[ Sept.2014 ] We booked the hotels by internet beforehand for this Hokkaido holiday in Japan. We stayed one night in Hakodate and two night in Sapporo. Our main requirement was the location near the…

[ Sept.2014 ] I continue about the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi in Hokkaido, Japan. In the museum site, there were some re-created traditional houses. In one of them, we could try wearing their costume, which…

[ Sept.2014 ] One of my purposes of our trip to Hokkaido in Japan was to learn about Ainu people, indigenous people in north part of Japan. We went to The Ainu Museum in Shiraoi….

[ Sept.2014 ] In Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan, they have a morning market near the station. I looked up and found that this started in 1945 soon after the end of the WW2 by farmers…

[ Sept.2014 ] After we enjoyed the night view in Hakodate, it was the time for dinner.We went to the restaurant called “Uni Murakami” which I had already chosen from our guide book by taxi.The…

[ Sept. 2014 ] This was my first visit to Hokkaido, but I had known that Hakodate’s night view was worth seeing. So around the time of the sunset, we took the ropeway to the…

[ Sept.2014 ] We only went inside of Old British Consulate and Old Public Hall in Motomachi in Hakodate, Japan, but there were more historical western style houses. For example, this is the phoro of…

[ Sept.2014 ] In Motomachi town in Hakodate in Japan, where there are many western style houses, we visited Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward. It was completed in 1910 after taking 1 year and…

[ Sept.2014 ] There are many western style houses left in Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan. Among them, we went in to Old British Consulate. The current building was built in 1913 after others were burned…