The Real Hokkaido

I forgot to mention that I was partially sick during my trip to Hokkaido. I woke up with a sore throat which continued the duration of the trip. It was pretty miserable because my throat was constantly scratchy and dry. The good part was that was all. There was no cough or anything.

We were forced to wake up at 6 to eat and get back on the bus. It was another long day of riding around and looking at the sights for an hour at a time. Hour bus, hour site, hour bus, half-hour rest stop, hour bus, hour site. That is pretty much how the entire trip went. I don't like buses, but it was nice to have 3 other people to talk to. We rotated every time we got off so that we did not get bored with talking to the same person the entire time.

The second onsen was not as nice as the first one. The food was still excellent (we had crab this time,) but the room was smaller and the onsen had a sulfur smell. It is good for the body supposidly. That night we got to try some blue beer. The bottle said it was engineered by Tokyo University students but is produced in Hokkaido. It was not very good, but it was blue. Crazy. We got to bed around midnight.