TOP 5 SAPPORO
top 5 sapporo will introduce you to this far away city with 2 million inhabitants. sapporo is the capital of hokkaido and is one of the few japanese places with an easily accessible grid street system. they have long difficult winters, so there are huge underground malls and all the cars have 4-wheel drive. don’t miss tasting...
TOP 5 OTARU
top 5 otaru is my recommendation for a wonderful little japanese town off the beaten path. i like to think of otaru as being at the end of the world. i’m not geographically right, but it is located in the far end of hokkaido and it’s tiny, quaint and surrounded by water.
GRILL YOUR OWN LAMB
in beautiful otaru, hokkaido, after having little to eat for the day, apart from steam cake (an amazing fluffy, moist cake i only found in sapporo) and a tiny boxed meal that came from a machine and included a square of chicken and about 7 fries, we were trailing the town for a place to have our dinner. we...
