The European-style appearance makes people more willing to believe that this is a museum. The beer here has very strict requirements on the freshness of fermentation, and the taste is mellow and natural. Even Yunluo, who doesn't like beer, thinks it is very delicious because you can really taste the aroma of malt~ Kirin Beer Garden Kirin Beer Garden is very cooperative with the little bear who takes pictures, and he has a strong sense of the camera~ How can you only drink alcohol?
Grilled crabs, grilled lamb and various seafood are also the highlights of today. If you are worried about language barriers and cannot understand Japanese, you might as well make a reservation online in advance. Not only does it avoid the risk of being unable to get a seat due to crowds (because Sapporo Beer Garden is really famous), it can also save 500 yen per person, and you can have an advance understanding of what you want to eat.
You won't be at a loss when you get there. The correct way to eat barbecue: Step 1: First, coat the plate with lard to get the plate stained with oil. Step 2: Place the vegetables around the plate Step 3: Place the lamb between the vegetables Step 4: When the lamb changes color a little, mix the vegetables and lamb together. When all the colors change, you can eat it!
Only in this way can the roasted lamb have the fragrance of vegetables, and the vegetables have the rich flavor of lamb~ With the sauce, it tastes great! The Sapporo beer that I miss is not bitter or astringent, and has a strong malt flavor~ In addition to beer, the set meal chosen by Yunluo and An Chuyu can also drink other drinks, such as wild grape juice, which is also a good choice for people who don’t drink.
Grilled squid, grilled crab legs, short and thick crab legs... caramel milk pudding. Unlike what I ate in Otaru, the caramel is on the top, and the taste is similar - as long as the milk is good, it will taste good no matter how you cook it. If you think milk pudding is too sweet, you can try grapefruit smoothie, which is sour and refreshing. The next three days will be centered in Sapporo.
Since we were going to the Snow Festival venue centered on Odori Park, the convenience of transportation was very important. I had already been to the hot springs before, so the Mercure Hotel located at Susukino subway station was the best choice! (I was happy that this trip to Hokkaido was hit by a snowstorm.
But Yunluo was very satisfied with every hotel! ) Susukino subway station is only one stop away from Odori Park and two stops away from JR Sapporo Station. Even in winter, you can walk there without any pressure. There is no shortage of food, drink and entertainment near the hotel, and the sound insulation is good so you won't feel noisy.
Looking out of the hotel window in the morning, it was another good day. The room Yunluo and An Chuyu booked did not include meals. So they went to the Lawson convenience store downstairs to buy bread and milk the night before. The hotel has a scheduled ShuttleBus to JR Sapporo Station in the morning. There is no need to book in advance. There is a timetable at the door.
Just check the time and get off on time. Similarly, there will be a shuttle bus that picks people up at JR Sapporo Station and takes them to the hotel. This information can be found on the timetable at the entrance. It is very convenient. After getting out of Asahikawa Station, you still need to take a 40-minute bus. If you don’t buy a multi-day pass, it will cost a little to go to the zoo.
It seems that it would be better to join a local one-day tour group, because the fun is the same if you go by yourself, and the key is to save money and worry. Yunluo and An Chuyu had planned to sign up, but the reservation for that day was fully booked, so they had to spend more money to go... Here's a local tour group for a one-day tour to Asahiyama Zoo starting from Sapporo. The time is very flexible, just like going on your own.
You won't feel like you're being led by the nose: Touch the butt of a polar bear Asahiyama Zoo in Asahiyama Zoo in Asahiyama Zoo in Asahiyama is most famous for its penguin walk. From the photos, it looks like there are a lot of people, but there are no fences throughout the whole process, only trails are left for the silly and cute penguins to walk, and no one will run around or squeeze.
Everyone was very orderly. Before the penguins came on stage, the staff would use a loudspeaker to say some precautions. Although I couldn't understand them, I guessed that they were basically following the rules and not walking into the penguin walking trails, not using flash photography, etc. The penguins at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa City are out! They are walking so slowly!
