Trip To Sapporo Part 1

Very windy day!

Friday 23rd of November being a holiday in Japan, some friends and I decide to go to the northern island of Hokkaido, Sapporo more precisely. The journey was extremely long ten hours of ferry plus a couple of bus and train. We spent Thursday the night in the Akita train station waiting for the early bus to the harbor. After 10 hours of ferry, we jump on a bus to Tomakomai train station and then took a train to Sapporo. We are students and poor so got to do it the cheap way! Miss Easyjet in Japan ;)

Finally in Sapporo

Sapporo is a lot livelier city then Akita, 5th biggest city in Japan by population. Trev and I where sharing a hotel room in the middle of Sapporo. Unfortunately our request to have two single bed was not accepted, sharing a "double bed" Japanese size with a Norwegian giant = left with not that much room in bed! The Entertainment district was called Susukino, had many streetlight and colorful advertising panels.

On Saturday Trev and I went skiing in Sapporo Kokusai a little skiing resort one hours a way from the center city. Many slops where still not open, but they were still skiable. The weather wasn't the best but the snow was good!

That night before going out with the boys (Yassir, Loan and Trev). We all went to eat sushi! 

Sonja and I 

Trev as usual killing the sushi!

Getting back to our hotel at 6am after great night out in one of the biggest clubs in Sapporo! Trev and I missed our 8am bus to the slops... Wake up at 12! We decided to go and visit Sapporo's ski jump that hosted the Winter Olympic games in 1972. We visited the museum all afternoon and then took a chairlift to the top of the jump! It's a sport for crazy people; it's very high and steeps!

Sapporo by Night

Getting ready...