Tuesday, May 12, 2015

B&B Furano and Places to Eat

Furano is the center of Hokkaido.  Its summer festival is the Belly Button Matsuri because it is located in the “belly button” of Hokkaido.

We stayed at a bed and breakfast called B&B Furano, located very near the ski slope area.  We highly recommend it – it was conveniently located, the room was large and clean, the staff was friendly, and the breakfast delicious!



 
This is the control panel for the toilet in our room. We don't have one of these at home!

 
Shoes are not allowed beyond the entrance, which is probably how the place stays so clean! I can imagine it is a great place to stay in the winter.


 
 
The first evening we met one of Ted’s former students, who is now a police officer in Kamifurano, and his father, who is also a police officer. We ate at Shinatora, a Japanese style noodle place.


 
Shojikimura (which has vegetarian choices) was walking distance from the B&B, and we ate there the second night.  I had a great bowl of pumpkin ramen and Ted had chicken and stir fried vegetables.


 
Before going to the zoo, we ate a konbini bento lunch outside at a riverside park.

The second day we ate a bento lunch at the base of San Dan Yama, where backcountry skiers are still on the mountain. (I had cold soba).


The last day we had lunch at a pizza restaurant called Bakusyuu.



We bought omiage and had a dessert at Furano Delice.



Furano is a great vacation spot – stay tuned for the next installment of our trip.

4 comments:

Queeniepatch said...

You can pack so much into your days! Furano looks great indeed.

Margaret said...

Ah. I am nostalgic as I read this both for the food and the place. What a great trip you had

KimM said...

Wow! What a great post! This looks amazing.
xxx

Angela said...

It looks lovely, thanks for sharing your pics! My kids want to live in Japan so I'll share your blog with them :)