Tag: Sapporo
Tokyo Diaries: Obon Weekend Part 2
August 12: My boyfriend’s obsessed with this mapo tofu in Yokohama Chinatown, and the weather happened to be nice and sunny, so we took the oppotunity to make the trip down to Yokohama. Plus, it just so happened that the Pokemon World Championships were taking place in Yokohama the weekend we were there, so there…
Tokyo Diaries: Obon Weekend Part 1
Typically, mid-August is Obon season in Japan, and I believe this year Obon was actually on August 16th. What exactly is Obon? I’ve heard that it’s like “Japanese Halloween”, not in the costume and candy aspect, but more so in the “dead” part – Obon is a celebration to honor dead ancestors, and typically Japanese…
Exploring Japan with Family: Part 3 in Hakodate and Sapporo
July 14th: This was the day we left Sendai to go to Hakodate! Sendai was very fun and I wish I got to spend more time here! I definitely want to come back, for the food, and more tohoku souvenirs…I was also desperately hunting for the Miyagi Kirby keychains, but they were nowhere to be…
Sapporo Diaries: the 2023 Yosakoi Soran
I’m back in Sapporo on June 10th to go see the Yosakoi Soran Festival this year. It’s an annual festival, and one of the largest and popular in Sapporo, as I believe people from all over Japan will come to perform in it (the list of teams was kind of insane). One of the groups…
Sapporo Diaries: Hokkaido University’s Culture Festival (Hokudaisai)
A bit ago, my JTE invited me to go with an English Teacher Association she was in to Hokkaido University’s annual culture festival happening the weekend of June 3. Since the group was taking a bus and that would end up being free, it was like a free trip to Sapporo! Plus, the actual event…
Sapporo Diaries: A hangout at the Lilac Festival
I went to Sapporo on May 20th because a friend asked around if anyone wanted to get lunch at a ramen place she found and then hang out at the Lilac Festival that was happening over the weekend. Apparently the lilac is Sapporo’s representative flower, and there’s a whole bunch blooming around Odori Park this…
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!…