FURANO!

On March 10-12th, I got to go on a "business trip"....which included a two hour train trip with friends, staying in a hotel at the base of a ski resort, eating lots of fantastic food, skiing all day Saturday, and spending lots of good time with friends. It was a great weekend away.



Julie and me in the middle of a "crisp" (aka. awesome) day of skiing.





















Julie at dinner....with some chocolate cheesecake! We skipped lunch that day just because we knew that we needed room for the huge dinner we were planning on eating, including this cheesecake. It definitely lived up to our expectations.






















Believe it or not, this is the restaurant where we ate our last lunch in Furano before catching the train! We'd seen the name of the restaurant on a map, and walked up and down the same street a few times, looking and looking for the restaurant, but we couldn't find it anywhere, despite smelling fabulous curry. How frustrating! Finally, we saw this little shack which we'd passed a few times, and thought, "this can't be it! It's a shack!". But, we decided to brave it, and went inside. It turned out to be amazing food, and the owners were so nice. Never just a restaurant by it's exterior...at least in Japan!

















Our friendly chefs!

















And the menu, on cardboard!