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A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate洞爷湖和函馆的一天

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

13th May 2009 – Nice weather when I woke up around 7am. As it was still early, I went to Onsen to freshen up. Nothing beats having a hot spring bath in the cool morning hours.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Using the 2 coupons issued yesterday, we went to the restaurant for our breakfast. There was quite a selection available.

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This is what I have taken for the first round. It’s a buffet so 10 or 20 rounds is fine as long you don’t burst your stomach. 😛

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Morning walk around the lake. The weather and fog have cleared up.

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A magnificent mountain beyond the Nakajima Islands (captured in zoom mode). Looks like Mount Fuji?

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Sukara against the clear blue sky.

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Duck-shaped boats for hire.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Shikotsu-Toya National Park – Signboard with information about Lake Toya and Mt. Usu.

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The counter for cruise ride around Lake Toya.

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Flowers along the banks of Lake Toya.

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The Pleasure Boat ride that we wanted to take yesterday to see the fireworks.

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Tranquil place for relaxation. Although the sun is out, but it’s still chilly whenever the wind blows.

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A really amazing place to be!

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More beautiful sakura!

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Spotted the boat that was used to launch the firework displays.

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Checked-out and went to the bus stop opposite Kohan Tei to wait for the bus to JR Toya Station. The morning wind is extremely chilling and that is why we left out luggage at the bus stop and went to hide behind a building. Ha ha!

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Bus ride to JR Toya ¥320 per person. Bus walkway was quite cramped and there isn’t any place to put our luggage so we just left it on the seats where it’s not occupied.

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The view in front of JR Toya station.

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Entrance of JR Toya station.

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Lake Toya was chosen to host the Group of Eight summit in 2008. We were glad that we have also visited Lake Toya. 🙂

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Tickets from Toya to Hakodate on Hokuto 8. ¥4830 per person.

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Waiting for train to arrive.

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After the conductor checked our tickets, we were told to wait at a certain platform as we did not purchased reserved seats.

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Inside the train, it was quite comfortable ride for me as I was enjoying music on my phone. My partner was playing PSP throughout the journey!

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I guess it was more comfortable for this chap here! Wahaha! Oh yes, the seats can swivel so that it can face each other (see above) – ideal for groups of 3 or 4 while traveling.

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Menu showing the prices of food that can be ordered on the train.

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After 1 hour and 45 minutes journey, we reach Hakodate Station.

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Hokuto trains.

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Interior of Hakodate JR Station.

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Entrance of Hakodate JR Station.

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At Tourist Information Center (JR Hakodate station), we purchase 1 day pass for unlimited rides on bus (excluding airport bus) and streetcars (trams) at ¥1000 per adult. Alternatively, you may also just buy 1 day pass for streetcars only at ¥600 per adult. We also got a free guide book for “Romantic Hakodate”.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Walk 5 mins from JR Hakodate to our hotel. We were allowed to check-in even though it was only 1.30pm. It was stated check-in timing only at 3pm during our reservation and we were planning to leave our luggage if we reach early.

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Toilet.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Lunch time – we went around searching for “Lucky Pierrot” – a fast food chain that can only be found in Hakodate. Finally found it after asking a kind person.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Checking out the menu as I heard that Lucky Pierrot serves whale burger. I wanted to try it out of curiosity but couldn’t find it.

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Omelette rice, side dishes, ice cream, shakes, drink, etc are available as well.

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Inside of Lucky Pierrot. It was starting to drizzle a bit outside. 🙁

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Lucky Pierrot Chinese Chicken Burger ¥350.

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Lucky Pierrot Egg Burger ¥380. Look at the sauce and egg flowing out……it’s absolutely delicious!

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Yeah! The rain has stopped! After the fantastic lunch, we went to the bus station to take bus to to Fort Goryokaku. It is accessible by streetcars (trams) as well but will need to walk further (20mins). Since we had the unlimited rides for bus as well, we were advised by the service staff in Tourist Information Center to go for bus as it will only take 10mins walk.

