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Posted 1 year, 2 months ago at 5:34 pm. 1 comment
On the last day of my Hokkaido trip, I went back to Sapporo to do some last minute eating and shopping before taking the night train back to Honshu. The streets were exceptionally empty and a lot of the stores were closed early. On my way back to the JR station, I walked pass the well lit Odori Park and realized it was the annual Sapporo Beer Garden night.
Odori Park is huge, it spans 13 blocks in the centre of Sapporo. Everyone in Sapporo (of legal drinking age) was there. No wonder the streets were so empty.
http://www.vimeo.com/2671126
P.S. Too bad I didn’t keep a copy of the iMovie project after the video was “cut”. I should have put “Oodoori ” instead of “Oodori” in the title.
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Posted 1 year, 2 months ago at 10:49 pm. 2 comments
It took me almost five months to finish sorting out all the photos and videos from the Hokkaido trip, not to mention video editing is a time-sucking dark hole itself. Let’s get this done and not carry any overdue tasks to 2009.
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Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 10:07 pm. 4 comments
As usual, the photos and videos are up on flickr.
Day 7: Karuizawa
Day 8: Harajuku
The most interesting part might be the experience of taking a night train from Honshu to Hokkaido.
The cheap seat-only carts (like this one) were filled by mostly tourists, whereas the couchettes (bed carts) were occupied by locals. I had no problem sleeping on the reclined seat, but it got uncomfortably cold at night and I had to wrap myself in pants (didn’t bring a jacket).
How to go to Hokkaido with a JR Pass:
17:56 – 21:00 Tokyo => Hachinohe
21:17 – 22:18 Hachinohe => Aomori
22:45 – 06:07 Aomori => Sapporo
It’s not exactly fun, but that’s the cheapest way to do it since it’s fully covered by the JR Pass. Plus I got to save money on a night of accommodation. Now that I have done it once, I might do it again.
Arriving Sapporo at 6 a.m. was harsh, but I will save that for the next post.