Minshuku Ikawa
Travel Blogs from Matsumae-cho
Beach combing......search for antique glass floats
... amount of sea glass, but still no glass floats. My boots and socks were pretty wet......I didn't quite make it across a stream of water dividing he beach, so I decided to head back to the one place I'd found floats when I was here last time.... (it was going to be a bit of a drive so I placed the wet boots & socks near heater vents and headed out).
Kusodomari is ...
Hakodate and Amori- Furry Pink Handcuffs
... creativity. Squid ink ice cream for example - - I mean what better combo can there be? smooth milky sweetness infused with black slimy fishiness. Your stained black mouth helps you relive the memories for hours afterward!
One observation I noticed on this trip, not specifically about Hakodate but Japanese people in general is that they always have this need to give me a title or have common description words for me no matter where I go. Words that I ...
Back to Oirase for some real fall color
... br>
I did make it to my normal trail head, but the trail was a muddy mess. I started up the trail about a quarter mile and decided my hiking boots were going to be swamped if I kept going, so I opted for a second attempt at the fall colors of Oirase Gorge.
I was richly rewarded along the river. There was still plenty of fall color, but ...
Fall Colors.......sort of
... the tour guides pace.
Oraise Gorge is a very popular with both the Japanese and the Americans in the area. There is a very nice path that runs nearly the entire length of the gorge up to Lake Towada. This time of year, there are cars parked in just about every pull-out and they have parking assistants at both ends and at the ...
Paddle, Paddle, Paddle the Kayak.....
... turn. Fall has come late this year. Normally, by this time of year the mountains would be bright shades of red and gold, but it seems summer held on so long that the leaves are behind schedule. ....I don't mind. This time of year the weather is wonderful.
....and it is the beginning of apple ...
