Tag: Food
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Sapporo Diaries: Showing my Friend Around
The same friend I showed around Otaru left for Sapporo right after to stay a couple days, and he also asked me to show him around Sapporo, so on November 25th, I headed over to give him a tour of what I know in the central area. I took my usual bus, but for some…
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Otaru Diaries: Pokemon Donuts and Happy Thanksgiving
November 23rd here happens to be a holiday this year, and aligns with American Thanksgiving, and also happens to be Japanese Labor Thanksgiving. Apparently the holiday is about being thankful and celebrating the labor people put into harvest, which is similar to American Labor Day and Thanksgiving combined (go figure). My boyfriend wanted to go…
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Lake Toya Diaries: A Birthday Treat!
For something new, I went to Lake Toya for a brief weekend trip on November 18-19th as a birthday gift to myself! I’ll list all my recommendations on things to do in the area. At first I thought about making it a Sapporo weekend stay, but I figured I go to Sapporo enough that I…
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Sapporo Diaries: Fall Vibes on a Long Weekend
November 3-5 was another three day weekend here in Japan, as November 3rd is Culture Day, and this time around, I figured I would take advantage of the longer weekend to stay in Sapporo. I thought about it early enough that I booked accomodation in Sapporo in advance, so I wouldn’t end up with an…
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Sapporo Diaries: China Festival and Spy x Family Exhibition!
I went out to Sapporo on October 21st, because I figured it was about time to go out of town again, and also various events happened to line up that weekend, which made it all the better to go. First up on the agenda after getting off the bus was checking out the China Festival…
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Sapporo Diaries: Vietnamese Food on Sports Day
October 9th was a holiday! Happy Sports Day, not the school event, but the national holiday. Even though it was a three day weekend, I decided to just go on a solo date on the 9th (I did think about staying the weekend, but didn’t find anywhere good). My main goals of the day were…
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Egg Cartons in Japan
Any American (I can’t speak for other countries) out there would know that eggs come in a dozen (which for anyone who doesn’t know, means a count of 12). Sometimes if you didn’t want to buy that much, you can get half a pack, or 6, but not necessarily for half the price. Or even,…
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Things to do in Otaru, Hokkaido
Since I’m making a Sapporo version (which is much larger than Otaru), and since I’ve been to Otaru a couple times, have a few coworkers/friends from there, and it’s the next biggest city closest to me, I figured I can make a version of that post but for Otaru. It’ll be a bit smaller, since…
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Sapporo/Otaru Diaries: Sapporo Pride and Autumn Festivals
September 16-18 was a three day weekend for me, and also happens to be the weekend of Sapporo Pride, along with a ton of other events! This year I did want to partake more in the festivities, since I decided not to go at all last year. Since I also had the extra day off,…
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Kutchan Diaries: Chinese Food and Too Many Donuts
On September 2nd, I took a solo day trip to Kutchan, because I felt like going out after staying at home for two weeks. Why Kutchan? Well, for one, there’s a Chinese place there that looked pretty good and has been on my radar, and I figured it’d be a nice change of pace from…