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Ningle Terrace & Other Peculiar Findings

Ningle Terrace Welcome to Ningle Terrace, shopping huts in the middle of a forest. It is a place where you can be at one with nature and shop for creative tidbits simultaneously. There is a hotel and ski resort nearby. I can see it being a quaint, festive place in the wintertime. Is it worth a stop

Farm Tomita, Part 1

This is Farm Tomita, where we had the cantaloupe and lavender ice cream. They have rows and rows of flowers. It looks pretty cool. Do you like looking at flowers at a distance or close up?

Furano, post-lavender season

Furano, post-lavender season

Yesterday, I boasted about Hokkaido’s awesome autumn landscape. (For those of you who subscribed via email, it didn’t go through but you can read it here. I wrote a haiku too!) Today, I will tell you that in the summer, Biei / Furano is famous for lavender! Regretfully, that occurs sometime between June and August, and

Hokkaido in the Autumn, Japan

I chose to visit Hokkaido in the autumn because I’m not a huge fan of being in the cold. Hokkaido is known for its snowy winters, but turns out its autumn foliage is also a photographer’s paradise. This trip with Shark to Biei, Furano and Sounkyo was somewhat early in the autumn (last week of

Biei waterfalls

Gorgeous Waterfalls in Biei

If you like waterfalls, you’ll probably like Biei. There are the massive Shirahige Waterfalls and smaller ones like Shiroganefudōnotaki (白金不動の滝). During this trip, I learned from Shark that you can browse on Google maps, zoom in and tap on attractions. Sometimes the results show photos of the attraction. With that, you could easily plan your sightseeing as you

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