Pretty quiet day today, as the step count will testify :)
Up, ready and out the door by 8:45. McGriddle for breakfast.
First train at 9:40 - shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo. Slept a bit on the train (was so asleep I actually slept through the stop at Nagoya!). Couldn't see shiny at all :(
Indicator board for our train to Tokyo
Hikari Shinkansen we took from Osaka to Tokyo
Plaza Hotel in Ritto
Short transfer at Tokyo, then took the next shinkansen to Shin-Aomori. Zoomed through Fukushima but stopped at Sendai. Dozed a little after Sendai. Lunch was bento boxes we picked up on Tokyo station.
Japanese countryside
Crossing the Hirose River in Sendai
Sendai station sign
Japanese countryside
Another very short transfer to the Super Hakucho to Hakodate. We left ten minutes late but got to the tunnel under the strait on time.
House and coastline near Sotogahama
Saraki Cape
View towards Hakodate
Super Hakucho at Hakodate
And then we were on Hokkaido. We've now been to three of the four main islands of Japan. Stu has been on the shinkansen as far north as you can go and as far south as you can go :)
Got to the hotel - it was super easy to find, being right next to the station.
Our room at Loisir hotel
View from our room
They gave us a free cocktail voucher when we checked in, so went up and got that, then had a bit of fun with some Japanese whisky tasting. First up we tried a Suntory Yamazaki 12 (very smooth, a bit sweet) and a Nikka Yoichi 12 (a bit smokey, I liked this one). Then we had a Suntory Hakushu 12 (a bit bitier, not as sweet as the other Suntory) and another Yoichi. Expensive but very nice and with a great view over the city from the thirteenth floor.
View from the Sky Bar at dusk
Sky Bar and view at dusk
Drinks we had at the Sky Bar
Whiskys we tried at the Sky Bar
View south from the EsteLado Sky Bar at sunset
Sky Bar and view
Then we went looking for dinner. We were in the morning seafood market so not much was open for dinner, but did find one place and had some tempura squid and tempura seafood mix. Was good, but the fish gasping for air in the tanks made me a bit sad.
Hakodate Morning Market - Crab
Hakodate Morning Market - Cuttlefish
Washed hair and crashed.
Distance covered on the GPS: 1342.8 km
Steps walked: 5617
Photos on the Canon: 75
Photos on the Sony: 43
Videos: 1
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