Well, I got hit on my last day with the typhoon. It was a drastic change from the previous night’s humid heats. In the morning I went to Tokyo Station to meet at the popular meeting place, Gin no Suzu. I met up with Taiga Yamazaki, independent Japanese artist and his wife for chats and […]
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I finally got my first good night’s rest. It was a relief when my mum woke me up with her voice and not her snoring – she hustled me to go to the hot springs early before we went down for breakfast. I loved the hot springs facilities at this place. It was just so […]
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First thing we did after breakfast was go to the seafood section in a department store. I was wondering for ages why they were spending ages in there… and then I found out that you can ask them to send things for you as a service so the adults sent the famous Hokkaido crab to […]
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We woke up nice and early to rain. I love rain but, kind of makes it annoying on travels. So we went to the local convenience store ‘combini’ Lawson and bought some umbrellas. Then we headed off, it was about a 2 hours drive today to Furano. On the way we stopped for a toilet […]
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Morning view from my hotel room. Absolutely stunning. I had to take another photo before we went into the hot springs again for our morning shower. Then we had breakfast and headed off to go to Jozan. On the way we stopped by a observatory area where we were once again eclipsed by the cerulean […]
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In Otaru we enjoyed the many streets filled with boutique shops of music boxes, glass and crystal crafts and pastries. I finally got sucked into consumerism and splurged on these beautiful stained glass frames, trays, plate, vases, kerosene lamps etc. I also bought some biscuit delicacies and some simple coaster woodwork. I’m so sorry […]
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Woke up to a spectacular view of Hakodate train station.. normally it wouldn’t be such a sight but I think the flatness of the land made it look appealing. And those flowers, those fuchsia pink flowers. Before we left the sleepy port town, we stopped by at Goryokaku – a pentagon tower within […]
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We arose at a ghastly 5 am to get to Haneda airport. From here we were headed to the town on the southern peninsula on Hokkaido Island. We flew with Japan Airlines which had great service. It’s interesting how much faster the airport process was just because of their heavy use of technology. We are […]
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Flight sucked. I struggled to sleep and didn’t catch a wink the night before. Mum and I sat apart with a lovely Brazillian girl in between us. She loved a chat but unfortunately, I was way too exhausted to channel my mind so I palmed her off to my mum. I don’t think my mum […]
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It was Luke’s (drummer) birthday on Friday so we decided to head out west to Moogerah Peaks National Park, more commonly known by rock climbers as Frog’s Buttress and checked out an untouched property bordering the park which Luke is looking to get. Absolutely gorgeous. After hiking through hectares of Black Boys, we popped down […]
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