Otaru Redux
Wifi has been really hard to come by at our hotel in Otaru. I took a train and bus for an hour to Sheraton Kiroro so that I could take advantage of their fast wifi connection to book our flights…
sempre pizza, our guilty ashikawan pleasure
once again we’ve fallen behind in our posting schedule. for me this tends to happen once i start a stretch of back to back riding days which seems to render me completely useless past dinner (or breakfast since it’s technically…
Love Love Sand
I really really love the peanut butter Love Love Sand. It was my daily quilty pleasure in Asahikawa until killjoy jojo reminded me how much sugar and calories are in one of these packages. Boo. The Love Love Sand are…
Sapporo Cat Cafe
Made it back to Sapporo today and by chance on the way home from dinner, we pass the cat cafe I was hoping to get to before. So serendipitous! Jojo took one for the team and visited the cat cafe…
Wednesday Afternoon Randomness
Another grey wintery day in Asahikawa. More snow and more cold. We wake up, put on the same jacket and shoes and head out the door. Although the call of the mall is strong, we determinedly turn left in search…
weekly recap #2 – asahikawa
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. fujita kanko washington hotel, central asahikawa, for 8 days q. favourite meal a. fav dish would be from baihouken ramen. not for the ramen itself though but for their…
daytrip to kamui ski links
after 5 days of sitting dormant in asahikawa, the weather finally turned around so I decided to head up to one of the local hills, kamui ski links, for the day. from what I’ve read, there’s some great terrain and…
Snowpocalypse
We debated dinner options until we stepped out the door and saw snow blowing up and sideways. Aeon Mall it is. Somehow these two boys in the picture below didn’t get the memo to dress warmer. Ah youth. We’ve seen…
Travel Lessons – Asahikawa Edition
Jojo and I are currently hiding out in our hotel room and watching Season 7 of Modern Family. Our plan to find a cat cafe today went out the window when we stepped outside this morning for food. It is…
the mishaps of asahikawa
“you can’t win them all” – connie mack so yeah… we’ve had a rough run since making the transfer from sapporo to asahikawa. a 90 minute express train ride brought us into asahikawa station and i’ve been fumbling with an…
