Last Day in Hokkaido (Day 15)

25th May 2019, Saturday

Time flew fast when we were having fun and yes, today was the last day of our holidays. We packed our goodies into our luggage and went down to check out the hotel once we were ready to leave. We left our luggage with the hotel and tried to query if there was any shabu shabu restaurants which are opened early. So the staff recommended us one restaurant named Sayabu Syabu Monster nearby the hotel which we could have shabu shabu before we fly (cannot get over with the one last night..haha). So we headed out the the shabu place and we took some time to find the shabu restaurant. Anyway, the restaurant was not opened for business yet, so we went down to shop around and played some games in the arcade.

Meats Selection Section

Vegetables Selection Section

Our Soup Base

After that, we headed back to the restaurant to have our shabu shabu. The place was quite big and we took a promotion which was quite cheap for us. We had the free flow of meats, veggies and the drinks. So we had our yummy time there and we took our time to eat even though there was a time limit for the shabu shabu. After the shabu shabu, we went down to buy some seaweed and cheese snacks from a local supermarket and went back to the hotel. We decided to leave slightly early to return the car so that we got enough time and won't have to rush too much. We reached the car rental car company quite ahead of our flight time and parked to return the car. When the staff did a check on the car, they questioned us on the scratches on the side of the car. We tried to explain we did had a minor accident during our stay in Lake Toya and they were definitely not happy about it. The guy who attended to us was kind of like scolding us as in why we did not make a report on the day of the accident as now they had to pay the damage themselves and unable to claim from the insurance company with no report. He was saying that they had made it clear to us that we had to make a report for any accidents on the day we collected the car. But we had no recollection that they had told us on the first day. We tried to explain that they can check with the hotel staff and she had not told us to make a report even though she had witnessed the accident. After some time, the guy introduced the guy standing beside him as his manager and it was agreed by the manage to waive off the maximum damage charge imposed (it was like $1k or $2k sgd at that time). But he told us we will have to pay for the non-operation charges and the expressway tow charges. I was glad i don't have to pay so much for the damage but i was kind of affected by the matter.

After all that, we paid the charges and waited for their shuttle bus to pick us to go to the airport. When we reached the airport, there were many shops in the airport and of course, there was a pokemon center. We checked out the shops and there were still so many stuffs that we could buy back. There were daisy products, desserts, toys, whole honey dews and many more. I bought the pikachu keychains with the pilot costume of New Chitose Airport. We had cheesecake, tart and ice-cream in LeTao and i had a chat with a Japanese lady who was waiting for her flight to Osaka to visit her new-born grand-daughter. But we were not able to get the pudding we had in Otaru's branch. After that, we checked in our luggage and went around the shops again. I saw Donburi Chaya restaurant in one of the levels and decided we had our dinner there cos it was not expensive and full of ingredients.

LeTao Latte & Ice-cream

Pikachu!

Giant Royce' Chocolates

After dinner, we made our way to the boarding gate and waited for our flight back to Tokyo where we will have to transit on another flight back to Singapore. With this, my hokkaido holidays was over but i will definitely try to go back again. It was really a nice place with plenty of food and places to eat and visit.

Places visited:
Sayabu Syabu Monster (Address: 2-15-1, Minami three Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, 060-0063)
New Chitose Airport

Hotel Stayed:
Hotel Vista Sapporo Odori