Kanamori Warehouses in Hakodate!

by Kazu

The scenery of the bay area of Hakodate was totally different from that in the morning. The warehouses built with red bricks showed us the nice colour reflection of the lighting up. 

The harbor area was connected with the high-end residential area Motomachi by some slopes. I jog around the area early in the morning usua;;y but the view of the city from the hillside of Mt. Hakodate in the evening gave me a special impression for the first time.

Before that, crawling up the slope of Motomachi Area of Hakodate required me a little bit driving force tsuch as  imaging the delivious dinner of culinary delights sourced locall and pints of beer. 

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Hakodate Bay in the night!

by Kazu

It was not so cold on that day and jogging around the bay was so comfortable. As I had to wakeup and leave Hakodate early in the morning, I did an irregular jogging in the evening. 

 

Night jogging was good for a deep sleep and enhancing digest. The scenery that I had got used to was a little bit different in the evening.

The view of the bay area is popular to the tourists but I found very few on that day. Only one night tour was conducted near the hotel we stayed.

 

Night Strolling in Hakodate!

by Kazu

As I made a reservation of the room in our most favorite Japanese bistro "Izakaya Hakodate-yama" at eight o'clock in the evening on that day, I jogged around the bay area of Hakodate at the foot of Mt. Hakodate. 

The memorial ship "Mashuumaru" was lit up but nobody could be found other than myself. 

 

The bridge of the ship could not be seen from the gate of the park. Different from the morning jogging, it was a little bit dangerous to get closer to the ship because the gap on the ground might be covered with snow.

Older people than me may have the memory of using the ship to reach the main island of Japan Honshu and the name of "Seikan Renrakusen" must have a kind of special tone with their memory in adolescence or something special, I think.

 

Local Railway Trip to Hakodate! 2

by Kazu

This is the northern end of the bullet train in Japan. "Shin Hakodate Hokuto" is the name of the station. The tourists from the main island of Japan Honshu change the train to reach Hakodate and the interior of Hokkaido. 

If you show the Hokkaido Love Six Day Pass, you can get 10- percent discount in the souvenir shops in the railway stations in Hokkaido. Actually, I was asked if I have the HL ticket or not by the staff of the souvenir shop in Hakodate Station.

 

Local Railway Trip to Hakodate!

by Kazu

I love to drive my car in Hokkaido and to be honest, I prefer driving a car to taking a train. But the scenery from the windows of the train is different from that from the car windows because the routes are so different. I can enjoy the different scenery drinking pints of beer. I can't do that in driving a car.

I have never seen such names of the railway stations. My wife seemed to be so satisfied with the train trip. I had to keep the manner of the railway mania that I couldn't understand enough.

 

Hokkaido Love train trip to Hakodate!

by Kazu

After the lunch in Oshamanbe, we took a local train to drop by all the stations on our way to Hakodate. I have never taken the local train around the southern part of Hokkaido. So I learned the name of the stations on this line for the first time. 

My wife asked me to take the photos of the sign board of the station but I did not understand the meanings and the value of the photos  for the railway mania.

 

A certain night in Sapporo!

by Kazu

 

On my way to the venue of the journalism movie film competition in Hokkaido in which I had to play the role of the presenter of "the award from the Governor of Hokkaido", I took the photos of Sapporo TV Tower where the ritual of the competition would be held.

The tower and some monuments in Ohdohri Park   were decorated with the lights of illumination. 

Much more people including the tourists used to take the photos and romping around there before the pandemic of covid-19 but very few people were there on that day.