-Read part 1 here-
After lunch, we headed to Otaru (小樽市 Otaru-shi), a harbour city located at Shiribeshi Subprefecture.
This photo of the Otaru Canal was probably taken in the bus. Look at the amount of people trying to take a photo there!
27 December 2016 (Tuesday)
The Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium (大倉山ジャンプ競技場 Ōkurayama Janpu Kyōgijō) is the home of the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics. The moment we stepped out of the bus, wowwwww everywhere is covered with thick snow.
26 December 2016 (Monday)
After having our breakfast, we departed to Noboribetsu Hell Valley (Jigokudani 地獄谷) which is just less than 5 minutes away from our hotel. We were supposed to visit this place the day before, but the sky was dark by the time we reached Noboribetsu. Jigokudani is the main source of hot spring waters in Noboribetsu.
25 December 2016 (Sunday)
After having our hotel buffet style breakfast (best one out of all other hotels tbh), we headed to the Hakodate Asaichi (Morning Market). You can find lots of seafood over there, and we managed to get some dried goods too. However, fruits are extremely expensive during the winter.
Last December, my family and I traveled to Hokkaido and it was truly one of the best trips ever! (Ya I do know it's July rn sorry for the delayed post) We followed a tour agency this time round (no directions guide whatsoever in this series of travel post i'm sorry please don't close your tab yetttt) as the adults agreed that it would be quite troublesome to travel around during winter (for example, waiting for the train outdoors, walking from one place to another on the slippery roads... we've all experienced that in Korea the year before), plus the flight tickets itself weren't cheap (decided on the trip a few months before) and we were travelling in a big group of 14 pax.
23 December 2016 (Friday)
Our flight was at midnight and we were really worried after reading news regarding the weather in Hokkaido. The airport was closed, more than 100 flights were affected and people were trapped at the airport due to the heavy snowfall (heaviest in 50 years they say). We were very worried and kept texting the tour leader for updates. THANKFULLY, there wasn't any delay and we landed at Shin-Chitose Airport safely although slightly late but no big deal :')
24 December 2016 (Saturday)
Look at the snow!
