Hokkaido has a wealth of sightseeing spots and delicious food, even in our country, is a very famous attraction, there are many People in Japan will come to visit, but for those who go for the first time, a foreign country, after all, life is not familiar, where to play? What's good to eat? These are all questions, but this time I would like to introduce the 2 days and 1 night "lazy" guide to travel in Hokkaido by "train and bus", mainly focusing on Sapporo and Otaru, so you can enjoy the main sightseeing spots and food in Hokkaido.
【Day 1】Start enjoying Hokkaido on the first day
[10:30] Take a walk in Odori Park and grab breakfast
It takes about 1.5 hours from Tokyo to Hokkaido, and less than 2 hours from Osaka to Hokkaido. Friends who want to enjoy Hokkaido from the morning recommend an early morning flight! It takes less than an hour from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo Station. Leave your luggage at a guesthouse near the station and go for a walk in Odori Park while having breakfast! From Sapporo Station, transfer to the subway or take a bus, and it takes about 9 minutes on foot to Odori Park. It is famous for the "Sapporo Snow Festival", which hosts seasonal events throughout the year.
Odori Park, which represents Sapporo, once deliberately set up a 100-meter-wide foundation as a fireproof body, separating Sapporo from north to south, and to the east is the Sapporo TV Tower. Because it is summer, it is lively because of the Oktoberfest, the beautiful air and delicious beer are very commensurate with the streets of Sapporo, the fountain exudes a cool atmosphere, the flower beds emit a wonderful fragrance, the cooperation between the brightly colored flowers and the TV Tower looks very beautiful, if you want to see this place beautifully, it is best to overlook from the TV Tower!
Location: 3 Odori Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido
Recommended breakfast (1) "Zorro"
The first thing to introduce is the coffee shop "Sawara" near Odori Station. The shop opens at 10:00 a.m. and is loved by locals. Recommended is the "sandwich", classic fruit sandwich and many other types, there are as many as 90 kinds, especially "cod crab salad sandwich" is bound to sell out every day, although the sandwich in the store can be taken away, but there are still many people want to eat leisurely in the store, grilled corn, sandwiches plus freshly fried meatloaf, delicious!
Location: 2 Odori Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido
Recommended breakfast (2) "Mingus coffee"
Next up is the "Mingus Coffee", which opens at 9 a.m. The café has dim lighting and beautiful music, the terrace seats are open in the summer, and the sofa seats are hidden on the bookshelves, so that one person can spend a peaceful time. At the beginning of the day, it is possible to have breakfast in a comfortable space. Scones and cakes are also popular, and if you're hungry, the large portions of cheese toast couldn't be more appropriate, plus just the right amount of bitter coffee.
Location: 1 Minami Ichijo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido
After breakfast, it is recommended to experience the exotic atmosphere at the old government building of the Hokkaido Hall
After breakfast and filling your stomach, go to the old government building of the Hokkaido Hall. Located between Sapporo Station and Main Street Park Station, this is a striking red brick building. With beautiful flowers and signs in front of the building, the red brick structure has an upright appearance that is more in line with the blue sky in summer, making it a popular photography spot in the local area. It is said that in autumn, this place is full of ginkgo biloba and is very beautiful.
For Hokkaido, which was under development in the Meiji era, this new Western technology building is very rare, and the courtyard is planted with seasonal flowers and plants, and you can enjoy a wonderful view whenever you go. The spacious grounds have ponds and courtyards, and benches are set up everywhere for leisurely spending. At noon, office workers working nearby will also choose to come here for lunch breaks and lunches. As soon as you enter the door, you will be nervous by the noble atmosphere on the red carpet, just like the set that appears in the movie, and it is free to open, so if you come here once, you must visit the interior.
