Wing International 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 ...

Hai Hakodate! Hakodate (pronounced Hack-o-dah-tay) is a lovely port on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. It is famous for seafood. Isn't it interesting though that this simple word 'seafood' can mean different things depending on your culture and upbringing. For Brad and I, looking forward to 'seafood' kind of (naively) meant "we'll have some prawns, calamari and hot chips next to the sea. Ok, throw in some crab legs and a wedge of lemon ...

... 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 ...

... 10 000 cerisiers en fleurs. Dommage pour nous, a cause du froid du mois d'avril, la floraison est en retard. Meme s'il y a a priori 250 especes differentes, 5% seulement des arbres etaient en fleur... Ca sera pour la prochaine fois ;-) Avant de partir pour Tokyo nous avons fait le tour du "Morning Market" ou etaient etales des centaines de crabes, mollusques divers, oursins, ormeaux, coquilles St Jacques... qu'on pouvait deguster sur place passes au BBQ.

... spaced evenly away from one another. It's a very Western architecture up North. You get steepled roofs (for snow), vinyl (or faux wood) siding, some yard space, maybe. And it kinda fits into Hakodate's foreign inspired lifestyle. Historically, Hakodate was 1 of 3 ports opened to trading after Perry brokered the treaty in the 1800s. The city has ex-Russian, British and American consulates. Only the British is immediately recognizable (though I suppose the concrete ...

... 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....

apres 4 heures de train, dont 30 min danss un tunel de 58km sous l'ocean! je suis arriver a haakodate en hiver. Aceuilli par des flocons de neiges intensement soufles par le vent, le contraste avec les plus 30 degre d'okinawa il y a 5 jours est tres grand! Hakodate est la premiere grosse ville sur l'ile de hokaido. mais les hotels cheap sont rare, je me suis rive le nez a deux hotel fermer pour l ...

... 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 ...