22nd May 2019, Wednesday
Today, we just planned to walk around Sapporo city so we woke up late and we took our time to prepare ourselves. We went down for ramen at Ramen Sora, a small ramen stall recommended by the hotel staff. It was just round the corner of our hotel. We ordered a miso ramen and a spicy ramen, it was quite nice. After we finished the ramen, we walked down the shopping streets of Sapporo, Tanukikoji Shopping Street. It was quite like the one in Osaka, with streets and streets of shops. There were many shops available along the streets, selling pets, shoes and food. I was amazed on how big their Don-Don Donki was. It was 6 storeys high and there were 2 shops, opposite each other in the same street. We spent a lot of time shopping inside.
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| Miso and Spicy Ramen |
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| Tanukikoji Shopping Street |
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| Donki Shop Entrance |
Then we walked further down the streets to a cheese market and Istean. We were amazed at the seafood and cheese products selling at the supermarket. We took our own time exploring in the supermarket and bought some fruits and some food back. We were lucky to buy 1 whole honey dew for $1000 yen as there was an offer going on. So we asked the staff to help us pick ripe one that we could eat it. After that, we walked back to the hotel and asked the counter staff if they had a knife to lend us. The staff was so funny, she actually gave us a plastic knife and asked us if it is okay. We broke into laughter and my friend kept telling her we want to cut our honey drew and the plastic knife won't work. Later my friend asked the staff if the kitchen chef of the hotel restaurant could help us cut the melon drew instead. So the staff went to the restaurant and asked. After some time, she came back and told us the chef was willing to help to cut the fruit. We were so happy, and so i went up to the room with our purchases first while my friend waited for the fruit to be cut.
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| Eel |
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| Fishes |
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| Giant Scallops |
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| More honey dew |
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| Yummy!! |
After some time, my friend came back with a tray and on the tray, there were 4 big slices of the honey dew. So we sat on the floor and had our maki and honey drew. The honey dew was sooooo sweet and juicy....It was soooo enjoyable...After that, we just stayed in the room and do nothing...hahaha....We stayed in the room till about 6 plus, then we went down again to see what was nice for dinner. We walked into a small eating alley with some small restaurants but we gave them a miss. Then we ended up at an okonomiyaki place named Hina-Chan which we had to wait for some time before we could get a seat. Finally, we get a table and we ordered a coke float and two okonomiyaki for dinner.It was not bad but it was quite a lot so we didn't managed to finish the food. After dinner, we walked back to hotel and rested.
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| Entrance |
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| Coke Float |
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| Recommended Okonomiyaki |
Places visited:
Ramen Sora (Address: 5 Chome-20 Minami 3 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0063, Japan)
Cheese Market (Address: 4 Chome-14-5 Minami 4 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0804, Japan)
Istean
Tanukikoji Shopping Street
Hina-Chan (Address: 6 Minami Sanjo Nishi Tanukikoji 6-Chome, Chuo, Sapporo 060-0063, Hokkaido)
Hotel Stayed:
Hotel Vista Sapporo Odori
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