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On the bus and checking out the ticket and payment machine.

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Goryokaku Tower. You can pay ¥840 to go up the tower to have a bird’s eye view of Fort Goryokaku.

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A ship display in Goryokaku Park.

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History of Goryokaku?

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Scene of flowers can be seen almost everything.

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Cannons used in olden times.

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Tulips of various colors.

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Goryokaku Park is a popular place for hanami with over 1500 cherry tress. But we are a couple of days late and the sakura have withered already.

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This is where I would park myself to enjoy hanami. 🙂

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A playful shot of our shadows.

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Some duck-like animal? I am unable to correctly identify it. Haha!

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Taking the streetcar (tram) to Yunokawa Hot Spring.

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The locals use these streetcars frequently too so it’s quite packed at times. Be prepared to stand.

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Yunokawa Hot Spring.

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A free foot bath near the Hakodate Tramway’s Yunokawa Onsen Station (opened all day and night).

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You can soak your tired legs here.

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Another kind of trams. We will be taking it back to Hakodate Eki Mae station to go back to hotel and equip ourselves with more warm clothing. In the afternoon, despite have sun shining, it was quite cold. We reckon that it will be much colder in the night, especially when we up high at Mount Hakodate (our next destination).

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This tram is quite empty this time round and we managed to get seats.

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

On our way back to hotel, a cute sign on the walkway – Crab at Hakodate Morning Market. There are several kinds of the same sign with different content along the walkway.

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Hakodate Morning Market. It is closed now.

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Getting our dinner from a ramen stall opposite Hakodate Morning Market.

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Seafood Ramen ¥1050.

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Charsiu Miso Ramen ¥730.

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Amazing view from the top of Mount Hakodate. We took a bus from Hakodate Station Bus Terminal and the fare per adult one way is ¥360. But as we have purchased 1 day pass for unlimited rides on bus (excluding airport bus) and streetcars (trams), we did not need to pay as it can be used here. The journey takes about 30 mins to top of Mt. Hakodate.

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You can also take the Mt. Hakodate Ropeway to the top of Mt. Hakodate at ¥640 one way / ¥1160 return.

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Even with extra clothing, it is still cold here as the wind is extremely chilling (around 9 degrees temperature). My partner is not out in the open for long as she went to seek warmth in the building (shopping in a souvenir and food store). Ha ha!

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

My opinion is that the night view from Mount Hakodate is indeed true to what multiple sources have quoted “among the top 3 best night view in the world”.

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Mount Hakodate. Although the night view is nice and romantic but I wasn’t prepared for the huge crowds (tour groups, school excursions, etc) on top, jostling for space to capture the view on their cameras.

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Took the bus back but alighted at Jujigai and walk to Hakodate Beer.

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Time is 8pm but the inside was quite empty (other 1 more table was occupied other then ours). Most shops closed quite early here in Hakodate.

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Menu for the drinks and food.

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Ordered a plate of assorted sausages at ¥850 to go with the beer.

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Red Brick Warehouse (Kanemori Warehouse). It is very quiet here.

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Near the bay area. There are sightseeing boats here but it’s already closed for the day.

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Red Brick Warehouse (Kanemori Warehouse).

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Some restaurants are found here but seems like most are closed.

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Although weather is cold, I had the craving to slurp on Hokkaido Milk ice-cream ¥62. Ha ha!A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

五月十三日- 早上七点起床好天气。时间还早,我去泡温泉。一大早没什么比泡温泉爽。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

利用昨天的两张早餐券,我们到餐厅吃早餐。选择挺丰富的。

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这是我第一轮拿的食物。是自助餐所以你可以拿一二十轮都没关系只要别吃饱爆肚子。:)

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早晨漫步湖边。雾和天气都清除了。

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宏伟的山区在中岛群岛后面(集中点捕捉)。有点像富士山吗?

