Japan - Day 3 - Historical Museum of Hokkaido

Saturday, October 15, 2016   Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaido

Our first excursion of the trip was to The Historical Museum of Hokkaido. We took off promptly at 9:00 a.m.





I'll admit to you that I am a poor student when it comes to listening to lectures. All I hear is blah, blah, blah . . . blah, blah, blah, blah . . . 


and so even though our tour guide did explain many of the exhibits to us, I only have photos for you with no explanations.  

I do believe, however, that the bones below belonged to a woolly mammoth . . . because it does look like Manny from Ice Age.

Japan - Day 3 - Chitose Air Terminal Hotel

Saturday, October 15, 2016  Chitose, Hokkaido

This is the lobby of our hotel in Chitose. Fabulous-looking yah. Our hotel room, however, was just average . . . which is probably why I forgot to take a photo of it. 



The breakfast buffet started at 6 a.m.  Throughout the trip, except for the last two days or so, we tended to go down for breakfast at whatever time they opened, usually at around 6:00 or 6:30 a.m. Due to the time difference, we found ourselves waking up at around 4:00 to 4:30 a.m. anyway.




















Departure time for the day was at 9:00 a.m. so after breakfast we strolled around the adjacent airport shopping area. 

Japan - Day 1 & 2 - Honolulu to Narita to Chitose

October 13 & 14, 2016

The day that Sweetie and I were looking forward to for so long finally came. The meeting time for our tour group was 9 am.  We got there at about 8 am . . . around an hour early.  But we were not the first! Love it!



My cousin V happened to be on the same flight as us, and she greeted us with some Ma'ona Musubi! Howzdat yah!! Soooo much better than the $35 RIP-OFF CPK airport breakfast me and Sweetie bought last year. 


V said that Ma'ona Musubi is located on Alakea Street.  I couldn't believe that she went to the trouble to pick us up something to eat. So thoughtful.


This is the konbu musubi.  It had a hint of ume in it . . . very, very oishiiii.  Thank you again, V!!!


I took a photo of the snack on the plane.  I started feeling a bit nauseous after that and ended up not taking any more pictures. 


After a rather bumpy and claustrophobic ride (ANA Airlines, BTW) we arrived at Narita Airport where we rested for a little bit before catching a domestic flight to Chitose, Hokkaido. 


While waiting for our domestic flight we checked out Lawson.




This was my very first purchase of this trip . . . "Cream Zenzai".


It was a perfect introduction. 


The very best thing about staying at Chitose Air Terminal Hotel is that you can walk straight to your hotel after landing.