Since I’m currently waiting in line for a restaurant, I’ll post about my afternoon visit to Otaru. Found 35 minutes north of Sapporo, Otaru was formerly one of the main ports in Hokkaido. Today it’s mostly known for its preserved canal area, lined with old warehouses from its port days. Every February, this canal is lit up with dozens of lights and filled with snow sculptures, a lot of which were made voluntarily.
street sculpture in front of the kfc
below zero but Hokkaido milk ice cream is too good to resist
even the statue is cold
love is a recurring theme here
light it up!
on the way back to the station, another light up path can be found at the site of a former rail track
I used the Sapporo – Otaru Welcome Pass (1700 JPY) for all my transportation this day (including subways in Sapporo). Not a bad deal!
One last photo of my lunch in Otaru – Salmon Ikuradon
wow, this is so amazing 🙂 the snow with the lights remind me of Halloween
it’s really beautiful there! funny you should mention that, one of the snow sculptures was actually named Halloween in Otaru. 😀
haha that is funny :)i have to visit it looks so beautiful!!