Took a 3 hours train back to Sapporo.
(Had this for breakfast in the train)
(Sooo beautiful)
Main event: Otaru Canal
Otaru is very famous for its glass arts and lamplight arts, so it is also called the 'City of Glass', and the 'City of Lamplight'.
The Kitaichi Glass is a major company to make glass art works, which plays a very important role in the development of glass art in Otaru. The headquarter of the Kitaichi Glass is located on the bank of the Otaru Canal, and it takes 10 minutes by walk and 3 minutes by Otaru Sightseeing Bus to get there.
Along the street, there are many glass art and other art galleries and shops in the ancient warehouses. that sells a great variety of glass art works and glassware.
You will surely find your favorite things.
It takes about 10 minutes by walk from Otaru station to the famous ancient bank street along the Otaru Canal, which was called the ' Wall Street of North' from the Meiji period to the early Showa period.
You can have a good view of the nostalgic and romantic Otaru Canal, the roads along which are decorated with various gas lamps, while taking a relaxing stroll among the old-fashioned buildings in the bank street which symbolize the ancient prosperity.
Otaru Canal was completed in the 12th year of the Taisho period, and a lot of cargo storehouses were also built in the harbor area. Now these stone-made warehouses have become various beautifully-designed restaurants and shops, and you can have a good feel there of the nostalgic atmosphere of the ancient Otaru Canal.
The “must-eat” item in Hokkaido is Genghis Khan. It’s actually Monogolian barbeque but is known in Japan as Jingisu-kan. It just lamb meat and they dump lots of fresh onions, bean sprouts and lay the meat on top to grill.
Sizzlingly delicious and it was a most satisfying meal.
After meal, come my cigarette.
Took this picture while walking along the street.
Shopping as usual for the ladies.
