Sapporo/Otaru

We visited the main capital city of Hokkaido -- Sapporo. A must -see attraction is the famous Odori Park, which is simply fabulous in the early morning. We reached there ard 9am, and we could see families with elderly and kids, who were out for a morning stroll. The cooling and breezy weather made it even better and of course, we went for a stroll too!

A picture speaks a thousand words..

An adorable 7-year-old girl in the group, who loves to stick to me. Haha :)

After the walk in the park, we proceeded to a mega shopping mall. Very nice, with glass stained windows > much bigger than the shopping centres here! And of coz, much much more interesting, I was overwhelmed by the amount of apparels they have there!!

After a delicious Hokkaido Crab lunch at Otaru, we went to the next stop > Otaru Canal. Otaru is a lively town famous for its canals, one of them being the Otaru Canal. Lining the Otaru Canal, there are many shops selling authentic Jap dolls and paperware, and the Otaru Music Box Museum is one of the highlights of the town. The shop has dolls too! Must take pic!

After vising the Museum, we had 3 hrs to explore the various shops along the street, and of coz, once I see an ice-cream stall, I had to indulge in the melon soft cone. I polished off two cones during that 3 hrs!!

The 1st cone...

The 2nd cone...

Its really unbelievable le, along the streets, there were many flowers in different colors. So beautiful. SG is more of a tree-country but over at Hokkaido, there are flowers everywhere!

Finally, we made a photo stop at the Otaru Canal. Nice! We reached there around sunset and it added to the romantic feeling in the air!

Sapporo and Otaru were the last two stops of this tour and we came back to SG the next day. Haha! The next post will be on some miscellaneous stuff during this trip :)