Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Well..since that last entry 11 days ago (sorry!) things have moved on a lot...cherry trees have busted out in full bloom and are still looking quite nice, although the end is very nigh I think. Anyway, cue picture of blossom in the park:
We went to Lake Toya on Sunday, just for a night. We found a good internet deal at Manseikaku, which has some very good onsen baths, including in-room kaiseki dinner and buffet breakfast, free bus from Sapporo station and a room upgrade. The room was amazingly large, with an 8-mat tatami area, a sitting area by the windows complete with sofa and armchair (this doesn't sound that special, but for us the luxury of sitting on something like that is almost unparalleled!), Western-style bedroom, toilet, outer bathroom and inner bathroom with a cedar tub.
This is some of the kaiseki (we took it after the first round of courses came before we ruined it all - probably about another 6 or 8 dishes came after this but we were too busy eating by that point):
After dinner we watched the fireworks from our balcony - the display happens every night between April and October, and lasts about half an hour. The fireworks are set off by people in a couple of motorboats who make their way gradually across the lake, so that the display happens in front of all the hotels that apparently fund it.
(the thing lit up like a Christmas tree to the right of the fireworks is a cruise ship, made to look like a fairy tale castle...)
Pretty good. Anyway, that's all for now - I had to do this post to keep promises I made to some people but don't want it to drag on too long!
We went to Lake Toya on Sunday, just for a night. We found a good internet deal at Manseikaku, which has some very good onsen baths, including in-room kaiseki dinner and buffet breakfast, free bus from Sapporo station and a room upgrade. The room was amazingly large, with an 8-mat tatami area, a sitting area by the windows complete with sofa and armchair (this doesn't sound that special, but for us the luxury of sitting on something like that is almost unparalleled!), Western-style bedroom, toilet, outer bathroom and inner bathroom with a cedar tub.
This is some of the kaiseki (we took it after the first round of courses came before we ruined it all - probably about another 6 or 8 dishes came after this but we were too busy eating by that point):
After dinner we watched the fireworks from our balcony - the display happens every night between April and October, and lasts about half an hour. The fireworks are set off by people in a couple of motorboats who make their way gradually across the lake, so that the display happens in front of all the hotels that apparently fund it.
(the thing lit up like a Christmas tree to the right of the fireworks is a cruise ship, made to look like a fairy tale castle...)Pretty good. Anyway, that's all for now - I had to do this post to keep promises I made to some people but don't want it to drag on too long!
# posted by Phil T : 4:59 am
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