning to the hostel for a brief snooze in prep for night out on the ...

... plaza, which the lonely planet said was a good place for English information, which it was, getting maps and leaflets. The Sapporo beer museum sounded like a good place to start. Sapporo beer was the first beer to be produced in Japan. The first factory ...

... the 1800's are still here and have been incorporated into the architecture of the mall.  We went into one which claimed to be a beer museum only to discover that it is not only a museum but also a working brew pub!  Basically, a small part of ...

... me in to the best climbing gym in the city...I dropped that stuff off at the hotel and then went to find the Sapporo Beer Museum. Unfortunately, the Let's Go guide and my city map refused to coordinate locations so I spent well over an hour hiking all ...

... Both a little better but not sure how long will last as it looks like it snows here a bit! Reminds us of a twin peak kind of place lol but will know more tomorrow - especially after visiting the beer museum. Bye for now, us x ...

... playing by the lake. It's a huge park complete with the Sapporo Concert Hall. An amazing building. It was then off to the Sapporo Beer Museum but first we stopped by 3 temples and Ramen Alley. We had the beer sampler, twice, at the Beer Museum. It was ...

... went and took some day time pictures of the snow sculptures in Odori Park. They truly are amazing. It was then off to the Sapporo Beer Museum. It's a big tourist attraction and you can't live in Hokkaido and not go to the Museum at least once. I had the ...