Tag: Otaru
Sapporo/Otaru Diaries: Lilac Festival 2025 and Showing Friends Around
My college friend is visiting Hokkaido for a week with a couple friends! I met up with him in Sapporo to give him a basic tour, and the day after was an Otaru day! It also happens there’s a ton of festivals happening in Sapporo this week, so it was a good time to come!…
Otaru Diaries: Yakiniku and Wing Bay Hangout
On Saturday, March 23rd, our local Block Advisor organized an in person meetup for the JETs in my area! We’ve had a few online game nights this year, but this was the first time in a long time that so many of us gathered in one place. I met a lot of new people, some…
Otaru Diaries: 2025 Snow Light Path
On February 15th, I went to Otaru to check out this year’s Snow Light Path! This year, it lasted from February 8th-15th, and since I was on vacation, Saturday the 15th was the last day I could experience it this year. My friend also wanted to hang out, so we spent the day in Otaru…
Otaru Diaries: Cells at Work Movie and Snow Miku hunting
On Februrary 1st, I went to see a movie in Otaru! We love a movie discount day, and I was hoping the live action Cells at Work movie that came out in December would still be playing in theaters by the time a discount day rolled around. Luckily, it was! Time for my first weekend…
Sapporo/Shiraoi/Otaru Diaries: National Ainu Museum
This year, Sports Day lands on October 14th, which means we get a 3-day weekend in October. Huzzah! This time around, I wanted to use the opportunity to visit Upopoy, the National Ainu Museum. If anyone plans on going, I highly recommend reserving your tickets to Shiraoi in advance! October 12th: Originally I was going…
Sapporo/Asahikawa/Otaru Diaries: Sapporo Pride and Food Festivals
September 14th to the 16th this year was a three day weekend, as the 16th was a public holiday, Respect for the Elderly Day. Originally I had plans to just chill in Sapporo, hang out, and check out the annual Pride and Autumn Festival every September, but I heard that a friend from Fukuoka was…
Otaru Diaries: Otaru Anime Party
On September 7th, I went to Otaru to go attend the annual Otaru Anime Party! I’ve heard about it the past couple of years, but I either had other plans, didn’t seem super up my alley, or no one else I knew was going. This year I decided to finally go see it, and some…
Otaru Diaries: Otaru Pride 2024
June 30th was the 5th Otaru Pride! Although I don’t usually go out on Sundays or twice a weekend, but since this is an event that’s once a year and I really want to go, I hauled myself out of the house again over to Otaru. I’m not the type to walk in a pride…
Otaru Diaries: The 27th Snow Light Path
We went straight from Sapporo station to Otaru Chikko station by JR Train, because that station directly connects to Wing Bay, Otaru’s ball that had all the main event festivities for Snow Miku. Since we were arriving a bit after noon, we wanted to grab some food for lunch before heading to the main Snow…
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…