The final freeze
3 November 2016
Exploring the Hakodate fortress at night
Apart from a brief period between coffee and train station tomorrow morning, tonight is officially my last chance to freeze to death on my holiday....
Dull hysteria
3 November 2016
A day trip from Hakodate to Onuma Koen
Hakodate is small. So small that it only has one department store and thats mostly closed down. Small enough that the main station which is where ....
Running with the buses
2 November 2016
Hiking up the road at night for the view from Hakodateyama
As suggested earlier, it was time to go to the top of Mount Hakodate to do the tourist thing and take photos of the city lights. I thought to myse....
Fight for your right for a view
2 November 2016
The slow train from Sapporo to Hakodate
Now I am in Hakodate. Each time I arrive in a new place I feel it is important to herald my arrival through a bold declaration. The journey to her....
Flipping my own food
1 November 2016
Eating Okonomiyaki in Sapporo
Tomorrow I go to Hakodate, but first, one last meal in Sapporo. I panned google maps around looking for an apricot shaded area of streets which si....
Dam it
1 November 2016
Walking from Jozankei Onsen to the nearby dam via a tunnel
Last full day in Sapporo, and thankfully no rain. I made my decision of where to go last night, should be easy to get there, there was a small hit....
Baseball legend
31 October 2016
Indoor sports centres of Japan
I have often wondered if I would be able to make it to the majors, now I have that answer, unequivocally YES. Before we get to my new amazing car....
Captives
31 October 2016
Visiting the Sapporo zoo on a rainy day
Warmer today, could be as warm as 8C, wheres my shorts? Warmer however means rain. And it rained. And it rained some more all day. The rain was no....
Pre halloween
30 October 2016
Halloween and curry in Sapporo
Halloween is tomorrow, Monday, or was it Friday and Saturday? No its tomorrow, but theres about a million halloween people out posing for photos t....