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蓝天白云前的樱花

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鸭形船可租用。

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支笏洞爺国立公園 – 指示牌显示洞爷湖有珠山的信息。

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乘坐洞爷湖游船的柜台。

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沿着洞爷湖河边的花。

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昨天本来想乘坐看烟花的游船。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

宁静的地方,可作为休息区。虽然太阳出来了不过风吹时还是寒冷的。

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好漂亮的地方!

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美丽的樱花!

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这是放烟花的船。

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离开了酒店到巴士站等巴士去JR洞爷站。 早晨的风非常冷所以我们把行李丢一旁跑到大厦后躲。哈哈!

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到JR洞爷站的车费是320日元/每人。巴士走道挺窄的而且没地方放行李只好放在没人坐的座位。

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JR洞爷站前的景色。

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JR洞爷站的入口。

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洞爷湖被选为八国首脑会议的地方。幸好我们来过。:)

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从洞爷湖到函馆北斗8的车票。4830日元/每人。

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等待火车时。

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查车票后,我们被通知在某个平台等因为我们没买预定车票。

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我整个车程都听音乐,挺舒服的。我太太一路玩PSP

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我想这家伙最舒服吧!哈哈!椅子还可以转来转去(看上图)- 适三或四人坐。

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可在车上购买食物,上图是火车上的菜单。

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经过一个小时又四十五分,我们抵达函馆站。

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北斗列车。

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JR函馆站的大楼。

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JR函馆站的入口处。

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在旅游信息中心 (JR函馆站),我们买了一日巴士车票(不包括机场)和电车票 每人1000日元。或者,你也可选择一日巴士车票每人600日元。我们拿到一边免费的指南书“浪漫函馆”。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

从JR函馆站步行五分钟就到酒店。虽然现在是一点半不过酒店让我们登记。我们本打算把行李寄放在酒店因为正常登记时间是三点。

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厕所。

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午餐时间-到处搜寻“Lucky Pierrot” – 只有在函馆才有的快餐连锁店。 向路人质询后终于找到了。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

在看菜单,听说这里卖鲸肉汉堡。为了满足好奇心向式式但是找不到。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

煎蛋饭,小菜,冰淇淋,奶昔,饮料等等。

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Lucky Pierrot 店里面。 外面开始下毛毛雨。:(

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Lucky Pierrot鸡肉汉堡350日元

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

Lucky Pierrot鸡蛋汉堡380日元。看!酱和鸡蛋流出来了。。。。。 绝对好吃!

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雨终于停了! 丰富午餐后,我们乘坐巴士到五稜郭。 电车也可以到不过需走二十分钟。既然买了无限量车票,旅游信息中心的工作人员提醒我们乘坐巴士比较靠经,只需步行十分钟。

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在公共汽车上的售票机器。

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五稜郭塔。只需付840日元就可上塔观看五棱郭堡的景观。

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在五棱郭公园的船只展示。

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五棱郭的历史?

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花的景观到处可看到。

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古时的大炮。

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各种颜色的郁金香。

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五棱郭公园是个赏花見热门地方, 有1500棵樱桃树。我们完了几天樱花都枯萎了。

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我会在这里赏花見。 :)

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拍影子。

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这是鸭子吗?我分不清楚。哈哈!

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乘坐电车到汤之川温泉。

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当地人常使用电车因此相当拥挤。有时还得站着。

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汤之川温泉。

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函馆缆车汤之川温泉站附近的足浴(全天开放)。

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你可以把脚泡在这里。

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另一重电车。我们将达这电车会酒店穿多几件衣服。下午,虽然顶着大太阳天起挺冷的。我们相信晚上会更冷,尤其在函馆山(下一个目的地)。

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这电车没什么人所以有的坐。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

回酒店过程,有趣的招牌 – 函馆早市场的螃蟹。一路下有几种不同的款式的招牌。

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函馆早市场。已关了。

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在函馆早市场对面的一家拉面馆吃辣面。

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海鲜拉面1050日元

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叉烧味噌拉面730日元

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

在函馆山上的迷人景色。我们从函馆巴士总站乘坐巴士每人360日元(一趟)。我们买了无限量一日车票(不包括机场)和电车, 我们不需再付钱。到函馆山顶路程大概三十分钟。

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你也可以达缆车到函馆山顶一趟640日元/来回1160日元

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

加了衣服,山顶还是非常冷(大概九度左右)。我太太没在外头太久,躲在大厦里寻找温然(在纪念品和食品商店逛)。哈哈!