Location: 6 Kita3-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido
[12:30] Hokkaido cuisine "curry soup" customs clearance
Curry shop Picanti
It's about a 10-minute walk from Odori Station, this shop is near the street of Sapporo Civic Hall, the curry soup shop in Sapporo is particularly famous, in short, there is a queue every day, even if it is raining, I started to queue for about 40 minutes from about 12:40 to get in, at first glance, this does not look like curry, but a bit like spicy hot.
It is a curry soup restaurant that orders food according to the type of soup, the main ingredients, the spiciness, and the amount of rice, and the side dishes are very rich, and there are rare ingredients for side dishes such as maitake mushrooms and cheesecakes from Hokkaido! Light or thick soups are also available. Although it is the first time to eat this curry soup, it is very delicious! I've eaten spicy shrimp curry before, but this time I ate fresh shrimp, the shrimp were plump, and the soup and rice were very tasty! I also had a bite of PICA chicken, which was crunchy and very tasty! Spicy just right, sweating, feeling the whole person become very comfortable.
Location: 1-8-4 Kita2jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
[19:00] Savor Hokkaido food night
Sapporo yakiniku restaurant
After a day of travel, back to Sapporo Station, although this day did not go to too many places, but the body is a bit unsatisfactory, rare to come to Hokkaido, sure enough, still inseparable from popular food, a little rest in the hotel, go out to eat and eat.
This is a famous restaurant that people who don't like to eat yakiniku also want to go once, and it is also a Japanese Internet celebrity shop! At first glance, this shop is a bit like an izakaya chain, the clerk in the store shouts loudly to order food, very excited, looks like the atmosphere is very good, to be honest, the service attitude is a bit Haidilao feeling, but sitting on a low table is very uncomfortable, because it is a closed environment, so the store is smoky.
Location: 6-71 Minami 6-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Seafood cover rice poured
This is a popular shop that was reserved before you went on a trip, and because it is also a famous Japanese internet celebrity shop, it is often full, and the specialty here is Hokkaido seafood, and most of the tables around it look like tourists!
Sea urchins and salmon roe are superb! This must be eaten, this brilliant luster! It can also be seen in the photos that it is super large grain. Although it is a small bowl, but the portion is very much, although this is said to be a rice bowl, but quite an izakaya feeling, the surrounding laughter, noisy, people left a deep impression!
Location: Minami 3-jo Nishi 3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido
【Day 2】Be impressed by the beautiful scenery that Hokkaido is proud of
[12:00] Once you arrive in Otaru, you can enjoy the best food
From Sapporo Station, take about 30 to 40 minutes by JR to Otaru Station. I slept in the car and woke up at 12 o'clock, which made people feel emotionally high. Crossing the ticket gate is a slope, and the sea in the distance makes people feel even more excited.
Market canteen taste
It is a 1-minute walk from Otaru Station to the "Market Cafeteria Miso Bamboo". You can taste the fresh fish that the manager buys at the auction every morning! It is rare to come to Hokkaido and recommend it to anyone who wants to taste seafood! This is "ANA Special Rice Bowl", and the four ingredients are the most popular menu.
In addition, there are also MEGA rice bowls and seasonal menus that are inevitable on SNS, so you can enjoy a delicious menu of fresh seafood, mainly large bowls, and a variety of dishes! The shop is very spacious and there are also small shops, recommended to go! At the Takeda Fresh Fish Shop opposite the shop, you can buy fish and make it fresh here.
Location: 3-10-16 Kabo, Otaru City, Hokkaido
[13:30] Take a walk in Otaru while sightseeing
After dinner, go for a walk in the charming Otaru! The existing historical buildings here are like traveling through time, and there are retro-style buildings everywhere.
This line was the first railway line built in Hokkaido, but since it is now not a railway but truck transportation has become the mainstream, the showa 60 years completely abandoned the line, and now the railway is still preserved, and benches and flower beds are arranged next to the railway, so that pedestrians can walk freely. Because it is a promenade, you can take a route that is not normally possible, and from the Chuo Pass to the Otaru Museum of Art, there are greenery and retro stations, which are very suitable for taking beautiful photos.
