Category Archives: Sapporo

Shakotan Peninsula

Day Trippin. About an hour and a half west of Sapporo lies the Shakotan peninsula, a beautiful piece of coastline that is well worth a visit whatever the season. In fact every season gives us a different reason to visit the area winter through summer. If you’re passing through Sapporo or perhaps visiting Otaru a drive [...]

Also posted in Hokkaido, Japan, Summer, Uncategorized, things to do | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Sapporo Spring Festivals & Baseball

Last weekend was a great time to escape Niseko to Sapporo as the 18th Yosakoi Soran dance festival (Japanese only) was on. The festival is a great show of modern very energetic dance to modern music. For more info on the history of this style of dance check Yosakoi on Wikipedia I was also lucky [...]

Also posted in Hokkaido, Photos | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment