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Sapporo Diaries: 2024 Lilac Festival and Afternoon Tea
On May 18th, I went out to Sapporo to have some Afternoon Tea and see the local events that were happening, namely the annual Lilac Festival, a Korean Festival, and a Hawaiian Festival. There were quite a few things happening, and since I knew I wanted to go out this weekend, I decided to make…
Hakodate Diaries: Golden Week Sakura
This year, “Golden Week” lands within the peirod of April 27th to May 6th, with a three-day weekend from April 27th to 29th, and a four day weekend from May 3rd to May 6th. This year, intead of using three days of nenkyuu to make it a continuous vacation, I decided to take two mini…
Sapporo Diaires: Parfaits and Demon Slayer Exhibition
On April 19, my boyfriend and I stayed overnight in Sapporo for just a casual stay. Originally, I was just going to go for a day trip on the 20th, but my boyfriend suggested staying the night, and I figured it’d be worth it totake advantage of being there overnight for the extra time. April…
Yoichi Diaries: Nikka Whisky Distillery
On Sunday April 14, my boyfriend and I went to visit the Nikka whisky distillery in Yoichi, where Nikka was founded. It’s one of the big hallmarks of Yoichi, just a bit away from Otaru, and probably one of the bigger tourist destinations in the area. My boyfriend is a whisky fan, so I wanted…
Shakotan Diaries: A Drive Around the Shakotan Peninsula
On April 6th, my former coworker / friend took me on a day-trip drive along the West coast along the Shakotan peninsula. It’s less “Shakotan” Diaries since we actually didn’t spend too much time in Shakotan itself (there really isn’t much else in Shakotan considering it’s a village with a dwindling population), and more “Shiribeshi”…
Taipei Diaries: National Palace Museum, North Taiwan Tour, and Yongkang Food
On to Part 2 of my spring Taiwan trip! March 26th: This day was actually pretty cold and our trip to the National Palace Museum. I had been before back in 2018, but my sister wanted to go again, and we figured it’d be a good experience for my boyfriend to see. I had the…
Sapporo Food: Ice Cream and Parfaits
Arguably Hokkaido is most known domestically and internationally for their milk. More broadly, the dairy, and even within the prefecture there’s huge pride on it too. Ice cream places will all clearly advertise made with Hokkaido milk, or more specifically milk from a specific town in Hokkaido. I remember back when I came to Japan…
Sapporo Diaries: The 74th Sapporo Snow Festival
This year the famous Sapporo Snow Festival was held from February 3rd-11th, and my boyfriend and I chose the second weekend to stay the weekend and hang out and check out the festivities. We decided pretty early on (learning from our lesson last year) that we wanted to stay the weekend to see the sights,…
Sapporo/Tokyo Diaries: Airport to Home!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I went home this holiday season, and though not doing actual city exploring, I did spend quite a bit of time at airports and in airplanes, which is still blog adjacent for anyone that is interested in New Chitose or Haneda airport! I took a bit of a break…
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…