Day one consisted of traveltraveltravel [bus, train, plane, train, walking, hotel].
At Haneda airport we had avocado burgers!!
In order to get to Niseko for snowboarding the next day:
Luckily I got to meet up with Kay and Phil for a mini reunion at the Sapporo Beer Factory:
The next day, bright and early we went snowmobiling:
And afterwards, a fancy crab lunch:
The Snow Festival consists of snow and ice sculptures:
Near our station, Susukino, すすきの, was the ice sculpture portion:
We also made a stop at the Beer Inn, a really unique place:
The last day of our trip, Valentine's Day... Rich and I went to Nijo Fish Market, a famous landmark in Sapporo. We wandered for a long time, looking for a place to eat lunch. In fact, we wandered too long as shops started to close up! We were invited in by this nice Japanese family. Upon understanding that Rich had excellent Japanese skills, we were invited to eat a $50 crab for merely $10 and they fed us tea and soup for free while we chatted about foreigners, Japan etc...
The best part was they let us hold the biggest crab in the shop- live!
OK, i might have been a little scared at first:
but if you hold the crab under the bend in their legs, they relax...
I'm really glad I got the chance to go back!
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