Penguins can only be seen walking in winter, and there are only two sessions a day, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Yunluo and An Chuyu saw the morning session, all of which were steady, dignified and beautiful emperor penguins, and they were all very orderly. Like little gentlemen in tuxedos~ Asahikawa City Asahiyama Zoo Before going, see everyone's photos of Asahiyama Zoo.
I originally thought that I could only see penguins and polar bears in winter, but I didn't expect there were so many other small animals in the zoo. To be honest, Asahiyama Zoo is not very big, and there are not many kinds of animals. But what many domestic zoos cannot compare to it is that the experience of Asahiyama Zoo is very good - the animals are very lively and active.
The park has viewing platforms at different angles, allowing people to get close to the animals without the risk of getting hurt or harming them. The seals basking in the snow are all fleshy.... The area where the animals live in Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa City is spacious enough and simulates their living environment in the wild as much as possible.
This seal at Asahiyama Zoo tried to jump out of the water with its fat body, but after several attempts, it finally succeeded! We captured the moment when it successfully got ashore, so cute~~ Asahiyama Zoo in Asahiyama City is so proud~~~ In addition to polar animals, there are also many fierce beasts! A big kiss with a tiger so close~~~ This Siberian tiger at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahiyama City
It's really majestic~ The big bear didn't hibernate and was still alive and kicking, but it looks so ugly. The black panther's eyes are bright at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa City..... This leopard is really very spirited, and I feel like I'm about to become its food... Friendly reminder: Be careful of its feces when taking photos of animals from above. An old lion in Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa City seems to be bleeding from the nose.
When I first came here, I thought the animals here must have gone into the greenhouse... Suddenly I saw a moving head... It turned out to be a snowy owl. Don't be fooled by the cute appearance of the snowy owl, the estrus snowy owl is really ferocious! A while ago I saw a report that an anxious estrus snowy owl ate its mate...
From now on, I can’t look directly at this kind of animal… Watching cranes in the zoo is not as exciting as watching cranes in the wild. Personally, I feel that the cranes in the zoo have actually lost the essence of “fairy”. Only those flying freely in the wild can truly possess the leisurely and contented nature of cranes. “Yu Yu” at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa City.
A red panda from Chongqing, they have a lot of room to move around! Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa City The fifth time I ate ramen was dedicated to Asahiyama Zoo, because the limited edition ramen here is so cute! The faces of the zoo's baby seals are printed on the seaweed, satisfying all the children's expectations of the zoo. One bowl of noodles is not enough, you need to add a super cute hot dog.
In addition to the penguin walk, another major winter attraction at Asahiyama Zoo is the polar bear swim. Although there are people standing in front of the glass and behind the Nth row, everyone is very orderly. Every time a polar bear jumps into the water, the people in the first row will squat down to avoid blocking the people behind. On weekdays, the huge and ferocious polar bears happily fish and swim on their backs in the water.
From time to time, he would kick the glass with his legs to make everyone laugh. The contrast was really too great! Asahikawa City Asahiyama Zoo What do you want to do? This look is so scary....... Another smaller polar bear was rolling in the sun at this time~ Asahikawa City Asahiyama Zoo Asahiyama Zoo is very beautiful, and you can overlook the scenery of Asahikawa from a high place~ Yunluo is a wolf from the north.
In addition to watching the wolves from the regular enclosure, the zoo also has Hareeyes, which can be seen from underground, so you can watch the wolves walking around you. Deer. Very smelly. Long-eared owls. This one keeps calling "Auntie", maybe its name is "Guo'er". Fat little raccoon, hand over Yunluo's instant noodles!
The gorilla house is also worth a visit. These guys are in such good spirits and are all very smart.
