Japan 2009- Hokkaido (Furano) Day 4

Japan 2009- Hokkaido (Furano) Day 4

Business Norte Inn hotel (Sapporo)

a last look at this small but very clean and basic hotel.

bathroom

Nakajuima Park

Having lunch in a small Ramen eatery

a while ago before i left for Hokkaido, i chanced upon another traveller's blog posts about Hokkaido and i was wondering why they had ramen for almost every meal.

now i finally understand, i'm completely in love with Hokkaido's super tasty and very addictive ramen! (my personal preference is their SHOYU ramen)

deserts from Lawson's

we had to take the JR train from Sapporo station to Furano station. (journey is about 2-3 hours)

very fresh Hokkaido milk!

Ways to get to Furano from Sapporo.

- you can take a bus from Sapporo bus terminal.

- you can also take JR train from Sapporo to JR Furano.

we chose to take the train because we bought the "Furano Biei Round Tour Ticket" which costs 5400 yen for 4 days.

Within these 4 days, we get return trip to Sapporo and we are able to take subways within Furano, we can also take trips by JR to Biei and Asahikawa.

Also, we are entitled to the Twinkle Bus tours which brings us sight seeing around Furano, Biei and Asahikawa.

It's quite a good deal :)

More info on this 4 days pass here:

http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/GLOBAL/english/travel/img/furano_biei_e.pdf

to be more exact, we have to stop at Asahikawa and change platforms to Furano.

Asahikawa JR Station- finally!

by the time we finally reached Furano, it became dark.

the town and roads were so quiet, we had space to do these!

our accomodation in Furano- about 5 mins walk from JR Furano station.

its called SUMIRE INN

a very homely guest house (ryokan)

it doesn't have aircon but it has the fan.

In Hokkaido, its still quite cooling even in summer.

will post more pics of this cute little cosy INN in my following posts.

we decided to have dinner in this eatery right beside Sumire Inn.

Restaurant's name is YAMADORI

freshly brewed ASAHI beer, Asahi just tastes so much better here.

excellent WAGYU beef.

it melts in your mouth instantly!

mongolian lamb

look at the marbling of the beef, they say the grade of the beef also depends on how marbled it is.

i am no expert when it comes to this, but i do know that this tastes absolutely fantastic when placed in the mouth!

condiments for cheese fondue

a taste of Furano cheese fondue

perfect dinner!

what a great way to end the day spent travelling.

we came back here a second time cuz of the impressive food.