They offer delicious confectioneries made by high quality Hokkaido materials and high quality materials from other parts. This is the cafe operated by ROKKATEI which are only in Hokkaido. We can buy their products by mail order and temporary events in Tokyo and other big cities in Japan.Me and my […]
https://youtu.be/-REWhI5dDrk‘CLIMBING VOLCANO in Hokkaido-1’I climbed Mt. MEAKAN in Hokkaido. It consists of 8 active volcanos formed 3000-10000 years ago. The latest small eruption was 2006. The volcanic activities made several beautiful lakes in the caldera, AKAN lake and several more. It’s just 1499m but the scenery from the top is […]
‘HAPPINESS station in Hokkaido’I came across the KOUFUKU( 幸福,happiness)station of Hokkaido. It’s an ex-station of Japan rail which stopped the operation 1987.The station named KOUFUKU( happiness) because there was a village who came from FUKUI prefecture of mainland. There was a AIKOKU( 愛国, 愛love , 国land ) station on this […]
‘FOREST BATHING in SHUNKUNITAI Hokkaido’I enjoyed Forest bathing at SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido. It’s formed 3000-1500 years ago, between FURENKO lake and the sea of Okhotsk , registered as the Ramsar Convention of wetlands. There is a primitive forest along the bank , really calm , quiet and […]
It’s a caldera lake formed 7000 years ago by the volcano eruption.The depth is 211.5m , the transparency is 19m , very clear. The surface color is deep blue because the water becomes very deep from the edge. It’s always covered by the’fog’ , people call it as ‘ foggy […]
‘SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido’I visited SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido. It’s formed 3000-1500 years ago, between FURENKO lake and the sea of Okhotsk , registered as the Ramsar Convention of wetlands. There is no man-made products here , the scenery is same as the primitive time when […]
‘KIRITAPPU cape south east of Hokkaido’I visited KIRITAPPU cape south east of Hokkaido. The name means’ Foggy cape’ because it’s often covered by the fog . Luckily it’s sunny this day! There is a cute light house of red and white on the cliff. If you’re lucky you might see […]
‘KUSHIRO in Hokkaido’KUSHIRO city is the city east part of Hokkaido.The temperature is always the coolest in Japan, about 10 degrees lower than Tokyo. It’s the city of KUSHIRO river mouth, has the typical part town feeling. I found the local ferry boat, kids are enjoy boarding . This is […]
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