Tag: Hokkaido
Sapporo Diaries: Back to the Airport and Solo for a bit, Again
My boyfriend went to Korea again (to leave the country, again, since his 90 days were almost up), so I accompanied him to the airport on April 22. It’s kind of funny, because a week later he would accompany me to the airport for my Taiwan trip, but I digress… We left home around the…
Sapporo Diaries: A solo date and reunion
I went to Sapporo on April 15th because my boyfriend was coming back from Tokyo, and we stayed the night so he doesn’t have to rush back to my place. Plus, it gave us some time to relax and spend some time in Sapporo. April 15th: I got on my usual 7:40 bus to Sapporo,…
Sapporo Diaries: Sanrio 60th Anniversary Exhibition
On March 4th, my boyfriend and I went out to Sapporo, with our main goals this time around were to see the Sanrio 60th Anniversary exhibition at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, and to get a haircut for my boyfriend. That’s been long overdue for him, and he’s been kind of waiting until he…
Sapporo Diaries: Taking Myself on a Solo Date to the Movies
Happy Birthday to the Emperor! February 23 was a national holiday, which meant I get the day off work. It’s a little awkward, because it’s kind of a random Thursday off (so not a three-day weekend…), and I have to go into work the next day, only for it to turn into the weekend, ha!…
Otaru Diaries: 26th Snow Light Path
On February 11th, my boyfriend and I spent a day in Otaru to go see the lights that were happening in the evening. Apparently there’s a famous event there called the Snow Light Path (translated), and the 11th was the first day of the event. I decided to spend the whole day to make the…
Sapporo Diaries: The 73rd Snow Festival
Picking up after the last post left off, is my post about my first time at Sapporo’s Snow Festival! We timed our Korea trip so we would come back right when the festival would start and not have to make a separate trip to Sapporo. We booked a hotel for the weekend, and although originally…
Sapporo/Noboribetsu Diaries: A Private Onsen Experience
On January 14 and 15, my boyfriend and I took a brief weekend getaway, sponsored by my parents as their Christmas gift to us this year, to Noboribetsu, a city in Hokkaido known for their onsen. Since I’m in Hokkaido, and I guess in Japan in general, I’ve been as wanting to go to an…
Otaru/Sapporo Diaries: Experiencing Japanese New Year
Happy New Year! I got January 2-5th off (but not the 6th…) free without needing to use any paid time off (and the 9th ends up being another holiday, ha!), and though I was originally thinking of going home for a holidays when I first came, Christmas and New Year’s, since my boyfriend is here,…
Sapporo Diaries: Pancakes and (Not!) Izakayas
We were going to go out this weekend to Sapporo mainly to do some winter-ish shopping, particularly for my boyfriend who needed to get some snow boots. He ended up getting boots locally in town, so it turned into more of a food day (which was already planned anyway), plus some spontaneous shopping, some needs,…