Monday, July 28, 2008

Hokkaido Journey Part 2

At the lobby of Toya Kanko Hotel
I really love this hotel and its hot spring public bath. In Japan, most public hot spring baths are separate for males and for females. No swimming costumes are allowed and everyone has to go into the public bath naked! Shiok man! For obvious reasons, no photo-taking is allowed in the public hot spring baths.

Lake Toya in the background

Outside Toya Kanko Hotel

They are so cute! They actually waved the Singapore flag at us when our coach is leaving the hotel!

At the black bear ranch

A life-like bear figurine

Now, these are the real bears

Haha... the little stone bears are so cute right?

Wendy throwing a biscuit at the bears. I am not sure if she was feeding them or hitting them like targets. Haha.

Wendy and a bear close-up

Outside the bear ranch

Flowers flowers flowers!

The newest live volcano discovered in Hokkaido

At a fruit farm. These grapes were not ripe yet. We were there to pick cherries!

Greedy Wendy with a handful of freshly plucked cherries

Cherries for Jackpot machines

Teppankayi lunch

Delectable Hokkaido/Japanese treats

Pretty treats

Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum

Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum
Me inside in gigantic sake barrel

Drinking natural spring water from the mountains

Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum

Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum

Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum
Waterwheel

Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum

On Asahikawa shopping street

Dinner at a famous Ramen restaurant

Ramen! Sad to say, I am not a ramen fan.

Ramen

Pachinko machine

Night street

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