Tag: Sapporo
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…
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…
A Guide to New Chitose Airport (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
I say Sapporo, because Sapporo is Hokkaido’s biggest city, and New Chitose is associated with it being 40 minutes away by train, but New Chitose isn’t actually located in Sapporo proper (like how Tokyo Disneyland isn’t actually in Tokyo, but in Chiba). That aside, I’ve taken quite a few trips to and from, and in…
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…
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…
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,…
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…