#Hakodate tour

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[skrillawrld]

 𝐂 𝐑 𝐘 𝐁 𝐀 𝐁 𝐘

𝐒 𝐀 𝐓 𝐒 𝐔 𝐊 𝐈  𝐊 𝐈 𝐑 𝐘 𝐔 𝐈 𝐍   𝐗  𝐁 𝐋 𝐀 𝐂 𝐊 𝐅 𝐄 𝐌 𝐑 𝐄 𝐀 𝐃 𝐄 𝐑

➜ 𝐒 𝐌 𝐔 𝐓

✦𝐂 𝐎 𝐍 𝐓 𝐀 𝐈 𝐍 𝐒 :𝐁 𝐔 𝐓 𝐓  𝐏 𝐋 𝐀 𝐘, 𝐂 𝐍 𝐂?, 𝐃 𝐄 𝐆 𝐑 𝐀 𝐃 𝐈 𝐍 𝐆, 𝐆 𝐈 𝐑 𝐋  𝐖 𝐈 𝐓 𝐇  𝐏 𝐄 𝐍 𝐈 𝐒, 𝐎 𝐕 𝐄 𝐑 𝐒 𝐓 𝐈 𝐌 𝐔 𝐋 𝐀 𝐓 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍 ✦

･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

You were just a dumb simple girl, she thought. You came up to her, big doe eyes, plump lips, poofy puffs with ribbons around them, thick thighs that jiggled every-time you took a step, and beautiful hips she wanted to caress.

She had no clue as to why she felt like that towards you, but she did. She looked down upon you with disgust evident on her face. You weren’t scared, just a little squirm-ish, her gaze was intense, and she was eyeing you down.

“Why should I test you?” She asked. Before you got the chance to speak, she cut you off with a uniform pushed towards your breast.

They were distracting her, and she had to figure out a way to cover them up.

“Here you go pig, one star.” She stated, shooing you away.

Immediately after, two guys with three-star uniforms stood in front of you, they demanded you to follow them. You had no choice, so you did. They took you to a dorm like place and settled you in a room, you knew one stars didn’t get treated like such, they weren’t given special treatment.

The special treatment didn’t stop there though, you were allowed to join the tennis team without a tryout, got great quality food, and got to tour the place.

The captain of the tennis team, Hakodate, wasn’t too fond of you. She’d always pick on you in front of other team members but was so close when she told you to stay for extra practice. She’d always pull on your braids or flip up your skirt, even going as far as to pinch your nipples, she enjoyed torturing you.

She didn’t know that Kiryūin had her eyes on you. Every time she’d flip your skirt up or get a little too close into your personal space, it would send Kiryūin into overdrive, but she couldn’t act on her actions. However, she did make an observation, you enjoyed the torture. With every after-school practice you stayed with Hakodate, you’d inch closer and wouldn’t cower from her torture on you as much as you use to. She even caught Hakodate looking at your breast while you were changing.

Hakodate wanted to act on her actions desperately, she just wanted to fold you up and eat your adorable pussy, but she knew she’d have to get you alone, which would usually be easy, if the higher ups weren’t coming to collect you for dinner with them every time you two were alone.

One evening she noticed they weren’t there waiting outside for you and acted on her actions quickly. While you were stripping to head into the showers, she followed behind you. You felt her warm breath behind your ear and knew it was her, she grabbed your waist and bent you over, she was so desperate to taste, even just to see, how good your pussy was.

She immediately latched her mouth onto your clit, pushing her fingers deep into your cunny causing you to cry out. You wanted to tell her stop, that you’d get in trouble if the higher ups did catch you, but it felt too good. You caught yourself bouncing back on her face, begging her to let you cum. In response you’d get a “why should I let your sloppy cunt cum?” Or “I’m doing it for my pleasure and if you end up getting your fill good for you.” She was so mean, and it turned you on so much, you ended up squirting in her mouth.

She drunk it all up and continued her assault on your pussy, switching between her finger and tongue as to which she was fucking you with.

She soon finished up and started licking up your body. She played with your breast for a while, twisting and nipping on them to get a reaction from you. After she finished she gave you a sloppy kiss and walked out the shower.

