well well.. i m back for a few days liao…
the website was down cos we were trying to do something la.. as a result.. the chinese posts ie 爱情小品are gone~~~
oh well… 旧的不去，新的不来~~ 我只能这样安慰自己咯…
been busy since back… so still need more time to sort the photos la… also my home pc connection like got problem… so bear with me la..
finally… i think i have more or less settled what should be done for now n for the next 2 weeks… i hope so… n i m only beginning to feel the holiday mood!!! woohoo~~~
hmmm i m being envied by many… i know i m lucky… n i also know i will be broke then~~ hahaha
so don’t miss me while i m away… tho i might try to squeeze some time to update my blog… if the shopping isn’t that great or when i run out of money!! hahahahha
some ppl already know whwere i m going, some are still guessing… ahhahaha not that i want to be secretive… ahhahaha i juz hate buying things for A B C D E F G when i m on a holiday… unless necessary or unless really convenient! ahhahah esp bad when u have this sense of responsibility to ‘hunt’ that particular thing for the person…Â also what difference does it make whether u know where i m going or not? i ownself know can already~~~ ;p
meanwhile… take care…
i promise more nice nice pics when i m back~~
oh yes… juz a reminder… if u were on the 7days chan brothers treasures of tohoku and hokkaido with ME, plse share with me your photos ok? email me your links or whatever to marybukoh@gmail.com
i will be waiting… … … … …
our reserved electric tram at hakodate!
next, the JR train ’super hakucho’ thats crosses the world’s longest underground tunnel! two tickets cos we get seats !! not free seating… :O)
the time schedule so u know ‘roughly’ when n which part is the deepest portion of the tunnel…
the countryside view on the train before we head into the tunnel…
the giant doll shaped lanterns at aomori nebuta festival museum… this festival is held in aug… the main purpose is to drive away the ZZZzzzzz monster so that they people wont feel sleepy hence work hard in the fields for a good harvest!
some cute ones for the young at heart…
lake towado
tohoku is one of the least travelled part of japan. it is famous for it’s good quality rice, hence, the padi fields are almost everywhere!
one of the onsen hotels!! nice :O) n that’s the famous aomori apple!
the warm welcome at akita mineland :O) tho the name is spelt wrongly la ;p
the greenery at the samurai houses…
the bullet train aka shinkansen we took from akita to tokyo! one thing amazing i found out… the seats rotatable! to suit the direction of the train in motion…
the delicious yummilicious ramen at yokohama’s ramen museum…
kushiro of hokkaido is famous for it’s wetlands n cranes…
as u can see… it’s rather different from the previous snowy weather… n the 3 white dots as it may seem to u are 3 cranes flying off~~ to i-also-dunno-where la…
next destination - tomamu alpha resort…
the view from my room on the 32/33 floor… the 2 blocks u see are the premium/more exclusive ie more expensive accomodation la~~
the directory stating the date, temp (-8) and the different ski routes that are operating…
one part of this resort is the place where fish leong shot her MV for her song ‘chong bai’… the water chapel… oh well… in my case… the frozen water chapel la
it’s here that i built my one n only snowman… the snow here is so powdery that it’s quite difficult to compact the snow to build one tho…
my :O ‘perpertually-stunned’ snowman…
next stop - sapporo…
1. the “susukino” which is well known for it’s stretch of 10+ or 20+ ramen shops…
2. odori avenue? oops i’m beginning to forget the names liao…
where the xmas illumination ie lights are… this is also the very place that will feature the snow sculptures in feb…
one pic taken at 5.55pm n the other at 6.1?pm… note the different lights for the tv tower…
one of my breakfast while i was in sapporo… check out the piglet in the bowl… so cute!!
final destination : TOKYO DISNEYSEA!!
u have to take this disney rail to disneysea! single trip cost 250yen ie about SGD3.50!
din really take many pic here cos was enjoying most of the rides!!!