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我觉得从函馆山看下来的夜景真美,有资料显示函馆的夜景是“世界排名第三”。

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函馆山。 虽然夜景很美又罗曼蒂克不过没料到会有那么多人(旅行团,学校旅行等等)在山顶,抢位置拍照。

A Day in Lake Toya & Hakodate

乘坐巴士下山在十字街下车步行到函馆啤酒。

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时间是晚上八点可是里面空的 (除了我们还有一桌客人)。 大部分函馆商店都早关门。

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饮料和食物菜单。

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叫了四种啤酒品尝。1260日元

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叫了一盘各类香肠850日元

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金森仓库。这里好安静。

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靠近湾区。 有观光船不过已经打烊了。

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金森仓库。

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有几间餐馆可是好像管了。

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虽然天气冷,有种冲动所以买了北海道牛奶冰淇淋62日元。哈哈!

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A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya札幌和洞爺湖的一天

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

12th May 2009 – Breakfast at hotel and then proceed to check-out as today we will be leaving to Lake Toya. We need to check-out by 10am but as our free transport to Lake Toya is scheduled at 1.30pm, we left our luggage at the good care of the hotel before strolling around. The good thing is that the storage area is behind the front desk counter, which means that any possibility of losing thing is greatly minimize. Then we went to Pole Town to have our caffeine fix at Starbucks¥860 Café Mocha x 2.

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Ham & Cheese Bun.

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Custard Cream Bun. Both total up to ¥225.

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

At most JR or Subway station, there are actually various sizes of lockers for you to store your stuffs temporary. The small size locker is priced at ¥300 for 12hour storage. Valuables are not encouraged to be left in lockers.

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After lazing in Starbucks watching people go by for 2 hours, it’s time to head back to hotel to claim our luggage. A coupon was issued when we left our luggage and this have to be hand over to the hotel staff. Instead of taking subway, we decided that we had some spare time to walk to Sapporo while lugging our baggage along.

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Took a rest at Odori Park. 😛

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Reach our destination JR Sapporo Station after 20 mins walk. An accomplishment!

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The meeting point for the free bus transport to Lake Toya – Esta Shopping Mall (a prominent building outside of JR Sapporo). We have to carry our luggage up the stairs. 🙁

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At the top of the stairs, the building is JR Sapporo.

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Some other malls/buildings facing JR Sapporo. It’s a gloomy day and seems like going to rain anytime. Glad that we have reached the meeting point prior to any downpour as we will be drenched as we do not have any raincoats or umbrellas with us.

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2nd floor of Esta (also our meeting place). “BIC Camera” store for you to shop while waiting for transport.

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

I also noticed that there is a Sightseeing Bus Counter which provides “Sapporo One-Day Tour” at ¥5700, “Otaru Night View Tour” at ¥5800, “Lilac Tour” at ¥4100, etc. For the more adventurous, there is also “Susukino Transsexual Stage Show Tour” at ¥9900. Please do share with me on your experience if you do go. 😛

Information shown are Tour, Departure Time, Arrival Time, Fare and Operation Period – English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean language are available.

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My favourite drink – Calpis Water ¥150. Smooth, refreshing and creamy taste with slight hint of milk, somehow like Yakult. There is also a carbonated version – Calpis Soda, which is exceptionally good thirst quencher during a hot afternoon.

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Folks queuing to show hotel reservation confirmation and will be arranged a seat number.

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Apparently, this makeshift counter provides free bus transport services to various accommodation (if you have reserved with them) under Noguchi Kanko Group. From left to right, Kohan Tei (Lake Toya), Gokiraku Tei (Lake Toya), Daini Meisui Tei (Kitayuzawa), Meisui Tei (Kitayuzawa) and Horohoro Sanso (Kitayuzawa). Our destination is Kohan Tei!

