Sapporo Hot Spring

... .  After the performance I asked Ms. Alabama and her male companion whether they knew how I could get back to Sapporo by public transportation.  They didn't since they drove there but they spoke Japanese and inquired from the Museum ...

... out better. Bought a dozen more eggs from Lawson before heading back to the hotel for breakfast. Tried to take some pictures of the hot spring area but it was occupied so didnt manage to. Checked out of the hotel at about 10 am and went to Nagasaki to ...

... but never got around to it: 'The DaVinci Code' (the book was infinitely better) and 'The Inconvenient Truth' (a must see!). Sapporo is located in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. It is the least populated of the 4 main islands, but Sapporo is ...

... would run out into the rain and then back into the onsen under a roof. Then bed time. Wednesday we headed out too a natural hot spring area just outside of the village. You could see the sulfur, yellow rock stuff with the steam from the water coming out ...

... my chin and now have a beaut of a bruise on it! after all that climbing I was able to unwind in the outdoor onsen (a really hot spring water bath outdoors in the woods and stones) which made me feel a little less sorry for myself. however I realised I had ...

... We spent about 2 hours in the garden itself and then checked out a couple of the other buildings before heading off for the Jozankei Hot Spring District. This area is about 30 minutes South of Sapporo and is the place to go if you want to take an Onsen. ...

... Yen each. Bought 10 of them. We then caught the 9.15 pm train back to Otaru. Had another round of onsen at the natural hot spring again before making use of the internet to reserve our hotel at Aomori, our next stop. As we could not cancel Ueno's hotel ...

Today was a vacation day so all the exchange students went to a park outside of Sapporo. I had been there before with my third host family but that was during the early spring so everything was brownish. This time everything was green and plush. We rented ...

I was going to only do these on the weekend because that's when exciting stuff is likely to happen but today was pretty good! Sapporo is absolutely covered in snow because it's been snowing for two days straight. I got totally covered on my way to the ...

... 6am to get the early morning train to Asahikawa from which there was a bus connection to Asahidake Onsen. Asahidake Onsen is a small hot spring resort at the foot of Hokkaido's highest mountain, Mount Asahidake (2290 meters), and one of the most pleasant ...

... Unzen Nita Path, Unzen Hell, Unzen Oyamano Johokan Annex, Shinyu Public Bathhouse, Ariake Ferry) 44. Kumamoto (Kurokawa Hot Spring Yamamizuki, Daikanbo Observatory, Kusasenri-ga-Hama, Mount Nakadake Crater, Shirakawa Riverhead, KKR Hotel Kumamoto ...

... Sounds weird coming from the West but there because Japan is volcanically active, there loads of hot springs. And where there's a hot spring, someone will have put a bath on top of it. The one in the region visited that day was particularly good, because ...

... in the hotel. The room, though smaller, was beautifully and modernly decorated with very beautiful amenities and furnishings. We explored the hot spring before heading out. For the ladies, we had to key in a special code before we could enter. This was ...

... close to Amanohashidate 5. Dogo Onsen (Ehime) - the oldest hot spring of Japan 6. Arima Onsen (Hyogo) - possibly the oldest hot spring of Japan, easily accessible from Kobe and Osaka 7. Beppu Onsen (Oita) 8. Nyuto Onsen Tsurunoyu (Akita) 9. Hakone Yumoto ...