I arrived at Asahidake Onsen in the evening and would be staying two nights there so that I’d have a full day at Daisetsuzan National…
Continue reading → Daisetsuzan 2019: Asahidake Visitor Center and Walking Path
My second stop in the region near Biei was at Patchwork Road. Like Panorama Road, Patchwork Road is not so much an individual road as…
After escaping the city traffic of Sapporo I drove for a few hours deep into the interior of Hokkaido. The rain from the dying typhoon…
Though my 2019 trip wasn’t the first time I had driven a car while overseas, it would be my first time driving in Japan. Additionally,…
I woke up the next morning to heavy rain outside the hostel. Back when I was in Nikko I had seen on the weather satellite…
Continue reading → Sapporo 2019: When the typhoon caught up to me
For dinner in Sapporo I went to a restaurant called CoCo Ichibanya. A friend of mine who used to live in East Asia highly recommended…
Continuing my journey north, I took an afternoon train from Hakodate up to Sapporo. Currently the shinkansen line doesn’t extend to Sapporo so the ride…
My favorite fast-food restaurant in Hakodate is a burger chain called Lucky Pierrot. There are 17 Lucky Pierrot restaurants scattered across Hakodate and each of…
In the area northwest of Motomachi is Yamanouedai Shrine. My AirBnB host had suggested I check out this shrine if I was in that part…
Continue reading → Hakodate 2019: Yamanouedai Shrine (山上大神宮)
Hakodate has a simple tram network that runs through the city and while most of the trams have a more modern look there’s a small…
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