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Today was HOT! I came up to Hokkaido to escape the heat but I think it followed me. Aside from the heat, I had an amazing day today. I did a walking tour that the National Geographic: Traveler Japan recommended it. The walk took me about five to six hours (I stopped for food along the way…a couple of times) and 5.6km (3.5 miles). I started my walk around 9:30am and ended around 4:00.   I took a taxi from the train station to Hakodate Dokku-mae and then walked southwest on the Uomi-za...

In terms of detail, it is a little hard to recall, although it has been 5 years so i think i deserve a little break. Hokkaido is a completely different world from the mainland. It is beautiful and serene, although especially at this time of year, expect to enjoy the place at a constant sticky state. The humidity is a little high at that time of year (something that I didnt know before packing 5 sweaters, and scarfs.) The schools are i think what most surprised me about this place. Other than ...

This is my Bog Blog! Call them whatever you like: dunnies, pissers, gravy bowls, pissoirs, porcelain caves, potties, loos, crappers, dumpers, shitters, outhouses, throne, bogs, longdrops, WC's. As much as we dont want to think about it, even good looking girls have to crap every day! The vast array of toilets in the world have fascinated me for a long time. This blog will be continuously updated as long as I continue to travel the world and wake up needing to hang a dump.

Travelled to Tokyo and the North Island (Hokkaido) to go snowboarding in Niseko. Certainly, the best snow i've seen anywhere. And a fantastic trip to boot. Japan was faultless!

I lived in Hokkaido, Japan for 2 years as an English teacher and had some amazing adventures. Hokkaido is the northern most island of Japan, and truely a beautiful place, not only is the scenery amzing, but so are the people! I thought I would share special pictures that are would give a glimpse into the life of a Hokkaido JET!

When I thought about choosing a place where I could spend my exchange semester, I knew that I would love to do it either in South America or Japan. Considering both possibilities Japan suddenly won and I spent there one of the best times of my entire life. I just love that country, its history and customs. It's so mysterious and it's just a question if you dare to make the attempt to discover its secrets.

The Sapporo Snow festival is magnificent, and an event not to be missed. In Japanese it is called the Sapporo Yuki Matsuri. It is one of the largest winter events in Japan and is an absolute gem. If you have the opportunity to go to Sapporo City at this time of year, make sure you take it. The festival takes place in early February for 7 days (the actual day of the following year's festival is decided immediately after each festival finishes). In 2007 the festival is from Tuesday February 5th...

I took a 5-day trip on my own to the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido, for the holidays. It was a wonderful experience. The weather was snowy, the scenery was astonishing, and the food was delicious. Here is a recap of my adventures.I flew into 新千歳 Shin-Chitose airport outside of Sapporo early Monday morning, Christmas Eve. The flight from Tokyo was a quick 1.5 hours. I had to take a train into the city from the airport. Along the way, I saw my first snow in Japan and it was beautiful...

Otaru was my first port visit on board the USS KITTY HAWK. It was interesting getting use to all the rules for liberty. It was nothing like Yokosuka though, not many nationals spoke English.

One month in Japan, mostly with Yoko, my best Japanese friend.. a month in Osaka and a week in Tokyo.. it's fantastic experience.. I met also Noriko, Kitty, Taka, Shie and Yuka.. It was also the most English I spoke in life!! What?? My 2 year in England?? I had Chinese friends there.. ha ha..

Saporro is a city on the highestof the 3 main island Hokaido. Stayed here for 2 days 1 night and the people are most friendly,alhough English is a big problem. The Universaty has an nice park where you can stroll around. The Saporro beer factory is worth visiting aswell. At the Train station has a broadcast company where you can go to the top floor and enjoy the view. The streets are mostly long and straight like the American way,so it is not difficult to gett lost. At the square in the...

I'm going to introduce a weird country called Japan.

OK, so this time I let Liz organize the trip to Hokkaido. The party consisted of me, Liz and her boyfriend Adam. We took a ferryboat from Akita to Tomakodai (12 hours) and happened to find Scott and his girlfriend on the same boat! The ferry was cool and the journey was smooth, but we had a huge problem: we stayed in a 12 people room　with a nice group of japanese that included another student from Akita but one old man in the group snored all night long. And I don't mean just a regular snor...

South Korea & Japan Winter Trip 2007 - Day 5 17/12  Noboribetsu  date historical village, Volcano, Sapporo, Noodle Street, Odori Park. We slept so early last night!!  It's just soon after we enjoyed our nice hot spring because we wanted to get up early today so that we could enjoy the sun more!!! So this is our bedroom!!  It isn't that bad...quite good in fact, but we just made it too messy after one night!!! We had a nice buffet breakfast a...

Last day, and our mission is to get the white lovers' chocolate at the airport. At the airport, we were surprised to see japanese queuing up, like singaporeans, to buy something popular. Some of us queued up with them, but of course, we (singaporean) want to buy the winter lover's chocolate, the japanese are queuing up for another snack. When the stock came, the singaporeans were dissappointed because they were not white lover's chocolate. my sis bought one of the snack the japanese are queui...