Our time in Sapporo had come to an end and we were both a little sad about having to leave. Sapporo and the surrounding area have a lot to offer and I feel we barely made a scratch let alone a dent. Because of it’s relative young status among other Japanese cities it offers an…

As luck would have it, we chose the briskest day of our trip up North thus far to explore Maruyama Park. Luckily along with the cold came mostly blue skies, with the odd wisp of cloud bringing light flurries. Maruyama Park is vast with lots to offer. What attracted us to the park was Hokkaido…

After a successful day trip to Yoichi and Otaru yesterday, it was time to start exploring Sapporo proper. Our hotel, attached to Sapporo Station, made for a great starting point, mainly due to the vast underground network of walkways which extends South out from the station. The walkways can be rather daunting at first, but…

We decided to spend our first full day in Hokkaido leaving the sprawling city of Sapporo for a day trip to the smaller towns of Yoichi and Otaru. It felt a bit odd at the time, not exploring Sapporo, but it also made sense to not split up our time in Sapporo so we could…

Today was one of the most anticipated days of the trip for me, but Nicole, not so much. I love the train system in Japan and this was the longest train journey of our trip.  Not only that, the train we took up to Hokkaido was the new Hayabusa which launched in March 2016.  This…

Welcome to our very first video series! We are very excited to finally get this project to a point where we can start to share our adventures with you all. Our first series follows our adventures on our fourth trip to Japan in the fall of 2016. We have pretty much always ventured South from…