After the whole incident went down she pretended it never happened, she barely even looks at you anymore. Kiryūin has been showing up to the court more though, she’d always watch you and make sure the blonde was no where near you. She knew what happened, it made her furious, she was just waiting for the right moment to bring it up.

“Hello” Kiryūin Said walking behind you from training, instead of letting the guards get you, she decided to get you herself.

“Hi” You said in a questioning tone.

“There’s something we need to discuss.” She said looking down at you, then walking ahead of you.

Taking that as an order, you trailed behind her thinking of all the things you may have done to piss her off, you hadn’t seen her in weeks, so why did she need to see you? What wasn’t clicking in your dumb little brain?

“Is there something you need to tell me?” She said as she sat down in her office seat.

“Not that I know of?” You said in a question like tone, is something wrong with Kiryūin? why does she seem angry? 

“Hm, come here.” She said in a calm tone. As you walked behind her desk, she pulled you down onto her lap.

“Did someone touch you in the past few weeks?”  She asked directly this time.

“No, no one has touched me.” You lied.

“Yeah?” She questioned.

“Mhm” You groaned out in response. She had placed her thigh between your legs, you instantly felt her bulge on your ass, and she could most likely feel your almost bare pussy since you were wearing thin flimsy panties.

“Is this not you and Hakodate, in the locker room?” She said, pulling up the footage she had recorded with her phone. There, you sat and watch the video of you begging Hakodate for more. 

Your pussy immediately reacted, seeing yourself on camera turned you on so much. 

Kiryūin could feel your wetness seeping through your underwear. She placed you on the table and flipped your skirt up, she sat back down in her seat and observed your pussy. It was so pretty to her she wanted to immediately taste but she couldn’t, she wanted to tease you first.

She stripped you of the rest of your clothing and opened a draw filled with toys. She pulled out a bunny tail butt plug, a blue dildo and some lube. Your eyes widened while hers remained neutral, if she could, she’d take you in the office over the table, however the walls weren’t soundproof and you’d be quite loud.

She licked her thumb and began rubbing your clit, you were really sensitive and any touch had you begging for more, and with your pleas she gave you more, she secured her mouth around your clit as you began to cry, it was becoming too much, her tongue was warm and would constantly flick horizontally and vertically.

She removed her head after your third time cumming, she didn’t do it for your pleasure, she really enjoyed your taste and couldn’t resist making you cum over and over again. She switched your position and placed you on the floor between her legs, with your ass facing her direction and your back arched.

She spat on your ass, the cool liquid landed on your hole and sent a shiver up your spine. She grabbed the plug and the lube and lathered it on. After you felt her fingers prodding into your back hole, you want to stop her but it felt, good?  

“Are you putting that in there?” You stuttered out. She simply ignore you. Why would she give you an explanation? You didn’t give her one for the video. She began pushing it in.

“It’s too much!” You yelped out. She continued pushing it in and then started rubbing on your clit with her thumb. The amount of pain a pleasure at the moment was delicious, the stretch burned perfectly.

After she got it completely in you started pushing it back out, it was too filling. She grabbed it and began pumping it in and out of your hole, it felt good, so good that you began to spasm. She pushed your legs apart to make room for herself.

"Look at you, making a mess on my floors." She

scolded. She then laid between your legs, finally latching her mouth onto your clit.

You moaned out in pleasure, humping her mouth trying to get your release. She spanked you and stuck her tongue between your folds, tongue fucking you until you finally came on her tongue.

She continued to tongue fuck you until you were crying. After you came for the last time, for her satisfaction, she cleaned you with her tongue and took some wipes out of her desk and cleaned you off as well.

She then carried you to her room and kissed your forehead before whispering praises into your ears as you fell asleep.

"You did so good for me darling."

･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

Hi! Sorry for the long hiatus, hope you enjoyed!

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[hakodate-division]

"The little things in life are sometimes the most important."

Timeline

Age 0:

He is born to Martha and Ted Sr. Bridges on a farm in Toronto, Canada.

Age 12:

He experiences a growth spurt; he now towers over his own parents.

Age 14:

He starts high school.

His height, stature, and general demeanor make most people afraid of him.

Age 17:

He graduates high school.

He goes off to university to get his bachelor's in business and agriculture.

Age 20:

He graduates and obtains his bachelor's.

