Obon

It's Obon in Japan and that means I had (and still have a few to come) free days. The holidays started last Thursday. Kazumi and I went to Otaru. Exploring the canal area a bit and going out for tabehoudai and nomihoudai in the evening. That means all you can eat and drink during 90 minutes for a fixed price. We paid approximately 8000￥ for this feast in a yakiniku restaurant (yakiniku looks like a mini bbq that's put in the middle of your table). It was delicious.

Before going to the restaurant we also visited 天狗山 (tenguyama). It's a famous tourist spot in Otaru and the view from the top of the mountain is breathtaking. Here are some pictures.



Today we went to Sapporo. A big new store opened in January and we decided to have a look at what it has to offer. Before being allowed to shop at this store you need to become a member. Kazumi's mother (she's too kind) paid the membership fee for us.

The store can be compared to Macro in Belgium. It also carries a lot of foreign items. I was able to score me some Stella Artois. ^^




After scoring the beer Kazumi and I went to see "The Dark Knight" at the movie theater located in Sapporo Station. I really enjoyed the movie. We got quite hungry afterwards, so we stopped at ビックリドンキー for dinner.