After breakfast at the hostel, we headed for Shiretoko National Park(知床国立公園).
Hikarigoke(Luminous Moss). You can see the moss from the right, but not from the left.
Seseki hot spring(left pic) is a little too open to go in naked…Aidomari hot spring(right pic) is slightly better but still…so I just had a footbath. ^^;; My friend did have a quick dip while we took watch. The water is shockingly hot! Both of them are free.
Had uni and rice for lunch! The one on the right has no “myouban” and tastes much much better(Myouban is an additive added to uni to keep it in nice looking shape). The uni was very fresh so I bought two packs to take back to Tokyo with proper ice pack and foam box packaging, but still they smell a little bad the next day already. Third softcream from the same shop Kaisen Koubou(海鮮工房) we got the uni, turned out to be the best in this trip. Also bought Rausu Konbu as souvenir.
Beautiful scenery in Shiretoko.
Though the bear alerts got me slightly scared…
Tranquil~
Five lakes of Shiretoko.
The artificial tasting softcream in the souvenir shop isn’t so good.
Oshinkoshin waterfall(オシンコシンの滝).
On our way back to Tokyo, we bought another popular souvenir at Memanbetsu Airport: caramel sweet from Hanabatakebokujo. It should be eaten chilled otherwise it becomes too sweet…like in our case…
Archive for June 15th, 2008
After a quick dip in the hotspring and a nice breakfast, we took a walk to the hill behind the cottage with the owner’s dog.
Beautiful Lake Mashu(摩周湖)
Second softcream from Kurimu Douwa(くりーむ童話).
標津ホタテ祭り。
Scallop festival at Shibetsu.
Strawberry milk.
Shame that it was freezing that day and everything got cold really quickly.
Imo-mochi(potato cake).
You need to get a ticket in advance in order to have one go at scooping the giant scallops to take home, but one of the staff saw me looking probably a little sad and handed me a bag secretly! Yipee!
Read about todowara in Notsuke Peninsula here and here.
Kuma-no-yu hotspring(熊の湯). It is free and it is not mix-gender.
Stayed in a cheap(4800yen with two meals included) but very good hostel called Toomawari(とおまわり) in Rausu(羅臼). The owner is a salmon fisherman and dinner is cooked by him. The fish “kinki” is so delicious!
The owner was kind enough to prepare the big scallops from the scallop festival for us. The little ones are included in the dinner.
The deep-fried seafood came one by one but I was just too full to eat any of them so they just accumulated…
We chatted and drank with the owner and his very funny fisherman friend and other people staying in the hostel til really late. Very nice place to stay!
Nenrinya (ねんりん家)
Breakfast at Haneda airport. Hot Baumkuchen. Not fleshly baked but only warmed in the microwave. They have savoury baumkuchen sandwich too but don’t have the courage to try…Menu here.
First thing we did upon arriving at Memanbetsu Airport(女満別空港) was to grab souvenirs. ^^;;; Left pic is some special limited edition fried potato snack which is only available in Hokkaido(ues only potato grown in Hokkaido) and gets sold out really quickly. Right pic is my friend’s recommendation: chocolate-coated potato chips, which actually can be found in department stores in Tokyo but oh well. ^^;;;
Lake Kussharo(屈斜路湖) in Akan National Park(阿寒国立公園).
Beware of bears!
あげいも。かぼちゃだんご。
Fried potato and pumpkin pancake from the eatery inside the souvenir store.
Kusshi(クッシー) is Hokkaido version of Loch ness monster. ^^;;
Sunayu(砂湯): hotspring footbath at Lake Kussharo.
First softcream in this trip!
A cow blocking our way~. We stayed in this cheap accomodation called Aurora Farm Village(オーロラファームヴィレッジ).
Dinner is Hokkaido mutton barbecue.
Mountain vegetables are hand-picked in the morning by the friendly staff.
Udon added to the BBQ.
Well of course hotsprings!!
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