Friendly reminder 1: Anyone who reads the post but does not reply will become as fat as this hippopotamus! Friendly reminder 2: Hippos are very dangerous, especially when their butts are facing you, which is the prelude to their shit. You should know that it is not a fun thing for a hippo to poop, and the force is no less than that of a jet aircraft... You will find that the whole railing is covered with its feces.
Yunluo also witnessed the whole process of it spraying shit, which was really scary. It was simply a nightmare. Hippos love water very much. They mate and reproduce in water. Their short legs are not swimming in the water, but walking. Will those who can't swim feel inferior after watching this?
In short, once in the water, the clumsy hippopotamus became extremely light, and trotting, backstroke, and rolling were all no problem for it~ The last admission time for Asahiyama Zoo in winter is 3 pm, and it will close at 3:30 pm. Before leaving the zoo, I saw penguins walking again. Unlike in the morning, there were fewer people watching in the afternoon.
A Gentoo penguin also joined the emperor penguin group. It was much smaller than the emperor penguin and was not well behaved. It always wanted people to hug it (maybe because its short legs made it too tiring to walk...). The lively and cute Gentoo penguin was the biggest highlight of this walking trip.
It was already sunset when we left Asahikawa. We saw a particularly beautiful afterglow on the JR train, but unfortunately the train was driving too fast and we couldn't capture the scene at all. The carriage was still so warm, someone had fallen asleep and was snoring, and Yunluo himself was also becoming drowsy... When we arrived at the JR station, the driver of the Mercure Hotel where Yunluo and An Chuyu were staying was already waiting in front of the station. It became very cold at night.
I went back to the hotel, changed into thick clothes, and prepared to go out for a big meal. If there is one food that Yunluo can't eat enough in Hokkaido, it must be crab! The biggest advantage of staying at Mercure is that there are many places to eat, drink and have fun around. Before going to Japan, I searched online for good places to eat crabs in Sapporo, and accidentally found two good places to eat crabs opposite the hotel.
Crab General and "Kaijia" (not Crab Honjia, the Japanese spelling of this store is not actually "crab", but this is the meaning when translated. The store name is shown in the picture below), but considering that Crab Honjia and Crab General are already quite famous on the Internet and have mixed reviews, Yunluo and An Chuyu decided to try this "small shop" which looks much more low-key than Crab General.
Well, please forgive Yunluo for calling it a "small shop". That was just my feeling before I went in, because compared with the huge sign of General Crab next to it, it was really not brilliant enough. But everyone must believe that hidden attractions are often more beautiful, and low-key hotels are more extraordinary - there are actually 4 floors inside, each with a different theme.
The decoration is completely different. The service in the store is first-class. They will show you every step from the beginning to the end or help you get it done directly. It's like God's treatment~~ Then everyone is most concerned about the taste of the food. Yunluo wants to say that the crab here is really the sweetest and freshest crab Yunluo has eaten in Hokkaido! Because I chose the crab shabu-shabu set meal.
Compared with grilled or boiled crabs, this crab meat retains its smooth and tender texture. There is no fishy smell in the mouth, but the crab meat is sweet. Those who like seafood probably know this. Stale seafood usually has very soft meat and is slightly smelly. If you are picky, you must come here. I highly recommend it. It's so delicious!
The English of the staff here is not very good. Most of the people who come here to eat are Japanese. So if you want to taste the authentic Sapporo flavor, it is recommended to come here. If you are worried about inconvenience in communication, just make a reservation in advance to save trouble. Yunluo and An Chuyu did this.
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Appetizers: crab meat, tofu, and Crab Honke (Sapporo Station Main Store) sashimi (you can really tell if stale sashimi is fresh in one bite, this is so delicious...) Crab Honke (Sapporo Station Main Store) shabu-shabu is here ~ The Crab Honke (Sapporo Station Main Store) waitress will first demonstrate to Yunluo and An Chuyu how to eat it. You can see that the water in the pot is not pure water.