my donald duck lunch box…
my tokyo friend that i made from my boracay trip in aug07, her name is tomoko. oops i forgot is this chip or dale ah? there’s another photo in tomoko’s camera… n sadly when tomoko approached a man to take a group photo for us that day, she dropped her 2 day-old camera onto the cement floor! She thot the man got hold of the camera when she let it go…. AAARRRGGGHHH… the lenses couldnt be retracted!!!! aiyo… my heart ached…
the only nice picture i have of the light/fire shows at disneysea that night…
with that, i end my report on my dec 07 japan trip…
looking forward to my jun 08 one already~~~ ahahhahaah
one of the sea creatures unique to the waters here… it’s called 冰之天使.. something like that… sorry don’t have my reference travel books..
it’s v cute… it’s about 1.5 - 2 cm… ‘flies’ in the water by flapping it’s wings…
another work of nature unique to hokkaido…
Marimo~~ so cute… how did green algae roll into cute green balls?
from wikipedia…
Marimo (Japanese: 毬藻 marimo), also known as Cladophora ball, Lake ball, or Moss Balls in English, is a species of filamentous green algae (Chlorophyta) found in a number of lakes in the northern hemisphere. A marimo is a rare growth form of the species where the algae grow into large green balls with a velvety appearance. Colonies of such balls are known only from Iceland, Japan and Estonia.
on my birthday… i was there…with all the 大白鸟s…
this one… i think it’s a frozen lake? we saw pple stopped by the roadside…so we stopped too n we snapped whatever they were taking too ahahhaha
this is lake mashu i think… finally the sun was out!!!
the famous prison-now-turned-musuem in Abashiri…
one of the five wings where prisoners were locked in…
despite the cold weather… there was a line of ppl fishing at the Port of Abashiri…
oh DEER~~~~ that we saw along the road when we stopped to check out the oshinkoshin waterfalls…
n the temperature is…
i have also posted some general scenic photos in the pages…
check them out if u want more la :O)
really fresh n oiishi!!!
the top left is salmon roe, ikura in japanese, it bursts with each bite with a slightly saltish taste.
~~~ from wikipedia~~~
top right is crab, kani in japanese, which needs no explanation la :O)
bottom centre is sea urchin, uni in japanese… almost jelly-like… yummi-licious!!
~~~ from wikipedia~~~
another dinner feast at another hotel… following pic are close ups of individual dishes :O)
i promise the next post will not be on food ;p
the impt ppl at work… thanks to them…
winter without uncle sun is so grey n gloomy..
this picture may seem nice to u, but driving in such weather is no joke!! scary~~
the view from my hotel room, that’s akanko, or lake akan. note the frozen parts nearer to the mainland..
it’s snowing!!!
the frozen branches…
the ’seemingly’ professionals by the roadside… so i also stopped to take pictures too ahhahaha
a little boy fishing…
looks like waves right? look carefully!! frozen ice dont have to be flat like skating rinks!!!
the chairlifts and it’s shadow…
the autumn leaves back in tokyo/hakone area le~~
a string of balloons hanging along the main street of a small town…
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the table as it is when we arrived… see the crab in the foreground~~
also dunno which is appetiser? or what to eat first?
as we eat, we were served the tempura with ocha salt…
the sashimi~~~ really FRESH!!!
the rice that was cooked while we ate… see the scallops~~~
save the best for the last~~~ altho full to the brim already… and the dessert.. nothing spectacular, hence no pic…
of cos not forgetting where we were… the nice scenery… snowy~~~
the frozen waterfalls…
close up of the snowflakes on the car window…
look carefully… the structures are actually ice sculptures in the making… for the feb snow ceremony i think…
to be continued….
it’s my fourth trip to japan since aug 2006! looks like i m beginning to like japan alot hor~~~~
ok first pic… my v first meal in hokkaido after several air meals…
hmmmm so simple yet so YUMMY~~~~
doesn’t it make u hungry??
being winter, the day gets really dark at 4/5pm, n of cos it’s really COLD~~~
here’s the proof! it’s 5.16pm n minus 3 degrees!!!!
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according to my japanese friend, tomoko, asahikawa has the most famous zoo in japan!
and the winter highlight!!!! the penguin parade…
overview first..
up close n personal…
do they know what are these machines for?
n i like the polar bears at the zoo too… there are 3 there!!
