Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
Unlike the 2019 trip, the 2022 trip this time round saw a couple of days – especially in the first week of our trip – where we experienced late autumn colors, which in turn made for great opportunities in post-processing
Every trip I make, I’d do a post-trip post commenting on the image capture experience of that trip. It’s mostly done in order to have a detailed record of what happened in the trip so that I can make more
The Lunar New Year period this year in 2020 lands on the best possible date, weekday wise: eve on a FRI, and as both proceeding public holiday days are on weekday days, the country declares the following MON as another
There are a lot of pictures of Hokkaido University in spring and summer, and they look gorgeously lush – what with its large university grounds with many tall elm and poplar trees. Winter is quite different, with the campus trees
We were initially planning to do our Otaru day trip on Day 07 today – but only realised the night before that we’d need to pick up the Otaru Aquarium Pass at the JR Sapporo Station Information Office. Whoops. Our
We said goodbye to Asahiyama Zoo and headed for a late lunch at the Herb Garden Furano as part of the day tour group arrangements. The buffet-styled lunch was alright, though nothing particularly special. The restaurant has a large souvenir
We booked for two day outings this trip – one to Asahikawa, and the other to Lakes Toya and Shikotsu. Sure, the places are fairly on the map and well-travelled for both of these day trips, and we could have
We descended Mt. Moiwa after I had my fill of evening shots of Sapporo city from the summit, and headed back to downtown for a quick look at part of the winter illumination at Odori Park, and also Susukino. Some
There seems to be a varying list of what makes Japan’s list of cities with the best evening and night views. The views in Mt. Moiwa, Nagasaki, and finally Hakodate seem to make the lists routinely. I’d missed the chance
Day 05 is when we finished the first segment of our 15-day trip and headed to its main event: a ten-day stay in Hokkaido. We’d initially booked an 8AM ANA flight from Haneda to New Chitose Airport. Hotel Mystays Haneda
The Hakone Ropeway brought us from Owakudani to Sounzan Station, the latter being also the terminal point of the system. The plan from earlier on was to next make our way to the popular open-air museum — famous for its
We disembarked at Togendai, and lunched at the Togendai View Restaurant. Seating was plentiful even on a fairly busy Sunday weekend, and prices of items were between ¥1000 to ¥1400 — slightly high for the general quality of food offered,
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