Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi – Snow Light Path Festival
February 12 and 13, 2025 When I was in Otaru in 2017, I read about the Yuki Akari no Michi…
Sapporo
Hokkaido Chocolate
February 2025 Shiroi Koibito Park – Sapporo Aside from the world’s best cold water fish, milk, and chocolate are two…
Ice Carvings – 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival
February 2025 The Sapporo Snow Festival has three venues. The Suskino Site is lined with ice sculptures. This site is…
Sapporo Snow Festival – 2025
February 2025 The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of the largest snow sculpture festivals in the world. The Festival started…
The Older Architecture of Sapporo
December 2017 Getting around Hokkaido in the winter is not the easiest of tasks, so this trip is limited to…
Things to do in Sapporo
December 2017 Sapporo is a very walkable city, and what you will notice is the lack of automobiles, most likely…
Otaru on the Sea of Japan
December 2017 Otaru is a lovely little town situated on Ishikari Bay of the Sea of Japan. It was an…
Sapporo Beer Garden and Museum – Sapporo, Japan
Christmas Day – 2017 The Sapporo Beer Museum and Bier Garten are a fun way to spend an afternoon. The…
Christmas Eve in Sapporo, Japan
December 24, 2017 It is Christmas in Japan, and Sapporo does it big. Today we spent the day walking the…