Before he can put it to use, he hears on the news about rumors that another world war is going to start.

He decides to do his duty and join the Canadian military, which makes his father proud, though his mother would rather he stay out of it.

Age 21:

For his service and dedication, he is promoted to Major.

The Third World War starts.

His mother begs him to get a desk job instead of going off to fight, but he refuses.

His ferocity in battle earns him infamy among the enemy troops.

He is nicknamed, "The Bear" as a result.

During a break in the fighting, his men take him to get a bear tattoo on his upper right arm.

Age 22:

During his tour, he is stationed in Okinawa, where he quickly gets turned around in.

Luckily, he meets a young marine biologist named Janet Shimizu who shows him around the town.

The two become good friends with each other, often meeting up when he is not busy.

Age 23:

The constant killing and fighting start to take its toll on Ted's mental health.

Luckily, the war soon ends.

He prepares to leave to head back home, but is informed by Janet that she is pregnant with his child, which shocks him.

In response, he requests to be honorable discharged from service, which is granted.

He then asks Janet to marry him, which she accepts.

Half a year later, their son, Aiden, is born.

Age 24:

He becomes a stay-at-home dad, watching Aiden, while his wife works.

He enters several strongman competitions to pass the time.

Age 25:

He learns about his wife's gift for "speaking" with animals, which amazes him.

He tries to reciprocate; he fails horribly, making his wife joke and tease him.

He wonders if his son has the same gift.

Age 28:

He sees his son speaking with animals and finds out that he inherited his wife's gift, much to her surprise and joy.

He feels a bit left out, but quickly gets over it.

Age 30:

He receives word from his father that his mom is in the hospital.

He heads back to Canada to see her. She passes away a few days later.

Age 31:

His dad passes a year later, following his wife.

Ted becomes depressed for a bit. His wife and child cheer him up.

Age 35:

The H-Era starts as the Party of Words amasses power. Ted automatically doesn't trust them.

A month later, Chuohku officials come to recruit Janet, finding her skill with animals to be of great use.

Though she doesn't trust them, Janet accepts the offer, so long as they agree to leave her family alone.

Ted doesn't approve of her working for them, but trusts her to take care of herself.

Age 36:

A workplace accident occurs, which kills everyone inside Janet's place of work, including her.

All Ted has left to remember her by is her golden locket, which he gifted her on their 1st Year Anniversary.

Though bitter and filled with hatred at the government, he foregoes getting revenge, knowing that that's not what his wife would want.

Instead, he and Aiden leave Okinawa and head for Hakodate, where he builds a chalet for the two of them there.

He changes up his appearance and explicitly warns Aiden not to show his "gift" off in public.

He becomes a lumberjack, cutting down trees for money and wrestling with bears to keep his strength up.

He becomes friends with the local Ainu tribe after he rescues a bear cub from some poachers.

Age 37:

He meets and becomes friends with Olympic snowboarder, Kokomi Morozov after he saves her from a bear after she had injured her leg.

She asks if she can rent a room in his chalet. Though he is skeptical, he eventually gives in.

Age 38:

Present.

At first, he refuses to join Kotan's team, not wanting to get involved with Chuohku or battle ever again.

However, he relents after ██████████████████.

He becomes the second member of the Hakodate division team, Kuma no ie, alongside Kotan Anchikar and Kokomi Morozov.

Schedule

12 a.m. - 7 a.m.: Asleep

7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Freshens up and eats breakfast with Aiden and Kokomi

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.: Walks Aiden to the foot of the mountain before seeing him off to school

8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.: Heads back home

9 a.m. - 10 a.m.: Morning workout

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Working as a lumberjack

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Late lunch

2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Continues working as lumberjack

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.: Picks up Aiden at the foot of the mountain

3:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Walks back home with Aiden

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Wrestles with bears

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.: Freshens up

6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.: Begins making dinner

7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Eats dinner with Kokomi and Aiden

8:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Sits outside, watching the moon and stars

9 p.m. - 10 p.m.: Evening workout

10 p.m. - 11 p.m.: Free time

11 p.m. - 11:15 p.m.: Sets up a tent outside

11:15 p.m. - 12 a.m.: Asleep outside in tent

Character Hashtag

Regular Hashtags

#Bear among men

#A peaceful life in the mountains

#Everything for my son

Trauma Hashtags

#Scarred mentally and physically

#They took you from me

#How much more will I lose?

