Monday, June 11

Japan travels - Northern Hokkaido!

For the first time in a while travel in Japan to a new place! Very convenient 1.5 hour flight and the plane was the same size as going to Helsinki. Sapporo airport was amazing, they had more restaurants than a decent sized mall! And the spicy crab ramen was soooo gooood. Could have just stayed eating at the airport, prices same as in the city too!


Nomnom crab ramen 
 Was too eager to go to bed after arriving so went for a run around this new place. Everything was fine that night, before we went to Micci's. Isn't that pretty much how the place looks like? 
 Neon Sapporo main street in the center 
 First day we took a train to Otaru. It's an old port & warehouse city. Lot of the cafes and shops are converted warehouses from 100 years back. Really beautiful place and kind of reminds me of BorgĂ„ in Finland.

Love the fresh gigant crab on rice! 
One of the old warehouse that was turned into a cafe with oil lights. Nice ambience and nice smell from the oil too. Really felt like being in something old. 
Check this massive 8 decker ice cream! 
How yummy looking 
Fish market in Otaru 

Kaj liked the metal girl 
Happy together :) 
Sapporo TV was filming something by the main station, Kaj wasn't really sure how to react to their mascot 
Sapporo! And their almost copy of the Eiffel Tower 
The old clocktower of Sapporo
The red brick house, old governmental building 
Gardens around the Red Brickhouse are well kept
Having a morning coffee with this view. On my way to pick up the rental car so we can drive to Asahikawa zoo + other. Family roadtrip! 
Arches 
Welcome to Asahikawa zoo! Gotta start the day with some ramen 
Not everyday you see Polar bears and penguins 
Yumyum
Flip those wings 
These 3 guys were discussing something 
Stopped by the Ebisu Gardens 
Kaj decided that enough walking was enough 
In search of Hobbits 
Famous desert design shop, sooo good stuff they had! Kitakaro is def worth a visit! 
 Prius took us 400 km without any issues 
Family up in the hills
 Swiss alps of Japan

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