Tokyo Illumination: Ebisu – Baccarat Eternal Lights
The Baccarat Eternal Lights is an annual illumination festival at the Yebisu Garden Place. The Garden Place can be reached
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Sapporo Station
JR Sapporo Station is a central transportation hub in Sapporo and the station itself is connected to multiple shopping malls.
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Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo
The zoo of Sapporo is in Maruyama Park near the station of the same name. Maruyama has both local and foreign animals and since many of the latter ones aren’t accustomed to the cold temperatures, the zoo has a large number of houses where they are kept.
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Lucky Pierrot Hamburger Restaurant in Hakodate: Christmas everyday
Theme-based restaurants are nothing special in Japan and I’ve been to a couple of them in Tokyo. Lucky Pierrot was
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Winter in Sapporo
There is rarely snow in Tokyo. Winters are dry and not as cold as in Seoul. Usually when it snowed
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Sapporo White Illumination Festival
This holiday I try to visit as many illumination festivals as possible and the Sapporo White Illumination Festival was first
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Aoi Sora Organic Cafe in Sapporo
Life is not easy for vegans in Japan, but on the other hand they are usually excellent cooks (at least
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Sapporo TV Tower – a tower with a moustache
If Tom Sellek were to be reborn as a television tower, what would he look like? Maybe like the Sapporo
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Sapporo Clock Tower
Sapporo is a young city by Japanese standards and that’s why the Sapporo Clock Tower which was built in 1878
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Munich Christmas Market in Sapporo
Yesterday I arrived in Sapporo which is also the first time I’m on Japan’s northernmost island Hokkaido. December is the
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Lady Burger, Men’s Ramen: Gender-specific food
The photo above is not an odd cover for a women’s magazine but an advertisement for Lotteria’s Lady Burger. The text makes it clear (in English and Korean!) that this burger is for ladies only.
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