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From the bus window, I took a snap of the scenery. The weather is not looking good.

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Simply love the feeling of natural surrounding. Especially when there aren’t any tall modern buildings in sight.

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A stop point for folks to answer the call of nature or just to buy some food. A slight drizzle have already started. This area is foggy and cold. I wonder whether we are at the highlands?

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It’s so foggy that visibility is reduced. But I love the feeling! It’s like I am in the clouds. 🙂

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Continuing our journey on the bus. It’s May but along the way, I still noticed some patches of snow.

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After 2hr 30mins ride on the free shuttle bus, reached Kohan Tei. The view of the room standing at the door entrance.

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Walkway to entrance door. The room is a combination of western and traditional setup – you can either sleep on the western bed or futon.

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The tatami floored traditional room – comes with table, chair with zabuton and a separate armrest. No shoes on the tatami, please. Yes, the room is facing the lake!

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Exploring the wardrobe – found our yukata and toiletries. Storage space available under the wardrobe.

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The closet containing our futons.

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Sneak preview of the magnificent view from our room window.

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Toilet. Always small in Japan.

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A garden (taken from room window).

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Still drizzling but we still venture out!

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A foot bath at the ground floor.

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More fog building up. Weather is cold!

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

The right building is Kohan Tei.

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The rain keeps getting bigger. I was hoping the free fireworks display will not be canceled due to bad weather.

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Some shop facing the entrance of Kohan Tei. We wanted to take the Usuzan Ropeway Car but the weather forbids us to stray away far from hotel. The Usuzan Ropeway Car ride will take you to the top of Mount Usu, where you can enjoy the panoramic view of Lake Toya. For your information, Mount Usu is an active volcano!

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Toyako Manseikaku (Beside Kohan Tei).

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More shops. We also halted our plans to take the Pleasure Boat, which takes you round the lake and the neighboring four islands that make up Nakajima Island. Our main intention is view the firework display from the boat trip.

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The sky is turning dark. We decided to have dinner earlier as we couldn’t go anywhere else.

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

Japanese dinner is served in-room. This dinner set is part of the room package.

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The food is very well presented. 🙂

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A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

Dessert. It’s not ice cream but more like jelly and have a milky taste.

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Yeah!!! Fireworks display still proceeded despite the drizzle. The 20mins fireworks display happens every night at 8.45pm during the period from 28th April to 31st Oct and is subjected to weather conditions as the fireworks are launched from a moving boat.

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I went downstairs to try capturing more photos.

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My camera doesn’t seem to be able to capture good shots of the firework so I went back to room to enjoy the rest of the fireworks from the room window. After viewing the fireworks display, I went to Onsen. Didn’t take any photo during then but it was a nice bath with fabulous view. For more information, please visit here.

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Some snacks follows – Calbee Potato Chips ¥158 and Sapporo Classic (only sold in Hokkaido) ¥278. The 2 green cards are our breakfast coupons (part of the hotel package as well). Was quite disappointed that the rain have caused us to miss some attractions at Lake Toya but nevertheless still enjoyable. Went to sleep in anticipation of fine weather for next day!A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya
五月十二日- 吃了早餐退房后我们前往洞爷湖。我们必须在十点之前退房,前往洞爷湖的巴士一点半才出发所以我们将行李留在酒店到处逛逛。方便的是存储区就在柜台后面,遗失行李的可能性非常低。我们到附近的星巴克解咖啡瘾。 两杯摩卡咖啡¥860

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火腿加奶酪面包。

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奶黃面包。两个价格 225日元

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大多数JR或地铁站都有各式的储物柜让你暂时放东西。小的储物柜十二个小时300日元。贵重物品最好不要留在储物柜。

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在星巴克坐了两个小时,是时候会酒店拿行李了。寄放行李时酒店发了张票给我们,拿行李时必须交给柜台员工。我们选择拉着行李步行到札幌站不搭地铁。

