As I owe the world pending Japan-travel blog posts from my many past trips, here’s a quick one on Hokkaido!!

If you are flying in to Hokkaido, chances are you will be landing at New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港), the largest airport in Hokkaido, also the airport serving the metropolitan area of Sapporo.

I’m sure you can’t wait to start your journey touring one of the most popular prefectures even for Japanese locals – Hokkaido (ranked no.1 for being the most charming prefecture within Japan year after year). read more

This post is a brief account of our family trip to Hakodate!

This was summer 2017, almost a year ago.

I’m still tak habis habis with my Hokkaido trip!! This is not even the last post yet! But because i’m going to Japan again i’m all excited again to blog about it 😀

So Xiaxue and i went to Otaru and HK thanks to Park Hotel Group, but since it’s such a great opportunity all the way from Malaysia to Hokkaido, i really wanted to visit my host family in Sapporo whom i spent Christmas with in 2009.

Since it is just an hour’s train ride away, Xiaxue was very nice to accompany me to meet them (of course i also bribed her with awesome shopping place wtf). read more

Long overdue blog post from my Otaru, Hokkaido trip with Xiaxue, sponsored by Park Hotel Group. One of the best holiday EVER.

This post is not funny because i only have 20 minutes to write before i go off for a radio interview later! But it has like super a lot of camho pictures so i guess we’re even now.

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Famous Otaru canal view.

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Looks so so different from what i saw the previous winter <3

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Super beautiful

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Was totally in a floral dress and sun hat mood. The weather couldn’t be more perfect. Was a cool and breezy summer around maybe 22 C. read more

Ohai it is Japan again!!

My trip with Xiaxue to Otaru ^^ This is a short one!

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Our ticket to the Aquarium!

I never knew all these places existed the last time i went to Otaru!! Really thanks to Park Hotel Group that we discovered all these hidden gems <3. Don’t forget to still join their Unlimited Discoveries contest and win a free trip yourself!!

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Beautiful sea-nery near the aquarium

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At main entrance with the mascot.

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I gave Xiaxue super long legs in this pic lol. You’re welcome!
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was the hotel we stayed in Otaru, also our very generous sponsor!!!

Anyway this post is not funny or witty because i just woke up and had a non-alcohol related hangover wtf. Feel free to insert your own funny puns where you deem necessary thanks.

Anyway back to Otaru!

So after eating the tear-inducing Roast Beef and Angel Brains, we retreated back to our hotel room!

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We stayed on the 18th floor!

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And guess what, we can haz Executive Suite woohoo!!!

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Our supremely spacious bedroom!
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Was the route in one day.

We woke up 5am (me la. Xiaxue snoozed until dunno how many times) and the awesome limo by Park Hotel Hongkong was waiting for us downstairs. Then we caught a 8:30AM flight to Haneda, Tokyo because there was no direct flight to Hokkaido that day 🙁

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Freaking empty flight!! We got 4 seats in a row each! 😀

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Normally i don’t take photos of airports but i took this cuz Xiaxue took forever using the toilet. Which i totally don’t blame her because JAPANESE TOILETS ARE FREAKING AWESOME. read more

And i dont know how to type apostrophe because im using a Japanese keyboard at the front desk of Grand Park Hotel Otaru.

And Wendy just paid 500yen to upload this video we took on the train from Chitose to Otaru.

Thats all bai.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

So the homestay group went to Otaru for snow crab but we paid soooo much for it and it wasn’t as nice as we imagined FOL.

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When i returned to Sapporo, host parent brought me to a fish market that only local people go to.

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Was near new year so they sell all kinds of cute okashi!

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Mentaiko T________T

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Snow crab WTF ONLY 1500 YEN PER CRAB OK AT LEAST 5 TIMES CHEAPER WEI.

Otaru Cheat One™. If you ever go to Otaru just walk walk see see can liao cuz it’s very touristy. read more

After 8 months all the snow harderned and melted sakura bloomed and dropped and leaves grew and almost falling, finally i edited my kimono pictures.

Tamiko mama and host dad drove me to the grandparent’s house in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido (about anhour away from Sapporo) because they have some of the best kept gems of Japanese costumes AND THEY WERE GOING TO DRESS ME UP!!! 😀 😀 :D.

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This is grandpa. He’s helping me wear this really elaborated ancient costume i forgot what’s the name but apparently nobody has it anymore, only some people from the temple are still keeping it (!!!). read more

Onsen (hotspring) in winter is ♥.

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With Penny a Taiwanese student studying in Sapporo.

Every time i come to onsen it reminds me of Spirited Away. I want to meet everyone in the bathhouse! Yubaba and the stupid frog and kaonashi. 😀

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Phototaking is of course, not allowed but i did anyway hahahahha. (if not i won’t be writing this post)

I managed to take some pictures of the place except inside the proper hot spring pool because errr all you have is a white towel to cover yourself and you are not allowed to bring the towel into the hotspring wtf. So like you are pretending that you are not embarrassed by people pretending not to look at you and people are pretending like they are not embarrassed by you pretending not looking at them FOL. read more

After Maruyama Zoo, we walked back to Sapporo temple.

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You can never get the correct white balance during winter! >__<

But somehow i really love the distorted color effect <3

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I love all these yummy Yatai! But they were all closed during preparation T___T

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Somehow feel so lonely. These places are the most happening normally.

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This too! Normally you will see people fighting for good spot to tie their Omikuji while praying for a cute gf or bf/bigger boobs etc.

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