Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Our 'catch' is served
This is the crab and 2 scallops. We tried it raw and cooking them in the hotpot.How fresh can it get? Fantastic!
Our 'catch' from the tanks
Here's our 'catch' from the tanks. 1 long legged crab and 2 scallops.JPY13,000 in total.
Standard Hotpot set
Well, this is our lunch. A standard hot-pot set.Consists of a small hairy crab, 2 pieces of tofu, 4 small shrimps and tons of vegetables.
This is the sea-urchin I had.
The sea-urchin was still moving its spikes when it was served.The taste is very fresh!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Live Abalone - Seafood Market
For JPY1300, you can buy a live abalone. Sashimi or grill, choice is yours.
A local Seafood market
Interesting place where you can see and purchase many kinds of seafood fresh from the Japan sea.Crabs, salmons, scallops, sea urchins, abalone, squids and etc.....
Cable car approaching - Hakodate
The approaching cable car which will bring us to the peak.Each time, the cable car can ferry about 100 person. There are only 2 cable cars going to and fro from the peak and station.
Dinner in Hakodate
This is what we had. Not really the best but it serves its purpose, that is filling our hungry stomach.
Restaurant in Hakodate
Before the cable car ride to see the night view of Hakodate.We stopped over at this place for dinner.
Moo Moo Taxi - Hokkaido
Picture of the local taxi. This one caught my eye for its unique paint design.Most if not all the taxi drivers all wear long sleeve shirt with tie. Talk about image!
A slice of the Hokkaido melon = JPY300
Up to you to think if it is worth the price.Taste: Very sweet! Soft.
Smell: Nice sweet melon!
Expensive Melons!
These melons are really expensive in my opinion. It is common to find them with a price tag of a few thousand JPY.However, they have a really sweet taste and fragrant smell!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Corns, corns corns!
Cooked and nicely packed corns for sale! You will see many of these in Hokkaido.
One of the snacks offered by the stall - Noboribetsu
Can't spell out their names but they taste good.Offered by the stall selling traditional rice crackers.
New Volcano called Showa - Noboribetsu
From what we know, this is a relatively young and new Volcano called Showa.Picture was taken outside the restaurant where we had lunch.
Hot soup that came with the lunch set - Noboribetsu
This is a close up view of the soup that came with the lunch set.We put in the 3 slices of pork to cook them in the bowl. Turns out delicious!
Lunch is served! - Noboribetsu
This is our lunch served by the restaurant near the bear ranch.It was one of the best lunch we had so far.
Lunch place near the bear ranch - Noboribetsu
This is the restaurant where we had our lunch after visiting the bear ranch.
Hello there! - Bear Ranch Noboribetsu
This guy seems to be saying 'hi' to us.Sometimes I wonder if they are looking at us instead of us looking at them.
Hydrothermal Activities monitoring system - Jigokudani
The hot spring in Jigokudani is constantly being monitored.
The real hot boiling spring water - Jigokudani
This is one of the source of the hot spring water that the hotels use.
Japanese breakfast - Hot Spring Hotel Noboribetsu
Not sure if this is a typical Japanese style breakfast but that's what we had in the morning.
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