We go to the northernmost major island of Japan today - Hokkaido - and the city of Hakodate.
Pikachu says - hooray it's August 1st at the train station (it's still July 30th back home Pikachu).
That's a faaasssst looking train. I barely got my phone out to record it.
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More bento box selections for lunch on today's ride from Ichinoseki to Hakodate (Hock-o-dot-tay).
It's fairly decent, although Gerri doesn't mind the room temperateness of it as much as Tim.
It's fairly decent, although Gerri doesn't mind the room temperateness of it as much as Tim.
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We're there!..............................Now where's the hotel, just like they should all be, viewable from the train station.
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We hit the town, and Gerri knows where the izakayas are nearby...I start with normal gyoza, Gerri with squid ink...and the usual lemon sour and highball.
Hopping to the next place, they welcome us in...
The phone translator is put to good use.
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Mmmmm, fresh scallops and sea urchin (uni), followed by grilled collar of fish...and a bill of 3600 yen or $25 USD.
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We just missed much of the Fukuoka major festival in early July, but we lucked into one here in Hakodate:
Hakodate’s largest summer event is the almost 90-year-old Hakodate Port Festival (Hakodate Minato Matsuri). A matsuri is a Japanese festival with groups of around 20 people supporting a one-ton mikoshi (a form of shrine) on their shoulders in a parade with floats and dancers. The festival runs from the 1st to the 5th of August every year, with fresh seafood and a lively ‘squid dance.’
Tonight features the fireworks over the harbor - they do it differently here, the fireworks ran for an hour with many gaps in launches - like much of what Japan does, they like to spread things out and savor them. There's no grand finale, that would be too much to appreciate fully.
Hakodate’s largest summer event is the almost 90-year-old Hakodate Port Festival (Hakodate Minato Matsuri). A matsuri is a Japanese festival with groups of around 20 people supporting a one-ton mikoshi (a form of shrine) on their shoulders in a parade with floats and dancers. The festival runs from the 1st to the 5th of August every year, with fresh seafood and a lively ‘squid dance.’
Tonight features the fireworks over the harbor - they do it differently here, the fireworks ran for an hour with many gaps in launches - like much of what Japan does, they like to spread things out and savor them. There's no grand finale, that would be too much to appreciate fully.
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