Hakodate 2017: Onuma Park (大沼公園)
A few miles north of Hakodate is Onuma Quasi National Park. It’s called “quasi” because it’s technically not a national park but everyone acts like…
A few miles north of Hakodate is Onuma Quasi National Park. It’s called “quasi” because it’s technically not a national park but everyone acts like…
Each day there’s a morning market in Hakodate that runs from about 6am to noon. The market mostly sells seafood and produce and also has…
On my first night in Hakodate I took the ropeway up Mt Hakodate to see the city at night. The city of Hakodate was built…
Continue reading → Hakodate 2017: Mt Hakodate at Night (函館山)
It’s time for the third installment in my series of itinerary ideas for my potential trip to Japan and Korea later this year. In today’s…
Continue reading → Japan-Korea 2019 Itinerary Ideas: Hokkaido Region
I’ve been thinking more and more about my potential return trip to Japan and South Korea and recently I brainstormed what I call the Dream…
Having finished up in Nikko, it was time to resume my journey north. Back at Utsunomiya I boarded a shinkansen (bullet train) that took me…