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在大通公园在休息一下。:P

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步行二十分钟后抵达目的地JR札幌站。

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洞爷湖巴士的集合地点- Esta Shopping Mall (高大的建筑在JR札幌站外)。我们得把行李炕上楼梯。:(

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楼梯顶的大楼是札幌站。

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面向札幌站的其他商场。乌云密布似乎快要下雨了。好在已抵达目的地。不然会变成落汤鸡因为我们没带雨衣或雨伞。

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya
Esta 商场的二楼(集合地)。“BIC Camera”让你一面等待一面逛。

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya
我注意到有售卖札幌观光巴士一日游卷,5700日元,小樽夜景观光5800日元,“丁香屬观光”4100日元等等。有冒险精神的人,还有Susukino 人妖表演 9900日元。如果你去过请和我分享经验。:P 显示的信息是观光,出发时间,到达时间,车费和营运期间 – 有英文,中文,日文和韩文。

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最喜爱的饮料-可爾必思150日元。清凉,解渴带有点奶味,有点像養樂多。还有有气版本的可爾必思气水,对解渴是最有效的。

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显示酒店预订确认后会被安排座位。

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya
显然的,这临时柜台提供免给巴士服务给很多家酒店(只要和野口观光集团定酒店)。从左到右,湖畔亭(洞爺湖),洞爷亭(洞爺湖),第二名水亭 (北汤泽),名水亭(北汤泽)和Horohoro山庄(北汤泽)。 我们的目的地是湖畔亭!

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从车窗,拍了一些景色。好像快下雨了。

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最喜欢大自然的感觉。尤其这里没什么高楼大厦。

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休息站,下车买吃的和上厕所。开始有点毛毛雨了。这里冷雾又多。我们到了山上吗?

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雾多到看不清楚。喜欢这感觉!好像在云中. 🙂

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继续巴士车程。现在是五月, 路上还是有点雪。

A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya
作了两个小时三十分钟的路程终于抵达湖畔亭。从房门拍得房间照。

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房间的走道直到房门。房间是西日结合式-可以睡在床或日式床垫和棉被。

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疊蓆传统房间-有桌椅和日式座椅。疊蓆房内不许穿鞋。房间向湖!

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探索衣橱- 找到浴衣和化妆品。衣橱下有空间放行李。

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放床垫的橱。

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让人叹为观止的景色。

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厕所。日本厕所都很小。

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花园(从房间窗户拍的)。

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虽然下着毛毛雨,我们还是忍不住出去了。

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设在底层的脚浴。

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雾很浓密。天气很冷!

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右边是湖畔亭。

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雨越下越大。希望烟花不会被取消。

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面对湖畔亭的店。本想达Usuzan Ropeway Car因为天气没法子。Usuzan Ropeway Car会带你到有珠山,可以看到洞爺湖的全景。有珠山是活火山!另一酒店Toyako Manseikaku 在湖畔亭旁边.

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更多店。我们取消乘游船的计划,船会带你绕湖和周围的岛。我们最想看的是烟花。

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天开始黑了。决定早点吃晚餐。

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日式晚餐在房内享用。这晚餐已包含在房间配套。

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食物摆设非常漂亮.:)

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食物摆设非常漂亮.:)

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A Day in Sapporo & Lake Toya

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甜点。不是冰淇凌比较象是果冻而且有奶味。

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烟花每被取消,虽然还有一点雨。二十分钟的烟花在四月二十八日至十月三十一日的每晚八点四十五分准时展示,烟花是从船发射的。

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我到楼下捕捉烟花镜头。

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我的相机不能捕捉烟花,回房间继续欣赏。看完烟花后我去泡温泉,不过没有照片。更多详情,请阅览这里

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零食- 卡樂B薯片158日元和札幌啤酒classic(只在北海道售卖)278日元。两张绿卡是早餐卷(包含在配套)。因为下雨而看不到几个景点有些失望。希望明天天气晴朗,睡觉了!