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11 Minami 2 Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku Sapporo, Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan, 11-241-1111
Another travel day... Dreary day in Tokyo and the region. Cab to train station. Train from Gunma to Tokyo Station A little break to get food and pee. Then a bus from the train station to the airport. Then a flight to Sapporo... where it is heavily fall! Brisk, and chilly but Sunny and perfect!!! We took a bus from the airport to the hotel. We are staying at the Sapporo Prince Hotel. This place is FANTASTIC. I'm on the 16th floor, with a view of the city and mountains behind it. First thing wa...
Sapporo, Japan nyguy79So we had a free continental buffet breakfast at our hotel today. This hotel (Sapporo Prince Hotel) is Ahhhmazing... more details on why soon. Amy, Joanne and I (Self-proclaimed "Eaters" of the tour) decided to have an adventure and go to the Fish Market for an early lunch at around noon. Amy had strolled by earlier, and despite being spit in the face by a clam (no seriously, she was spit on!) she was eager to go back for more. I know this isn't nearly as fancy as the Tokyo Fish Market (HIGH ...
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... mieru (you can see sunset)" restaurant.
Oh, YUMMY!
This park also has this crazy fountain... the water goes up as high as 25 meters.
I could learn a bit about Isamu Noguchi today.
His father was a Japanese guy, and his mother was an American teacher.
Once his father knew his mother was pregnant, he went back to Japan.
Isamu was raised by his mother mostly in Japan, and ...
... many stories about the summit such as meeting other groups of indigenous peoples, struggle for coordinating the event, joy of the success, etc. I felt their passion, and I felt great starting to know about such great people. The next indigenous summit will be in Canada next summer. Hopefully I can participate in the event next year. Takashi kept telling about the importance of the education especially for younger generations to learn about multiculturalism and ...
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan beachmonkie... up to task. Still, it's an interesting market and I stopped to have some breakfast of king crab at a small stall. Basically the woman (the husband called her a Goddess at cooking crab) snipped apart a kind crab leg, cut off half of the shell and cooked it over a barbecue flame and with a blow torch. Really delicious--not very sweet, but super moist and crab flavor was there. The char might not be my liking but it was really tender. Plus some of the crab was undercooked ...
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan mchao... would take one person constantly drinking a 350ml can 2000 years to drain the storage vats! The scale of the operation was incredible. There are mega-breweries like this in Canada and the U.S. but this was the first time that I saw one of them close up. There was an interesting exhibit that showed where in the world all of the beer ingredients such as wheat, hops, etc... are sourced from. Wheat is ...
Sapporo, Japan schwinkleIf you read the previous entry, I'm sure you could safely assume that this morning was quite a rough start for all. Your assumptions would be correct! Amy, Joanne and I started our morning with a sit in the local park with carb-filled pastries, coffee and water. Once we were filled, we decided to figure out how to get to this historical village...so we went back to the hotel to ask the front desk. At the hotel, we ran into our Tomoki our amazing Company Manager. "Tom" was ...
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