This is The Otaru Takashi Inn (Old Aoyama Biedi), Japan's National Historical and Cultural Heritage Site, and was built by a local nobleman over a period of 6 and a half years. The building materials such as hinoki, beech trees, and rosewood carefully collected by carpenters, and living spaces such as corridors, pillars, and stairs made of Tama materials are extremely luxurious. The Japanese garden is beautiful, and many people come to see the different flowers in all seasons, especially during the period when the hydrangeas are in full bloom from May to July.
[16:00] Street food in the town
Otaru Pastry Shop Rutao
Sightseeing city Otaru is famous for its seafood, but Otaru has had many delicious desserts since ancient times. One of the most famous is Rutao, which opened its shop along the Otaru Canal, and there are many famous Japanese dim sum. On the 2nd floor of the shop, there is also a coffee shop where you can eat freshly made cakes, and it is very fashionable street pottery. It was nice to have a break while sightseeing on the canal and take a break in Lutao. Sweets based on the four seasons of Otaru have become one of Hokkaido's representative dessert shops.
In particular, "Doble Fromage" is a very famous cheesecake. Unlike the cheesecakes I've eaten so far, melting in the mouth is its selling point, and the taste is not only sweet cheese, but also salty cheese, which can be felt more deeply. And the ice cream made with fresh hokkaido milk is too delicious to be true. Eat while shopping, it's not too comfortable!!
Location: 7-16 Sakaimachi, Otaru City, Hokkaido
Pot Rong bread rolls
A local delicacy "bread roll" with fish cake added to the bread. Developed by the fish cake specialty store "Nao Sakae", it is a delicacy that boldly wraps fish cake mud in bread.
One of Hokkaido's three major fish cakes is Otaru's fish cake, which has a factory outlet at the entrance to the Otaru Tourist Destination. Here you can see the places where fish cakes are made, and there are always a lot of delicious fish cakes that have just been made. From plate fish cake to fried fish cake, there are many kinds of fish cakes, very powerful.
[17:30] The long-awaited Otaru Sunset...!
The Otaru Canal is also beautiful during the day, and sure enough, the sunset moment is a must-see! Sightseeing in Otaru begins with the Otaru Canal and ends at the Otaru Canal. The Otaru Canal, which supports the prosperity of Otaru, has now become a symbol of sightseeing here, so there are many events held here all year round, in order to cool off in the summer and take advantage of the cold in winter, and these activities are indispensable to the lights, sometimes colorful lights, sometimes faint lights, and the Otaru Canal shine together, very beautiful.
I deliberately chose to go to a trip at night, the light will be reflected by the water, reflected more beautifully, although with a SLR, but the photo is very beautiful, walking along the canal, I feel that the whole person is a bit decadent, just want to walk slowly and leisurely like this.
[20:00] Night view of Tengu Mountain
On the last day of Hokkaido, let's end with a beautiful night view. Mt. Tengu, one of hokkaido's three night scenes, is about 20 minutes by bus from Otaru Station and 4 minutes by cable car from there to the observation deck. In addition, as the name comes from, there is a legend of the tengu infestation, there are many sculptures of the tengu on the mountain, and the masks of rare tengu collected from all over Japan are displayed at the station at the top of the mountain.
From the top of the mountain, you can see the port of Otaru and Ishikari Bay, opposite the mountains of the Summer Cold Federation, and feel the beautiful night view of the sunset as the sun darkens! Beautiful enough to be speechless, glittering city night views, pink glittering heart-shaped monuments, etc., are the best dating locations for couples, so, remember, single people don't go !!!
While sightseeing Sapporo, Otaru, while enjoying Hokkaido cuisine, these two days and one night tour, condensed all the charm of Hokkaido, according to this route to travel, even if it is the first time to come to Hokkaido, you can easily appreciate the essence of Hokkaido, food, beauty in one net, very suitable for "lazy people" and "foodies" Oh!