OK day today, a few ups and downs.
View from our room
The first down was a lack of sleep, it being too hot in the hotel, even after having the window open to let the cold air in, then the aircon on during the night. Stoopid all or nothing quilts :( Not to mention the sun getting up at stoopid o'clock. Got back to sleep but then slept in til 8:20!! Gah!! Then got stressed cause had to get ready quickly so we'd get down to breakfast in time *sigh*
But made it down in time.
Finished getting ready then headed out for the day.
First we headed to the Odori park. It's quite a nice little park. Enjoyed the flowers and the fountains and the people feeding the pigeons.
Sapporo Clock Tower museum
Sapporo Clock Tower museum
Sapporo TV Tower
Fountain in Odori Park
Fountain and flowers in Odori Park
Fountain in Odori Park
Funsui fountain in Odori Park
Obelisk in Odori Park
Japanese toilets failed me for the first time today. The toilets in the park had three squatty toilets (which I don't like because they're awkward and usually dirty and nowhere to put your bags) and a disabled toilet which I waited ages for someone to get out of, only to find *none* of the toilets had toilet paper anyway. So didn't go. Fail.
Wandered past the old government office building, which also had some nice gardens, and tormented a couple of tortoises.
Former HokkaidÅ Government Office
Pond in the park
Stu taking a photo
Fish in the pond
Tortoise in the pond
Pond in the park
Former HokkaidÅ Government Office
Stu poking a tortoise
Stu holding a tortoise
Then we headed up to Sapporo station and got a train to Otaru. Couldn't get a seat to start with, but did later when some people got off.
JR T38 Tower
Sapporo Station
So got to Otaru and just wandered down to the water. Found the canal. It wasn't quite what I was expecting. I guess I was expecting it to be a little more "European" with shops along the canal.
Otaru manhole cover
View south along Otaru Canal
Otaru Beer Warehouse
Otaru Beer Warehouse
View north along Otaru Canal
Stu with sign for Otaru pub
View north along Otaru Canal
But we did find the Otaru beer cafe, so went in there for a couple of beers and lunch.
Interior of the Otaru Beer Warehouse
Otaru beers. These guys really need to learn how to pour a beer!
Otaru beer. These guys really need to learn how to pour a beer!
After lunch went to the harbour, then wandered back to the station.
Piers on Otaru waterfront
Asahibashi and coast guard boat
Dog statue
Old Temiya train line
Communications tower on a building in Otaru
Flowers in planter boxes on Chuo-dori
Otaru station
Got back to Sapporo and I found signs for the JR T38 tower. So went and found that while the sweetie had a coffee. 700 yen (no discount or freebie for JR pass though - doh!). It had a pretty good view - probably better than the TV tower that you can also go up, as it's quite a bit higher.
Waterfront near Otaru
Ebisu Island
View north
Bus and taxi station near Sapporo station
View northeast from JR Tower
View east
Train in Sapporo
View south
Sapporo TV Tower
Communications tower on a building in Sapporo
Former HokkaidÅ Government Office
Sapporo station rooftop car park
Got back to the hotel and didn't end up doing anything else for the day. The sweetie had a snooze and I read news feeds. I also got all my beer of the day entries done which hadn't been done since London.
View towards JR Tower from our room
Went out to get some snacks for dinner but that was all for the day.
Distance covered on the GPS: 90.3 km
Steps walked: 14117
Photos on the Canon: 142
Photos on the Sony: 76
Videos: 2+?
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