So I wonder if this has anything to do with my little friend who greeted me on the floor of the washroom yesterday.
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Now boarding. Spent about 45 min at the Sapporo Chitose airport onsen, awesome! Every airport needs one!
yup, never fails, the snow is coming down as we sit on the bus bound for airport. We decided it was too much to try and squeeze in a last day of riding and getting on the airplane all stinky.
The end is nigh, unless the incoming equipment for my flight tomorrow gets rerouted due to weather conditions. Supposedly the near-typhoon level winds are supposed to subside a little tomorrow, but you never know. Time to drink my Silk Yebisu and take the bindings off my board as the wind roars around the building, and the doors and windows breathe in and out like something out of a horror movie. I swear the winds in town today are at least 150% as strong as the wind that shut down Kokusai yesterday. I literally got blown across a sidewalk and into a bollard and hedge. Luckily it wasn’t that cold, as that would have made the whipping snow much more needle-like, though the warmth put the streets and sidewalks right in that ultimate danger range of 0C to 2C where things are at their slipperiest. I’ve seen it worse in town, like where you have to use the bootpack to not get stuck in the thigh-deep snowdrift that was once a sidewalk.
the pretty boy thing in Japan seems to be growing pretty strong. There’s been more than a few times where I’ve been wondering, was that a dude or a chick?
If Roy were living in Japan, is this him?
Yesterday was shopping day. Visited Yodobashi & Bic cameras. Japan seems to be big on ions, ion air cleaner like in our room, ion ray gun hair dryer in our bathroom, ion flat screen. Found an awesome kids picture book for J, I’d read it to my kids if I ever had any, “Fun Fun Fu—n!”
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I can forgive Yebisu from teaming up with a Frenchman instead of a German for a collaboration beer, since this is so wonderful. I didn’t really read the full version that carefully on their website, but using French barley from the Champagne region and premium New Zealand hops from the wine producing Nelson region, Yebisu with brewmaster Joel Robuchon aimed to produce a “champagne of beers”. The heavier carbonation definitely evokes champagne, but if you didn’t know all the backstory, all you would think is that this is a rich, full-flavored beer with a bitter bent. The decoction is strong, so the medium-dark malt color and flavor definitely comes through. The hops are more on the bittering side, but there is still a hint of flowery. There is nothing defining whether this is an ale or lager, but I’d venture a guess that it’s a lager.
Yesterday was spent wandering around town. Tokyu Hands really does sell everything. Lunch was okonomiyaki place on Kitsune Dori, didn’t create too much of a disaster trying to figure out how to do the yakisoba on the teppan at the table.
The hotel is nice, it’s one of the older ones but has been recently renovated. Service is Japan good of course. And I’m in love with the bell portettes. I want to bring luggage everyday!
wake up today to snow starting to fall. Weather report indicates freakin cold! Kokusai here we come!
Made it uneventfully to Sapporo, except at Hawaiian Air the self-check kiosk wouldn’t read my passport so got delayed there. No time for foos at airport, but had time for beer!
Hawaiian flight was good, they included a meal & snack. The level of service & care in actions was not like a Japan run airline though.
Checked in Sapporo Grand Hotel, good location, pretty nice, decent sizewd room, better than the micro room I had when I was here last time by myself, We ran across the street for a quick dirt cheap gyudon/negi tama gyudon meal,