Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Hokkaido - Day 2





more scenery from the coach.. quite country'ish



a place we stopped at with the view of the massive water and island in the middle







taking pics of the view.. also a pic of our coach :D pretty snazzy





we went snowmobile riding!!!! so maaaaaad ^_________^ got to drive my own snow mobile around.. now how often do u do that?? :P



was friggin cold tho.. wind n snow in ur face.. even with the helmet on.. had double layers of clothing (normal puffy jacket etc with this extra clothing on top of it) so didnt matter if we got dirty or wet :D



really nice white snow.. apparently one of the whitest in the world :D

walked around n took photos in the snow mobile driving break.. got some hot choc to warm our hands up.. my feet were freezing too =\



snow was about knee deep and very powdery :D


after that we went to another place that was like a ski field with a string of buildings linked together with shops and food.






inside the long stretch of buildings.. look! beer in a vending machine :P




double decker carousel :D ... hot food vending machine



ramen for lunch.. yummmm.. nice view from the inside :)



some carriage lighted up...... we saw these icicles hanging from the roof of a building across the road so we just had to take pics hehe



snowy trees :D just like christmas



really nice mountain landscapes .. look at the colours.. oooooooooOOOooooo



This night we stayed at the "Toya Onsen Hotel" which is located on the side of Lake Toya which has an island in the middle of the lake.

above pics are of a beer tank as big as a water tank at the hotel :D and a gingerbread cake thingy ^_^

this hotel also had a natural spring bath also.. wasnt as nice as the first one tho.

we also had a similar room as the first night where it was just a room and then they come in while we were at dinner to lay out the bedding.

we walked around after the onsen as they had these video games on the ground floor so we played some games they had there.