Hotel Yunokawa Hakodate
3-12-11 Yunokawacho Hakodate, Oshima, Hokkaido, 042-0932, Japan
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Hakodate: Ika, Ika, Ika Odori!
... So began the squid dance, or as you’ll hear on the music blaring out, "Ika, ika, ika, O-dori" (Squid, squid, squid, dance!). The gist of the dance is to be squid-like. You put your hands over your head like the mantle of the squid, then you hop diagonally to your right, throw your weight onto your back boot and lift remaining foot and both hands up in the air and wiggle it about. Repeat the same after going diagonally left and you’ve got ...
Hakodate Happenings
This is our second time in the port city although this time there is a lot less snow. Hence Emily walking freely without fear of slipping in the snow. There were similarites with our last trip here: we visited the same delicious izakaya for seafood and the cloudly conditions did hamper some of our sightseeing. Luckily, the clouds cleared in ...
Whales At Lunch..
... a sort of routine, and the days go quickly, a lot on here and there.Comfortable places to sit and read with stunning views,we meet new people every day, Swiss and people from Prince Edward Is, yesterday.I don't have breakfast then I look forward to lunch, the menus very varied with many choices, for a few days we felt like it may have been use the leftovers, but then many containers later at Vladivostok, and we have strawberries and ...
First drama: snow storm hit Hokkaido
Morning market next to the JR in Hakodate >> Took street car to explore the city >>
Back to Hakodate station & found out that the train delayed >> Shinkansen stopped at Kanita >>
Bus to Shin Aomori >> Shinkansen to Tokyo >> Yaesu Terminal Hotel in Tokyo (no train to Kyoto as we planned)
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