Other Info

Hobby: Wrestling Bears

Weakness: Refuses to get involved

Trauma: "The memories of the past won't leave me alone."

Twitter: @lumberjackbear

Drinks: Yes

Smokes: Yes

Special Skill: "I know how to create my own beer. It's a big hit with the people of Hakodate."

Intro Quote: "As long as I have my son and peace, I need nothing else."

Trauma Quote: "Janet... why? Why did this happen? ...It's their fault! Damn you, Chuohku!!"

Ending Quote: "Be forewarned: a man is most dangerous when he has nothing left to lose."

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[ryqoshay]

Melody Air - Fly High: Sakura

Primary Pairing Trio: YuuAyuSetsu Rating: G Words: 653 Fandom: Love Live Nijigasaki Parent Fic: Melody Air - Fly High Time Frame: Sometime after the main story AU: Airline Event: Promptober 2022 Event Source: Idol Fanfic Heaven channel on Discord Prompt: Bloom

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Author’s Note: Entry for a Backup prompt

Summary: The trio take a flight to view the cherry blossoms

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“And now, if you’ll look straight ahead, coming up on the horizon, is Matsumae Park.” Yuu announced from where she sat in the back seat of Chase.

Ayumu listed happily to her girlfriend began to list random historic and current facts about the park, from when it was established to its hours of operation. The trio was flying to Sapporo for an overnight stay and a lot of cherry blossom viewing. But they were not taking the most direct route. Instead, Setsuna had planned a meandering flight plan that would take them over several popular Hanami festival areas. And one submarine base with a highway strip, about which the discussion had somehow led to this trip.

“I need to take her up.” Setsuna said, pulling back on the yolk, reminding her passengers of the minimum altitude she would need to maintain now that they were approaching a populated area.

However, even as Chase leveled off at her new altitude, it did little to diminish the glorious view.

“They’re beautiful…” Ayumu murmured as she watched a blooming sea of pink pass below them.

“I know, right?” She could hear Setsuna’s grin in the tone without needing to take her eyes off the blossoms.

“Next up we have the famous Goryokaku Park, a famous star-shaped park surrounded by a moat and popular tourist attraction.” Yuu continued to play the part of tour guide as Setsuna banked Chase to the right to follow the coastline up to Hakodate. “However, do keep an eye out for smaller parks along the way in places like Fukushima, Shiriuchi and Kikonai.”

“It will take us a little over half an hour.” Setsuna explained. “I’ve got her on course. Would you like to fly, Ayumu-san?”

“Alright.” Ayumu nodded.

Just a few months ago, Ayumu was far more hesitant to take control of Setsuna’s Cessna, but recently, she had started looking forward to it. She still lacked the confidence to perform take off and landing maneuvers, but just flying and maintaining course and altitude was fun.

“Ne, Yuu-san.” Setsuna turned in her seat. “Can I do the rest of Goruokaku Park?”

“Of course.” Yuu handed her tablet forward before giggling. “Is that why you let Ayumu fly?”

“I… uhm… well, maybe a little…” Setsuna admitted. “I just… I have fond memories of Goryokaku. My parents took me many places when I was young as they wanted me to learn about our nation’s history. And the fort, or park, was one of those places. But I also know how much Ayumu-san likes flying now.”

“And Setsuna-chan loves sharing the things she loves with the ones she loves.” The teasing was gone from Yuu’s tone.

“I do. Very much so.” Setsuna confirmed, still behaving as though she was being teased. “A-Anyway, Ayumu-san, I’ll take over again when we start getting closer to Yakumo.” She mentioned the area with the military base and highway strip. “Then you can fly again as we round Uchiura Bay, up to Noboribetsu, then arc up through Chitose, following the railway.”

“And Setsuna-chan will land us in Sapporo.” Ayumu concluded.

“Mm.” Setsuna nodded. “Anyway, the Goryokaku fort was built near the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to protect the Tsugaru Strait against a possible invasion by a Russian fleet. Its star design was inspired by a French architect, Vauban, and allowed a greater number of gun emplacements.”

“Kinda like the one on Liberty Island in the States?” Yuu asked.

