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Hakodate, red brick warehouses

Japan by train: Hokkaido

April 3, 2021

We didn’t fall in love with Hokkaido at first sight, as we did with the rest of Japan. It is the most isolated one of the main Japanese islands, has the weakest traffic connections, isn’t as organized and efficient as the rest of Japan, its trends in tourism are old-fashioned, simply- everything isn’t as you would expect from Japan.

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Tags Hakodate, Hokkaido, Hokkaido by train, Hokkaido dairy products, Hokkaido ice cream, Hokkaido cheesecake, Onuma, Onuma Koen, Onuma Quasi National Park, Lucky Pierrot, Snaffle's, Noboribetsu onsen, Sapporo, Nemuro Hanamaru Sapporo, Yurihagara park, Sapporo Beer Museum, Jingisukan Sapporo, Otaru, Kinotoya Bake, Hookaido travel, Kinotoya bake, Snaffles, Japan
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Marettimo 2019

Last year's favorites, V

April 26, 2020

Even though my Last Year’s Favorites is an annual post that I intended to write at the beginning of each year, last year saw it in February- now, it’s April, but this kind of post seems more convenient than ever.

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