April 22nd

After plans for going to the zoo fell through, Momoko, Saori and I decided to have a little adventure anyways. So, we took the car, and drove north up the coast to see what we could find! It ended up being a really fun day, full of...."Oh, stop! That looks cool..." kind of adventures.




Our first stop...the Ishikari Salmon Factory. Salmon seem to have this neverending presence in my life...from Campbell River being the Salmon Capital of Canada, to a salmon being my highschool mascot, to Ishikari being the Salmon Capital of Japan.

















Me and Saori...

















Momoko at lunch in the Salmon Factory.I opted out of the fish eggs, and had tempura instead : )






















The Hamamasu waterfall....BIG by Japanese standards!






















Don't ask me what this sign says! But, it looks cool!


















We then headed back down south, and found this famous little Doraeyaki shop...(aka. pancakes filled with sweet bean paste/Doraemon's favourite food....you know, the little blue Japanese cartoon character??!).


















Next, we found this cute little "castle" on top of a ski-hill! A little random, but that's what made it fun.

















And inside the "castle"...






















Next, we headed into the big city...Sapporo...saw a movie, and then went to fill our empty bellies at a soup curry shop. It was my first time to have soup curry and I loved it! Apparently Saori is quite excited about hers as well : )