“Yes, although Fort Wood is actually an eleven-pointed star, unlike Goryokaku, which only has five. Citadel of Jaca in Spain might be a better comparison.”

“Hrm… but isn’t that one land locked?” Yuu considered. “At least Fort Wood was also designed to defend a waterway.”

“You’re not wrong.”

Ayumu couldn’t help laughing. “I thought Setsuna-chan and Yuu-chan were only obsessed with aviation history.”

“We can expand our horizons sometimes.” Yuu insisted.

“Mm.” Ayumu smiled and let her girlfriends resume their discussion.

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Author’s Note Continued: I can’t see the word bloom without thinking about Ayumu and her solos at this point. And I had recently written an entry about her and her girlfriends planning a trip to Sapporo to attend a Hanami festival there. This one pretty much wrote itself.

And with this, my Promptober 2022 is officially complete. Only a week late in posting the final chapters, but... que zura, zura. Now to get back to work on my queue... that I’ve only made longer with the ideas I’ve come up with during this event.

#YuuAyuSetsu #Takasaki Yuu #Yuki Setsuna #Uehara Ayumu #Melody Air #Love Live Nijigasaki #Promptober 2022 #fanfic

[hotarutranslations]

Hokkaido!!

Evening

Hokkaido performance! Thank you very much!

Happy

The day after the movie released,

Even if its not in Hakodate, I've come to Hokkaido!!!! fufufu

I'm really happy

Grinning

Therefore honestly, This morning, Going with my feelings towards Conan, Even though I have to prepare for the live, I just couldn't but feel like, Conan…… though← 😎🫶🏻

When the live started!

It was amazing after all!

With the cheers of everyones support, uwa, after all I, felt like, I like Morning Musume! at once again

From there, the Oshikatsu was good, really

But, being oshi'd,

makes me super happy

Thank you very much!!!

Thank you very much, for the Hokkaido performance🫶🏻

Mei, welcome home🫶🏻

Did you enjoy today as well🫶🏻

I'm sorry for the forceful blog! Rest easy as well--!

Thanks for your hard work today too!

Thank you very much!

Look forward to June as well!!!!!!!!

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[allovertheworldblog]

Sapporo, Japan

Taking the bus from Hakodate to Sapporo was a pleasant enough experience, pretty relaxed.

Well, it was for me anyway because I wasn’t using my mobile phone. Apparently this is frowned upon, even stronger than that. 

One middle aged woman a few seats in front of me was speaking ever so discreetly on her mobile phone, with her hand covering her mouth to minimise the noise.

A woman sitting a couple of seats in front of her didn’t like this one bit and turned around to see who was talking.

Kneeling on her seat looking in the direction of the woman on the mobile phone she gave her a look that could kill.

She follows this up with a few sharp words. The woman on the phone immediately tells the person on the other end that she can’t talk any longer and hangs up. 

She doesn’t make any comment to the woman in front of her, she knows she was in the wrong.

We get to Sapporo in the early afternoon.

It’s the biggest city in Hokkaido so I expected there’d be a couple of things to see and do there.

There wasn’t much going on, it was a bit of a disappointment.

In the tourist information office I enquired about a hostel in the city. ‘Will there be a need to book’, I enquired of the staff.

They rang ahead for me.

It was only a short walk from the office to the hostel. 

No, there was definitely no need to book.

There was only me and an English guy in his 50’s in the place.

The following night there was a small school group there as well.

But we all didn’t even take up one floor of the hostel, built on an industrial scale, it about 6 stories high. 

The industrial sized dining room was scrubbed every morning by the 60-odd year old cleaning woman, even though the place wasn’t used.

She was down on the hands and knees scrubbing away when I wished her a 'good day’.

Looking up, smiling, she wished me a 'good day’ in return.

Even though they had very few guests they wouldn’t budge on the price.

One of the main reasons I went there though was to visit the brewery of the same name as the city.

It was the highlight of my trip to Sapporo.

After the self guided tour you can relax at their sort of onsite bar.

You buy some beer tokens at the vending machine (another Japanese obsession)

and take the tokens to the ladies at the bar who fix your drinks.

