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Travel Log - 03 Oct 2004 to 16 Oct 2004
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| 03 Oct 2004 Singapore -> Fukuoka -> Chitose -> Toyosato Muminnura YH |
Changi Airport Terminal 1,
Singapore -> Fukuoka, Kyushu -> New Chitose Airport, Sapporo Lunch @ Chitose Airport Mall - Crab meat, Ikura, Uni Bento, Hokkaido milk Picked Rental Car - Mazda Famili 1.5l - 1361 Dinner @ 処 そば 大みや Tel: 01454-2-5215 - Kaki (Oyster) Soba, Shishamo
Soba (
 Very
good soba and oysters)Got lost trying to find the youth hostel in the dark, saved by lady ranch owner |
| 04 Oct 2004 Monbetsu-cho -> Otahuke-cho Toipirka Kitaobihiro YH |
Horse riding at Ikuchise Stub ? Lunch @ ? - butan-don, Steak Dinner @ Toipirka Kitaobihiro YH  Onsen @ かんぼの宿 (kanbo-no-yado)
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| 05 Oct 2004 Otahuke-cho ->Kushiro -> Shibecha-gun Kushiro Shitsugen YH |
Free Foot Onsen at
Tokachi, Salmon watching along Ikeda Wine Castle Happiness Dairy - Ice Cream Stop - gamo, O-sake, tiaramisu, pumpukin Lunch @ YONEKURA (Ikeda) - Steak (和牛) Drive along lake and came to Lest House ( nice log cabin which served dinner but we did not have the chance to eat there) Dinner @ Auberge Pirkatoro - Beef Stew Onsen at 憩の家 (very good
value)Back at YH having tea and watching "Flying train lights in the marshland" |
| 06 Oct 2004 Shibecha-gun -> Teshikaga-cho Masyuko YH |
Breakfast & Shopping @ Washo
Market Kushiro Mashland observatory point 1 Lunch @ 八広山 らーめん工屋 Tel:0154-40-1318 - Dandan Ramen , Very good gyoza
(
Best
Gyoza Award)Tancho Japanese Crane Reserve (Kushiro City) (0154) 56-2219 Dinner @ Great Bear - Hambuger Steak, Salmon Steak Onsen at Masyuko YH |
| 07 Oct 2004 Masyuko YH |
Breakfast @ The Great Bear - Continetial breakfast, rhupbert
?? jam and fantastic warm milk (
Best
Milk Award)Masyuko Observatory point 1 and 3 Kussharuko - 和琴半島 (wakato peninsular) Ice cream stop (Create Ice Cream only found in Hokkaido) at Kussharuko 砂湯 Lunch @ 久兵 衞 (Teishikaga) - Seafood ramen, Ten Don (
Best
Ten Don Award)Tea break @ Kawayu Station, suppose to have the best soft ice cream but they were sold out so we only had cake Mt Iou - active volcano spewing sulphur fumes, lots of woodpeckers at bushes on left of gift shop Sunset at Mashuko Observatory point 3 Onsen at 第一ホテル (川湯 - kawayu) Tel: 3-2411Dinner @ 三三五五 (Tel: 3-3355) ( Recommended)- yakiniku, sashimi, 男山sake
Wood craft at shop directly opposite 第一ホテル |
| 08 Oct 2004 Teshikaga -> Abashiri Abashiri Ryuhyo no Oka |
Breakfast @ the Great Bear 双湖台 - View point for Lake Panketo,Penketo along Route 241 Akanko eco musemun , marimo, bokke with bubbling hot mud pools Lunch - Ainu lunch ( Most
Native Meal Award)Ainu Village Lake Onneto Bihiro sunflower farm Dinner @ Abashiri Micro Brewery - hotplate beef and seafood (beer
is so-so only)
Dinner (2nd round) at Big Sun Sushi (Tel: 45-3333)
- kombu with dried fish roe
paste, almond
jelly
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| 09 Oct 2004 Abashiri -> Kitami -> Daisetsu -> Biei Potato-no-oka YH |
Notorolo Sangoso - to view the
red algae Breakfast @ Mr Dount in Kitami Kitami - the pepermint city. (Missed the Crysentemum Matsuji on 15 Oct) Highway stop on route 39 with captive foxes. 石北峠 - 1050m along route 39 (Sekihoku Pass), view point for 大雪湖 ( Best
