This is my 2nd trip to Hokkaido but a totally different route from the previous trip in 2007.
Hokkaido still gives me the exciting feeling of travelling that other places like China and Taiwan can’t. Today I fly from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Memambetsu Eastern Hokkaido.
Haneda Airport
Lunch today is on own expense today and I tapau 2 bentos (lunchbox) to bring onto the domestic flight.
Shop that sells huge varieties of Bentos
I’m so spoilt of choices I wanted to buy a few bentos at once because they all look so tasty.
Many kinds of Bentos in nice packagings
1st Bento I bought. Salmon Sushi Bento
Sealed packaging. Comes with chopsticks and soy sauce
Salmon Sushi
This bento cost me 1050 yen (around RM40) and it don’t taste that good. The fish not very fresh. Can’t ask too much since its pre packed. Had this bento while waiting for time to board plane to Hokkaido.
Beef Bento
Inside the beef bento
Had this bento while on the plane to Hokkaido. This bento didn’t disappoint me, the beef taste very good going with the japanese rice. Price for this bento is 1000 yen (Around RM38.60). So I spent in total around RM70+ for lunch on 2 lunch boxes…. Could have nice big Salmon in Italianese for that money…. Well, this is Japan… All things are expensive.
Landing in Hokkaido. Full of snows
Thick snow scoped and placed beside of road
1st stop today. Ice breaking cruise
The Ice Breaker Ship
Some floating ice pieces
VIP seating at the front. Pay 400yen extra and you get to sit here
Normal Seating
Thin ice pieces around the ship. Started snowing abit
Was really cold outside when the wind is blowing. Good thing my newly bought North Face Winter Jacket is able to withstand the wind and cold.
Other tourists on the deck
Opening up a trail though the thin ice pack
Seagull following our ship
Sunset and Floating Ice
Floating Ice Pack
After the cruise, we took around an hour bus ride to our Onsen(hot spring) hotel – Shiretoko Hotel. The rooms wasn’t top class but its the onsen here that are famous.
The seafood buffet dinner at this hotel is great too. I took around 10+ big sweet juicy scallops and beef teppanyaki to go with nice japanese pearl rice.
Giant crab legs
BBQ scallops. Yum!
Thick and Sweet Scallops. Took 2 at once. I went like 4-5 rounds
Whats left of the scallops...
We wore Yukata (bath robe) while having dinner.
After dinner, need to rest for at least 30 minutes before going for onsen bath.
Entrance to the mens onsen
The onsen bath I had was really relaxing. Haven’t had such nice bath since end December last year. Gonna wake up early early tomorrow to bath in the onsen again. Will try to snap some pics inside if no one is inside.
Edit: Managed to snap some pics in the hot spring.
The changing area
This is where we strip naked and placed the Yukata in the basket and go in for the hot spring bath.
The hot spring pool
Bath area
The bath area is for people to wash themselves before dipping into the hot spring pool
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