#travel #culture #photography

[rhonddaandallaneuro]

Coming to an end

The cruise was fast coming to a finish with one of our last stops seeing us stop in at Hakodate where we did the local cable car prior to moving to the “Fort” which is really not a fort but a man made island. This we viewed from the city tower which was most impressive. Took the time to also walk the island with the creativity of the Japanese in garden display on show.

Also visited the former government house which displayed amazing timber workmanship with sliding doors leading between a multitude of rooms. Well worth taking your shoes off for.

Here we also had an ice cream made from pure local milk. Amazing, amazing,amazing. My paddle pops will never taste the same.

From here back to the boat where we journeyed to Ishinomaki where the tsunami hit years ago closing down a nuclear reactor. This town obviously suffered and we elected to do some shopping rather then touring with taste buds set on seafood.

Alas not to be and after running out of options we headed to a local restaurant where we ate raw fish and rice with our fingers. Also saw a man eating yoghurt with chop sticks. Not a pretty sight.

Finally we landed back at Yokohama where we took a tour through to Tokyo where we visited the worlds biggest temple. Stunning with many dressed in kimonos. Great cultural experience. Here I decided to have an ice cream coated in gold leaf, yes gold leaf. Not as tasty as my previous Japanese ice cream but well worth the experience.

On the topic of food I must mention that I am most impressed with the Japanese menu which includes a beer with breakfast, both men and women. The earliest I saw one gentleman take a sip was 6:15am in the morning. This said we only saw one under the weather gentleman in all our travels. Impressed.

Finally we did the Tokyo Tower which is testament to what Japan did to reinvent themselves after WW2. This has great views and the metal used to build the building the scrap metal from USA tanks after the war.

A great way to finish what has been a great trip.

We will be back that is for sure. Japan is a must see place for everyone. Such a friendly and clean country. For now it is back to our home with weeds a plenty. We did receive one visitor on our return. Found him at the back door.

Talk again in February when we head for the Northern Lights and from there unknown.

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Places to Visit in Hokkaido

Hokkaido is a place where you can find both natural and urban beauty. There are mountains, forests, lakes, and rivers, as well as city parks. There’s always something to do, whether you want to go skiing, shopping, or simply relax in a hot spring. 

Plan your trip now! Get good travel health insurance in the Philippines and create your own Hokkaido travel itinerary. Here are some amazing places you should check out:

Sapporo Beer Museum

The Sapporo Beer Museum is a great place to visit for anyone who loves beer. The museum offers guided tours where visitors learn about the history and production of the beer and enjoy a taste of one of the original brews. 

Daisetsuzan National Park

Daisetsuzan National Park is one of Japan's largest and most beautiful parks. It's well known for its stunning mountain scenery, including several volcanoes. There are plenty of things to do in the park, including hiking, cycling, and rafting. You can also explore and see rare flora and fauna, the Higashitaisetsu Nature Center, and the Arch Bridge.

Farm Tomita

Farm Tomita is well-known for its stunning flower fields and houses. These houses are home to various facilities such as the Dried Flower House, Gallery Fleur, and the Perfume Workshop. You can also visit the farm’s cafés, some of which serve flower-based food and drink, such as lavender soft-serve ice cream and lavender tea. 

Hakodate Morning Market

At the Hakodate Morning Market, you can find all sorts of local delicacies and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere. You can buy fresh seafood products as take-home souvenirs or treat yourself to a hot rice bowl topped with seafood. 

Kushiro Marsh

If you're looking for a unique nature destination, consider visiting Kushiro Marsh. The largest marsh in Japan is home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife, including the majestic tancho, Japan’s rare and captivating red-crowned cranes. When you get hungry, check out the café or restaurants surrounding the marshlands.

Hokkaido will surely charm and delight you, whichever of these places you choose to visit. So get your Philippine travel insurance today and make plans for your trip!

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Six Destinations in Japan Every Serious Foodie Must Visit

Japan is beaming with incredible destinations for all sorts of experiences. When it comes to culinary adventures, the country offers several incredible locations that foodies must never miss.

Something for Everyone As Japan's second-largest city, Osaka is known for its delicious food and bustling atmosphere. From street food to Michelin-starred restaurants, there's something for everyone in this city, mentions freelance photographer Kavan Choksi. Be sure to give in to some local specialties like okonomiyaki and takoyaki. Nagoya is ideal for those who love hearty and filling meals. The city is famous for its miso katsu, a deep-fried pork cutlet covered in a thick miso sauce.

