Returned to Hakodate after visiting Onuma National Park.Β Bumped into sakura blossom. What a surprising bonus π
Goryokaku Park (δΊη¨ιε ¬ε)
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JP 2004 Sakura Hakodate
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JP 2008 Oct Hokkaido (Part 3)
Hakodate
2nd visit since 2004. Dropped by Onuma National Park while en route. Koyo was about 10%. Took an easy walking path of 1 hour. Nice view of Mount Komagatake in the distance.
Yunokawa onsen and Trappist Convent
While we took a day time onsen in Yunokawa in 2004, we stayed in an onsen ryokan with seaview and rotenburo in-room. On the next morning, visited the Trappist Monastery before returning to Hakodate city.
Back in Hakodate city, we first visited Kosetsu-en,Β a famous garden for Koyo. Though Koyo was about 10%, it was a nice walk. We then headed to the morning market for lunch and checked in to new onsen hotel with view of Mt Hakodate and bay.Β Went up to Mt Hakodate for famous nightview.Β The narrow road up to the peak was so congested that there were long lines of cars and buses on either way. On the next morning, we strolled around in the bay area before heading back to Sapporo.
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JP 2008 Oct Hokkaido (Part 1)
In this Koyo trip, we visited Hokkaido from mid to late Oct starting from Shikotsu-ko, Toya-ko, Niseko, Cape Kamui, Hoheikyo, Otaru, Sapporo and Hakodate.
Shikotsu-ko
First stay right after landing in nearby New Chitose airport, about 30min by car.Β Deep-blue lake in peak Koyo.
Toya-ko
Koyo was a bit after peak. Nevertheless, it was a sunny day and it was my first shots on fireworks.
Niseko
visited Shinsen-numa for the 1st time. Koyo was clearly beyond peak in mid-Oct due to higher elevation. Refer to our trip in Oct 2013 when we visited 1 week earlier to catch peak Koyo.
Half-moon lake
At the foothill of Mt Yotei, about 15-20min walk from car park through a forest of White Birch (Shirakaba in Japanese).
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