The past 6 days I spent visiting Japan.
For long time I have wanted to visit Hokkaido, Japan's large northern island, so I booked a trip to Sapporo, a city of approximately 1.9 million people.
I took a lot of pictures of many different places and things, and I will divide them up into some different posts and categories.
I went on three day-long tours, and the first was to some sites of interest within the city of Sapporo.
(Note: when you see prices, $1 = approximately 100 Japanese Yen.)
The clock tower:
One thing that I learned is that Americans had an influence on the development of Hokkaido and Sapporo starting about 150 years ago, especially related to architecture and agriculture.
The fish market:
That's right: $88 for a watermelon, meant to be presented as a gift (perfectly shaped and formed).
I enjoyed my time in Sapporo/Hokkaido, and will show more of what I saw there, yet I am happy to be back in Korea, in part because the Korean alphabet (writing) is so much simpler (the signage is easy to read).
Japan is neat and tidy and rule-bound, and I like that, yet I am more comfortable in Korea.
One interesting thing about visiting Hokkaido is that there were lots of tourists, but almost all of them were Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Malaysians, etc.). I saw very few westerners.
For long time I have wanted to visit Hokkaido, Japan's large northern island, so I booked a trip to Sapporo, a city of approximately 1.9 million people.
I took a lot of pictures of many different places and things, and I will divide them up into some different posts and categories.
I went on three day-long tours, and the first was to some sites of interest within the city of Sapporo.
(Note: when you see prices, $1 = approximately 100 Japanese Yen.)
The clock tower:
One thing that I learned is that Americans had an influence on the development of Hokkaido and Sapporo starting about 150 years ago, especially related to architecture and agriculture.
The fish market:
That's right: $88 for a watermelon, meant to be presented as a gift (perfectly shaped and formed).
I enjoyed my time in Sapporo/Hokkaido, and will show more of what I saw there, yet I am happy to be back in Korea, in part because the Korean alphabet (writing) is so much simpler (the signage is easy to read).
Japan is neat and tidy and rule-bound, and I like that, yet I am more comfortable in Korea.
One interesting thing about visiting Hokkaido is that there were lots of tourists, but almost all of them were Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Malaysians, etc.). I saw very few westerners.
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