A Longer Trip to Hokkaido

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The coast line wasquite steep in places.




An old bus stop.


There were many tunnels.




And interesting rocks.






And old buildings.


We made a stop at a waterfall.

 

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the name on this is the River Fushiko.

The coast here is also picturesque.






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I then handed the camera to Mrsdrron.

 

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Now a bit of Karma. A motor cyclist that I had pulled over for was alsoresting there so offered to take our photos.


A little further on we came across a lot of Hydrangeas. So I dropped her off with the camera and stopped in a side street.

 

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More of Mrsdrron's hydrangeas.

 

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As Mrsdrron was taking the last hydrangea pictures I noticed what was across the road.


So when she had taken these pictures we went over and checked out the little shrine.














After driving off it wasn't long before we came to another Michi-No-Eki which had a nice farm crop.

 

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There were some interesting things in the farm shop. I love tomato soup but with curry? Decided to leave it.


But I did get a couple of packs of their tomatoes and they were the best I have had for some years.


The have an Exhibition here about a moderately successful Sumo wrestler born a little north of here.

 

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We had seen a very big gate at the top of the hill so drove back to see what it was. The sign should have told us.


We had to drive through the gate to get a picture of the entrance.


Of course it was a cemetery but massive in size.




Water for the flowers.

 

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Some nice gardens there as well.








Then the final run into Otaru.








And we passed another 100 yen shop so naturally stopped. more things we haven't seen before.


Chopsticks one end and spoon and fork the othere.

 

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Our hotel in Otaru was the Sonia. Very nice though expensive.




Even a balcony on the 8th (top) floor.


Good views of Otaru Canal.

 

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A nice display of model ships in the lobby.










And some old model vehicles.

 

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Still there at the moment? How's the earthquake hype going?

 

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Have been back nearly 2 weeks. A fair bit behind I’m afraid.

 

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Just before we headed out to look for a dinner restaurant a view of a canal cruise.


There were quite a few restaurants close to the hotel but most had less than 10 seats so full. Some shots along the way.

 

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We found a Robata restaurant at the road behind the warehouses along the canal.
Local wine and a beer from a craft brewery a few places up the road.




And what would be called an Amusee bouche elsewhere in the world.


The coals being put into our cooking pit.


And some of our meal.

 

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The menu.






The beer I had was the Merzen and after that the sake flight.
The fire where the coals are collected.


The restaurant. It has an easy Japanese name to remember - the Japanese BBQ restaurant.


And a slow walk back to the hotel.

 

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Very close to the hotel is the Stained Glass Museum which is housed in an old Wrehouse.










The Art Base.

 

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And as you can see in the last building picture Mrsdrron has the camera out on the hydrangeas. You know what that means.

 

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We then continued our walk.














An area with lots of stained glass.

 

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plus other crafts.


And sometimes for me the furniture was the star.