Meanwhile, Kyoto is a more traditional destination where foodies can find some of the best kaiseki cuisines in the country. According to Kavan Choksi, the city's multi-course meal showcases the freshest seasonal ingredients and flavors. Hakodate, situated on the southern tip of Hokkaido, is another great destination for seafood lovers. The city's famous morning market offers a wide variety of fresh seafood perfect for sushi and sashimi.

An Amazing Food Scene Shizuoka is known for its incredible green tea and wasabi production in central Japan. Shizuoka-grown green tea leaves are used in almost 80% of all the green tea produced in Japan. Visitors can tour some local tea farms and plantations to learn more about the process. The region also has several fantastic seafood options, such as lobster and tuna. Further north in Hokkaido, Sapporo is a must-visit destination for any beer lover. The city is home to several breweries where visitors can learn about the brewing process and taste some of the best beer in Japan.

Travelers and locals adore Japan's food scene for obvious reasons such as excellence, freshness, and culture. Foodies can expect to experience food from Japanese chefs to be excellent and memorable.

#Kavan Choksi Japan

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Join me on a trip of a lifetime through my favourite place on earth.. Search for the tags to find specific posts. I'll be learning, grooving and changing for the whole of November!

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Big World, Big Adventures Railtour Program Part 2: NWR Around The World-Asia

Nihon/Japan

James ran a tour of the Standard Gauge railways between Kagoshima Chuuou and Shin Hakodate Hokuto.

Zhōngguó/China

James went to China in August 2018 and July of 2019 and 2020. While there, he ran nonstop railtour expresses between Běijīng and Shànghǎi.

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Taste of Japan North 2018 FAQ

Questions about our third Taste of Japan Tour? Read on for answers!

Why Tohoku and Hokkaido? The other Taste of Japan is in the center of Japan!

After the success of our first two Taste of Japan tours, it wasn’t long before we got requests to run food tours to other destinations. While we could have picked anywhere in Japan and done a food-centric tour (and believe me, we are still hoping to!), every person we’ve taken to Hokkaido on tours like Soul of Autumn, Fire and Ice and the Anime De-Tour have marveled at how awesome the food is there - so putting things together this way was kind of a no-brainer.

Two other factors led to the selection of Hokkaido. First, this tour is in the summer, and unlike the rest of Japan, Hokkaido is a little cooler. Any time we can run a tour in the summertime and avoid Japan’s legendary humidity, we take it. :D Second: we did consider Kyushu and Western Japan, but there are some tours coming up in late 2018 for those spots (wink, wink), so that sealed the deal.

What made you guys pick these specific spots for a food tour?

To be honest, if we were to eat every wonderful thing and local cuisine in Tohoku and Hokkaido, we would do it - but I’m not allowed to design tours that last for two months (although we did consider it. How does the name “Eat All of Northern Japan” sound?). ^_^

Seriously though - deciding where to visit on this tour was HARD. For both Tohoku and Hokkaido, we decided to focus on spots that we haven’t hit yet that have really good food, hence the addition of spots like Lake Toya, Hiraizumi and Morioka. Second, we decided to turn the focus of the tour more towards places where we not only try the food, but get to interact with people and make friends as much as possible; this is why the tour includes BBQ in Sapporo, The Common in Ishinomaki and the Hakodate Port Festival. Summer in the North is all about hanging out and experiencing Japan’s legendary hospitality, and we wouldn’t do it any other way.

Does this mean that the usual Taste of Japan is going away? Or does it mean that we’ll be seeing food tours all over Japan in the future?

We are NEVER getting rid of the usual Taste of Japan Tour, EVER. We LOVE that tour, it’s beloved by our alums, and rest assured, it will be back for another round in 2019.

As for more food tours like a “Taste of Japan Shikoku” or “Taste of Japan Okinawa” and so on, we are definitely planning on launching those in the very near future. Eventually we’re hoping to expand the Taste Of Japan series so that we’re offering a bunch of different culinary experiences each year.

Does this tour have a secondary theme? I know the usual Taste of Japan follows the Nakasendo...

