Fitness Hotel Sansanmaru Hakodate

... positive spin on our detour; he says it will be one more day of Kobe steak. We are using internet cafes, but it is very difficult getting directions to one, because no one speaks English. They do try, however. We are in Otaru and it is raining off and on. We dont have pix yet. We will have to wait til next stop.

... I have been "sea sick" for two days. Cub has been fine&#8212;one of the lucky ones I'm told.<br><br>Many guests have had the problem too. The ship recommends &#8220;green apples,&#8221; hot tea, and crackers and only sipping liquids. Whatever it was I ate, it really helped. I&#8217;m feeling very well today despite ...

Our train chugged in to Hakodate around noon. The sky was overcast and the weather was chilly. The only thing on our schedule was a castle where the samurai had their fabled last stand. After we went there and tramped all through the mud trying to find something interesting in the castle, we were stumped. And then it started raining. We retreated to the gift shop where we hid out waiting for the rain to stop before we tried to run to the bus stop. It did not ...

... wanted to see some Cherry Blossoms and landscaped gardens. We decided to navigate the local bus system and go to Goryoukaku (Go-roo-kah-koo) Park. Brad's Japanese is really coming along too. He used it today asking a random local waiting with us if he had the right change for the bus: Brad (points to sign): Goryoukaku? Local man: Hai (yes) Brad (holds out 230 Yen): Good yen for bus? Local Man (checks the yen): Hai. (switches to ...

... That's why we get to know japanese internet coffee: 1000 of small boxes with PC and/or screen where it is possible to get a rest, possibly sleep, read mangas and even get a shower ! According to the number of underground streets and arcades in the city, we assumed that the weather is often cold and wet... We saw the sun again in Otaru, small town in the west of Sapporo, famous for its ski resort and its big aquarium where we enjoyed ...

... prendre les photos. Les Chinois n'ont pas la meme politesse que les Japonais ! Bref, rien de tel pour nous remettre de nos emotions qu'un bon repas dans un Sushiya. Nous avons de nouveau deguste des Sushis delicieux en testant cette fois des nouveautes : oursin, crabe, anguille (cuite), oeufs de saumon, calamar et tantacule de pieuvre. Mais notre sushi prefere restera le maquereau. Le lendemain nous nous sommes rendus a Mastumae ou on comptait voir ...

... goes under the Tsurugu straits and then Hokkaido. Aomori-ken is basically hills and towns, and the tunnel is a 20 minute void. I love how the train company makes a big deal out of the tunnel--there's info sheets telling you how deep and long it is and there's announcements when we enter, reach maximum depth and exit. All this and you still really can't appreciate the architectural might of the thing because it's pitch black and you hurtle through the darkness without ...

... lanterns running along the decks to attract the squid. Fish is all the rage on this island. Think I might be facing my fears again sometime very soon! There was a serious blizzard going on here for most of my stay so I missed the usually beautiful view across the bay sadly. Oh well... on to Sapporo....

... qui avais boucler tout un secteur. J'ai finalement fini par savoir que hakodate a une communaute russe qui date des premiers echange commerciaux a la fin des annees 1800. Donc le ministre des affaires etrangeres de la russie etait sur place. Deux helicoptere, une centaine de policier, un quartier de ferme a toute circulation. jai fini par me trouver un chemin pour me rendre dans le quartier ...

... slivered dried squid. This inspired the others, and one by one they came over and giggling they each gave us a little something: nori-wrapped rice crackers, tiny sugary almond cookies, coconut-mint candies. For dinner we made our first visit to a sushi restaurant since arriving in Japan. It was one of those places with small plates on a conveyor, but this place had not one, but two tracks. Plates of two pieces ranged from $1.30 for ...