Japan
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…
Do you wanna build a snowman?
First day in Asahikawa was somewhat of a failure. We had to leave the first hotel we checked into because the room reeked of cigarette smoke and the wallpaper was cracking and peeling. By the time we settled into the…
Tale of Two Snow Festivals
We are in Sapporo mainly for the snow festival which usually takes place in early February every year. Just a heads up, if you intend to attend a snow festival in the near future, make sure you dress warmly! This…
Japanese Photo Booth
On a random quest for the Hello Kitty store, we spotted bunch of girls waiting in line for these photo booths. I now know what I would look like if I got plastic surgery. Add some double eyelids, elongate my…
this is rusutsu. in all it’s quirky and powder-filled glory
apologies for the lack of posts in the last week. our five days in rusutsu was the most jam packed amount of riding i’ve ever done and then i’ve been laid up the last two days with a flu and…
Sapporo Miso Ramen
We arrived in Sapporo right before dinnertime. Our Air BnB place is across the river, about a 15 minute walk to Susukino’s ramen alley. We managed to find a ramen restaurant with 5 free seats. The ramen restaurants are all…
Snow Pillows
I tried snowboarding and skiing in Rusutsu. I am marginally better with skiing. At least I can somehow move myself in the direction I need to go to when on skis. On the snowboard, I’m pretty much at the mercy…
roaming around annupurri, hirafu and stuffing our faces all day
we spent our last full day in hirafu in search of some eateries. first on the list was rakuichi sobatei, a small soba house in annupurri that was featured on no reservations a while back. it’s a 12 seat restaurant…
Day Trip to Otaru
I made a day trip to Otaru on my own yesterday. Started out at the Hirafu intersection waiting for the Niseko bus that goes to the Kutchan train station at 8:59am. For whatever reason, the bus was 15 minutes late…shocking…
