For the winter holidays, we visited Hokkaido. I have always wanted to ski in Hokkaido, and this year, I had the chance to do so.
We arrived at Furano (富良野), a small ski resort town in the middle of Hokkaido. Furano is not just famous as a ski resort, but it is also the setting of this famous Japanese television drama known as Kita no Kuni Kara (北の国から) which was shown on TV in the early 1980s, plus additional miniseries in the 1990s and the last in 2002. The drama and miniseries together follow the main characters through their lives as they grow up. Now, there is a small museum providing information about the series, as well as showcasing the items used in the filming.
Skiing was fun. It has been some time since I last skied, so I was a bit rusty, but I managed to ski without falling too much (only twice). It was also the first time that the little one got to see snow, and we also tried to ski with him, with him standing on the skis of my wife as she skied. Most of all, he enjoyed the sled.
After Furano, we visited Otaru (小樽), a port famous for glassware and music boxes. Otaru is also famous for its canal, which used to be lined with warehouses serving the harbour, but since then, the warehouses have been converted to restaurants.
Our last stop in Hokkaido was Sapporo (札幌), the main city in Hokkaido. We didn't do much here, since it was just a pit-stop before we catch our flight out of Hokkaido. We did visit the clock tower and television broadcasting tower, two famous landmarks in Sapporo.
Throughout our stay in Hokkaido, it was snowing, and snowing quite heavily at times. On the day that we traveled from Furano to Otaru, it was snowing so heavily that some trains were stopped, but luckily we were not delayed much. We were very lucky that on the day we left, the snow let up a bit and our flight was able to take off as scheduled. But at least we managed to have a white Christmas!
We arrived at Furano (富良野), a small ski resort town in the middle of Hokkaido. Furano is not just famous as a ski resort, but it is also the setting of this famous Japanese television drama known as Kita no Kuni Kara (北の国から) which was shown on TV in the early 1980s, plus additional miniseries in the 1990s and the last in 2002. The drama and miniseries together follow the main characters through their lives as they grow up. Now, there is a small museum providing information about the series, as well as showcasing the items used in the filming.
Skiing was fun. It has been some time since I last skied, so I was a bit rusty, but I managed to ski without falling too much (only twice). It was also the first time that the little one got to see snow, and we also tried to ski with him, with him standing on the skis of my wife as she skied. Most of all, he enjoyed the sled.
After Furano, we visited Otaru (小樽), a port famous for glassware and music boxes. Otaru is also famous for its canal, which used to be lined with warehouses serving the harbour, but since then, the warehouses have been converted to restaurants.
Our last stop in Hokkaido was Sapporo (札幌), the main city in Hokkaido. We didn't do much here, since it was just a pit-stop before we catch our flight out of Hokkaido. We did visit the clock tower and television broadcasting tower, two famous landmarks in Sapporo.
Throughout our stay in Hokkaido, it was snowing, and snowing quite heavily at times. On the day that we traveled from Furano to Otaru, it was snowing so heavily that some trains were stopped, but luckily we were not delayed much. We were very lucky that on the day we left, the snow let up a bit and our flight was able to take off as scheduled. But at least we managed to have a white Christmas!
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