Tag: Japan

Welcome to Sapporo TV Tower
Travel

Visiting Sapporo TV Tower at night in August

Hey everybody, it’s Matt here again, and today, I want to take you through Sapporo TV Tower at night in August. I hope you find it helpful for your own trip planning. Be sure to share it if you do, and check back for more articles and videos from our travels in Japan and elsewhere

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It's probably not for you if you don't like rockmelon
Food & Drink

The Chocolate Lounge Menu at Shiroi Koibito Park (English)

For those that are thinking about visiting Shiroi Koibito Park after my article about it here and are not quite sure yet, the menu might help sway you towards it. The Chocolate Lounge does not feature any main type food, the closet you can get is the tea set. As the lounge name suggests, it

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Furano Flowers at Farm Tomita
Road Tripping

Autumn 6-Day Hokkaido Central and Eastern Road Trip Itinerary

In August last year, we spent six days road tripping around the Northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido inAutumn. Our trip started and ended at the New Chitose Airport, and was focused around the Central and Eastern regions of the island plus the capital, Sapporo. If you are thinking about spending some time exploring Hokkaido, don’t

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Okurayama Ski Jump
Road Tripping

Mount Okura Ski Jump Stadium

Our next stop in Sapporo, after visiting Ishiya Chocolate Factory at Shiroi Koibito Park was the Mount Okura Ski Jump Stadium, officially, Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium and also known as Okurayama-Schanze. This massive (at least to us) ski jump is perhaps most well known from the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics.

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Mt Warning Sunset
Meaningful Living

12 Things I’m Thankful For This Christmas

It’s Christmas Eve, and that means tomorrow is Christmas! Looking back over the year, there are so many things that have made this year a challenge. Things that are painful, things that are stressful and things that are just frustrating. The year started out with news, both good and bad. My sister was in Australia … Read more

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That was some good chocolate...
Travel

Visiting Moerenuma Park in Sapporo’s Summer

G’day everyone, in today’s blog, we are going to visit Moerenuma Park in Sapporo’s North East, the #1 rated thing to do in Sapporo , and one of the places we visited during our Hokkaido 6-day road trip. Before we jump into it though, I’ve got a question for you: When you are travelling and

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Travel

What power converter do you need when travelling from Australia to Japan?

This is an important question and can actually be a bit confusing because, in Australia, all our power outlets have a ground even if the appliance doesn’t use it. In Japan though, there are actually two kinds of electrical outlet: grounded and non-grounded. The grounded outlet can accept both grounded and non-grounded appliances. The non-grounded

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