Corn Award)Milky way and Shooting Star waterfalls Sounkyo gouge Lunch @ 黒岳口 in Sonukyo (western chicken chop , sphagetti stuff) All the way to Biei Dinner @ Potato-no-oka YH |
| 10 Oct 2004 Potato-no-oka YH |
Tomita Farm at Furano Breakfast @ Great Bear Sanai, Chiyodai viewpoint for 大雪山 (Daisetzuzan) TakuShinKan - Photo gallery Shino Maeda Biei trees - Tree of Philosophy, Tree of Heavan Lunch @ Otawa - character ramen place near Biei
Station (
Best
Miso
Ramen Award)First people in the world to bring a rental car for car wash. Says so much about the state of the car Goryo Hill (Bear Country) - best view point right at the top, was raining, so we just drove around. Looking at all the slopes. Moral of the story is that cycling is a good idea only if you don't have a car Tree of a Tree, Tree of 7 stars, Tree of a ghost, Tree of parents & child Dinner at YH ( Best
YH Potato Dinner Award)Onsen @ 萬華の
湯 (banka-no-yu) |
| 11 Oct 2004 Biei -> Yubari Yubari Forest YH |
House of cat Sunflower field , Mustard field Breakfast @ ランチ カフェ 風 (Lunch Cafe ) - Katsu Steak Sandwich
Enzogama pottery gallery Takushinkan to buy books and calendars Ice Cream stop at the カフェ(Cafe at the curve near Sanai view point) ( Best
Ice Cream in macha
Award)Lunch at Blanc Rouge (Good beef stew) One more drive to bear country, Tree of Christmas, Minstrel Tree, Mild Seven, Lover's Tree, Hill of Hokuei, Dinner @ Yubari YH - baked miso fish, melon jelly ( Best
YH
Dinner
Award) |
| 12 Oct 2004 Yubari -> Chitose -> Kitayuzawa Kitayuzawa YH |
Drive along Route 452 for Momoji Breakfast @ Yubari YH ( Best
YH Breakfast Award)Chitose Salmon observatory Lunch @ at 望羊蹄 in Toya - sizzling steak
三 階滝 at ootaki (3 level waterfall) 洞 爺湖 Lake Toya 支 笏湖 Apple plantation off Route 453 Onsen @ Kitayuzawa YHDinner @ Kitayuzawa YH and more sake |
| 13 Oct 2004 Kitayuzawa -> Chitose Airport ==>> Fukuoka Airport -> Yufuin Yufuin YH |
Onsen @
Kitayuzawa YH Biggest highway stopover at Route 276 Breakfast @ Airport - ramen Shopping at Airport Chitose -> Fukuoka Pick up another rental car form All Nippon Car Rental - Toyota Corolla 1.5l - 1668
- works out to
be about Yen10,000+ per day including insurance, GPS and taxes
2 hours drive to YufuinArrive at Yufuin Youth Hostel ( Most
Character YH Award)Dinner @ 二鶴 inYufuin - mizutaki, fried rice, yaki
yasei somen
(Best
Character Shop Award)Onsen at Fuyuin YH |
| 14 Oct 2004 Yufuin -> Beppu -> Usuki -> Yufuin Yufuin YH |
Breakfast @ Yufuin YH Beppu "Blood Hell", Slot machine "qian" Beppu "Sea Hell" Lunch @ 甘味 茶屋 Tel: 0977-67-6024 - Konyaku speciality, Special 4
season teishoku sashimi and fried
fish,
Usuki Stone Buddha Drove pass - Pessimon orchard Dinner @ Yamasaki in usuki - Shabushabu, Tempura Fugu
Onsen at Yufuin YH |
| 15 Oct 2004 Yufuin -> Hita -> Kurume -> Hakata SkyCourt Hakata YH |
Onsen at
Yufuin YH 日田( Hita) - Maneda Shopping oMacha @ another very character shop Lunch @ 日田干屋 ( Recommended
- very good stuff )- unagi rice and unagi stomach
sashimi
Kurume, some factory outlet place to look at the dye cloth and rattan- eel speciality shop that serves nothing but grilled eel on rice and the 3 ways of eating it The very difficult to find Hakata SkyCourt and return of rental car. Traffic conditions in Hakata is terrible, the theory is that is you don't chiong you will not get anywhere Dinner @ Yatai - Oden, Ramen, Yakinku
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| 16 Oct 2004 YH -> Fukuoka Airport -> Singapore |
YH -> Airport via Taxi (20
mins, Yen 1300) |