Nope. The Nakasendo theme is special, and while we briefly toyed with following some of the old routes of the poet Basho or taking on a similar theme, we decided that the best secondary theme we could run with is staying true to the summer festivals and hanging with the locals.

What is so special about The Common?

Ishinomaki is the biggest city that really got walloped by the devastating tsunami of 2011. Entire neighborhoods were wiped out, and reconstruction is still plodding along even six years after the disaster. The silver lining? The young people in the city have put their heads together to give Ishinomaki a new luster after the disaster. They helped put together The Common, a group of local chefs and restauranteurs slinging everything from local yakisoba to cocktails from a makeshift trailer yard, to Cafe Irori, the city’s first hip coffee place which also holds events for young folks and artists in the city. We’ve visited these spots on our Pawprint Pathways Tours and have been trying to add them to other tours because we had such an amazing time there - hence their addition here. 

If you want to read more about the efforts to make Ishinomaki the most “interesting city in Japan”, check out our friends at Ishinomaki 2.0.

Is this tour going to be repeated in the future?

Like all other tours, that depends on how many signups we get...

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MUSHIMARU FUJIEDA

Dancer, Choreographer, Director

In 1989, after having performed in several Japanese theatre productions, Mushimaru Fujieda  (b. 1952) started to dance solo, utilising movement in relationship to breath and rhythm.

He spent several months performing in the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, northwest China, and in the streets of Tibet and Soviet Russia in 1990. He created his unique style of movement, which he calls “Tennen Nikutai Shi” (“The Physical Poets”) – the name coming to him after meeting and collaborating with Allen Ginsberg in 1991.

As an actor, scriptwriter, producer, writer and director, his list of works includes the masked dance-drama Sou Ramayana (using masks of Himalayan religious ceremonies). He has created and performed numerous special works, including Art Battle A-Un-Gi, Moonlight Celebration and Chance Operation, in Japan, various countries in Europe, South Korea, the UK, the USA, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong and India.

In Japan he has appeared regularly on TV and radio, and he has published travel pieces in newspapers and magazines. He is also a lecturer at the National School of Drama in Agartala, India.

Mushimaru Fujieda is the subject of Nicolas Norblin's documentary film The Shadow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcg0Ebcm81o

Following event will be rescheduled due to due to the coronavirus (covid-19)

On 22 May Mushimaru Fujieda will be collaborating with 

AYA OGAWA

Pianist, vocalist, educator and artist Aya Ogawa lives in Hakodate, Hokkaido. She started playing piano in 1968 and has been involved in theatre since 1970. Ogawa is also a songwriter, organiser of poetry readings and publisher of picture books. These experiences inform her improvisations, which include work with Japanese and international musicians and dancers such as Sabu Toyozumi, Peter Brötzmann, Charlie Collins and Deku Ogawa, and Butoh dancers Hal Tanaka, Mushimaru Fujieda, Atsushi Takenouchi and Tukasa Kamidate. She toured Poland, Germany, the UK and Japan with the Polish–Japanese audio-visual dance project Butoh Techno.

PASCAL SAVY

A sound artist and performer based in London. He started making music in the late 1990s influenced by early techno and experimental electronic music. Over the last decade he has explored sparser and calmer territories, often reflecting on time, presence and the elusiveness of reality. In parallel to his interest in more minimal and quieter music, he has been heavily influenced by the writings of the late cultural and political theorist Mark Fisher and has in consequence explored more reactive and politically charged terrains. His recent album Dislocations (Experimedia, May 2018) was conceptualised and articulated around the concepts and ideas developed in Capitalist Realism, a book in which Fisher surveys and analyses the symptoms of our current cultural and political malaise.

Natural Physical Poetry Workshop on 23 & 24 May 2020

In this workshop, students will explore movement in relationship to their breathing rhythm, which Mushimaru believes is highly individual and the most basic approach for accessing and generating one’s own unique dance. Through personal expression, participants will search to rediscover the playfulness of the inner child, free from more normalised codes of gesture. Mushimaru’s method is an effective tool for developing sensitivity as a dancer in order to both integrate and release the mind-body. The workshop is open to people of all ages and abilities, as well as all levels of experience of movement and dance.

Come join us to explore your own natural poetry through motion!