Eurasia 2012

Well today was pretty good until the wheels fell off .....

At 4am the sun was rising and it was pretty bright. At 5am the sun was streaming into the room. Grunt. This country could really use daylight saving!!

View from our room at sunrise. At 4:05am. Grunt.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Then we hopped on a tram three stops up the road and a short walk to the Hakodate ropeway (cable car). Apparently this is one of the world's top three views at night (after Hong Kong and Naples). Sadly I didn't know this until it was too late. Oh well. Next time.. hrmmm. But even during the day it was pretty nice.

Hakodate manhole cover

Tsunami warning sign

Hakodate manhole cover

View up Mt Hakodate

Fountain in a park at the base of Mt Hakodate

Russian Orthodox Church

Side of Mt Hakodate

View of Hakodate

Transmission towers on Mt Hakodate

View north

Hokkaido Koma-ga-take from Mt Hakodate

View northwest

Hakodate

Hakodate train station

Hakodate brick warehouses

Hakodate southern coast

View towards Hakodate central and GoryÅkaku Tower

Hakodate waterfront from the ropeway

Came back down and wandered past some of the churches.

Hakodate St John's Church

Derelict building

Catholic Church Hakodate Motomachi

Russian Orthodox Church

Squid ink soft serve ice cream. Some local kids were amazed we ate this

Statue of Kimi-chan, the girl in red shoes

And the brick warehouses.

Shopping mall

Brick warehouses

And was a little spun out by a plaque showing the height of the 2011 tsunami. Looking around the area you'd never know though.

Height marker of the 2011 tsunami

Continued wandering, back through the morning fish market (it wasn't morning anymore but there were still a few things open).

Hakodate waterfront

Canal in Hakodate

Otemachi House

Hakodate Morning Market

Fish store

And finally back to the hotel to pick up our bags.

Sculpture outside Hakodate station

Hakodate is a pretty user-friendly town. There's maps and signs all over the place, including in the pavement. I won't object if we ever have to come back here :)

Hakodate is super tourist friendly, with point of interest markers in the pavements

Headed to the station. The next train was about an hour away. Couldn't get a reservation (they were all taken). Found some lunch at the station then went to get the train. Luckily we got seats no problems.

The train trip was quite nice. A lot of it was around the water so we had a pretty good view. It reminded me a lot of the day we took a train around the Kii peninsula.

Hokkaido Koma-ga-take

Arrived in Sapporo and was walking to the hotel when one of the wheels fell off my suitcase :(:(:(:( This is going to prove very problematic over the next week :( What is it with me and luggage this trip? First my backpack, now my suitcase :( Blah.

Got to our hotel and checked in. It seems it must be a Chisun rule to have *tiny* rooms, not just an Osaka thing (our Loisir hotel in Hakodate had much more space).

Our room at Nest hotel

Then wandered out to find dinner. Went to a little soba place hidden inside a building. Was pretty tasty.

Then back here to charge things and figure out what we're going to do on this island..

Distance covered on the GPS: 325.7 km
Steps walked: 11336
Photos on the Canon: 173
Photos on the Sony: 35
Videos: 0

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Day 49 - Friday 1 June - Hakodate to Sapporo