Instead, it is the soup that has been cooked. After drinking ice water for so long, Yunluo is crazy about it. If you travel to Hokkaido with children and the elderly, then this Yunluo restaurant may be more recommended! Crab meat must not be cooked for too long, and it can be picked up and eaten in one minute.
Very delicate taste of crab Honke (Sapporo Station Main Store) Then just keep cooking in this way. At the end of eating shabu-shabu, you can also eat a very famous rice cooking method here-zosui. After eating all the food in the shabu-shabu, keep the soup in the pot and pour rice, raw eggs and green onions into the pot.
Cook into a bowl of something similar to rice porridge. Personally, I think. Whether a bowl of zasui is delicious depends largely on the taste of the soup. What do you think of a bowl of porridge made from the soup that makes Yunluo crazy? After the meal, eat the fruit and end the battle. The Susukino area is really lively and prosperous. It's still early to finish the meal.
Mercure Hotel will give you a TV tower observatory ticket worth 720 yen per person if you book a room on e-Road.com. Other websites do not offer this privilege. Take the elevator to the top of the building with the ticket and you can overlook the night view of Odori Park. It is the night before the opening of the Snow Festival, and the lights of Odori Park are already on!
The TV tower in Susukino at night is still very beautiful. The Sapporo TV Tower was led to the top floor by a beautiful girl. Although it is not soaring into the sky, there are many viewing windows called "scary windows" on the observation deck - floor-to-ceiling windows that are tilted downwards. Those who dare to lie on them and overlook the street view are brave.
Sapporo TV Tower (Sapporo TV Tower) has lit up the Odori Park (which is a long street), and the whole street is made of sculptures made of ice and snow. On the eve of the opening, it has attracted many people to come and watch, but Yunluo and An Chuyu chose to see the bustling street in a way that overlooks the mountains.
Sapporo TV Tower (sapprotvtower) TV Tower mascot, I like this kind of cute style... Bright lights, busy streets, you can't see anyone's face, but it's convenient for you to imagine that they are all immersed in a happy atmosphere. The night before the opening of the Ice and Snow Festival. There are not many people, so you can appreciate every scenery here in more detail.
In fact, compared with the Ice and Snow Festival, the Sapporo Ice and Snow Festival is not that big, but its advantage is that the travel experience is very good, lively but not too noisy, crowded but not too crowded. If you want to see how huge and domineering its ice sculptures are, you may be disappointed, but the beauty of details is the key to success or failure.
Ice Wall Maze Since they had to join the Ice and Snow Festival the next day, Yunluo and An Chuyu decided to return to the hotel soon. There were fewer pedestrians on the road, and everyone should have gone home. I saw a big pig head at the entrance of H&M, so cute~ The street performers in Tanukikoji had another fulfilling day. I didn't rush to the attractions, and I didn't visit here.
This is the perfect life of freedom, and it is also what Yunluo expects traveling to be like.
Donuts for breakfast After taking this photo, Zhu Liu said that an old man slipped at the intersection. He didn't get up for a long time. Could he have fainted? But before Yunluo and An Chuyu could walk over, two people had already helped him up. Seeing that he was fine, Yunluo and An Chuyu continued to move forward with confidence. Street scene shot casually The sun was dazzling.
In fact, this is just a smoking area. Is it really okay to make it so fancy?! Yunluo thinks that smokers should be locked up in a shabby little house to hold their breath. Is it really okay to make it so fancy? >_< This photo should be called - An Chuyu and her twin sister. In fact, taking photos of the Ice and Snow Festival does not necessarily mean taking photos of ice sculptures.
You can make a scissor hand gesture, but don't do it all the time. You can make photos that make people feel different by making good use of the things and scenery around you. This can be done with a mobile phone, and it has nothing to do with whether the camera is high-end or not. The Star Wars snow sculpture is the main work of this year's Ice and Snow Festival. Mr. Zhuliu said that it has been carved very carefully! (~^~)