Otaru - Again

After getting home late Saturday night after Beer Camp, we slept fast and met our friends at the Sapporo train station to start a new adventure in Otaru, the place we visited a week before.

 

We told our friends about the soda machine business last week with the dogs and children. We still don't know what it's about.

 

Colonel Sanders changed his attire since the week before and is now ready for Halloween.

 

We walked around and took in the sights – some we saw last week and some new.

 

For lunch we went to a famous seafood place called Poseidon.

 

 

 

Later there was lavender soft ice cream.

 

 

When we were tired, we headed to the train station. We had a beautiful view of the sea from the train on the way home.

 

 

We enjoyed visiting with our friends, and hope to see them again soon!

Otaru Day Trip

Yesterday we decided to take a trip to Otaru.  We had driven to Otaru once before (see post here) and it was a long drive so we took the train yesterday.  We left home at 8:40 am to catch the 9:15 am train, which took 102 minutes to get to Otaru. Much easier than driving!

At the train station in Otaru there was something going on with some children and their drawings and some dogs and the coke machine.  We never really know what is going on here.

 

We walked toward the canal and took a few photos, then looked out on the harbor. It was a little chilly, but still nice to be out and about.

 

We stopped at Otaru Beer, which seems to be the thing to do when in Otaru.

 

There were some bears and ducks.

 

We visited three museums – the music box museum, the Bank of Japan museum, and the Art Museum, but I only have pictures of the bank museum.

 

These signs were in the toilet.  I understand “flash toilet paper”, but I don’t know what “stanch water” is about.

 

We ate at a Viking restaurant, which means we ate too much!  It was a good day and we got home around eight o’clock.  I had to go to bed early because we have another big day planned for today.