Otaru is not far from Sapporo and this was one of our favourite days out. After a bit of navigation we arrive at our starting point- a cycle hire shop. With Millie carried by Aiko in here carrier and Archie and I testing the strength of the bicycle off we went. With over 100kg on that bike it was a rather wobbly ride but people seemed to get out of the way quite quickly. First stop was for lunch and an Otaru Weiss beer and then off we went around the town!
Otaru was quite touristy but it did have a lot of old buildings and that made it feel quite different from Other Japanese towns and cities,. First there is the famous canal with its old building but there are lots of other relics dotted around.
Opposite this one was a glass blowing shop we stopped at but we eventually went to K’s Blowing and made 2 almost matching glasses- it was great fun but a very hot place!!!
As always we managed to find the junk shops and Aiko purchased a lovely enameled tin….which John then left in Otaru and only realized once we were over an hour through our journey back to the campsite….
Otaru was quite touristy but it did have a lot of old buildings and that made it feel quite different from Other Japanese towns and cities,. First there is the famous canal with its old building but there are lots of other relics dotted around.
Opposite this one was a glass blowing shop we stopped at but we eventually went to K’s Blowing and made 2 almost matching glasses- it was great fun but a very hot place!!!
As always we managed to find the junk shops and Aiko purchased a lovely enameled tin….which John then left in Otaru and only realized once we were over an hour through our journey back to the campsite….
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