3rd day - Hakodate continues...
First morning in Hakodate, fresh air.....
Hakodate (函館市 Hakodate-shi) is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture.
Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854 as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. Also, the city had been the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Hakodate Fire of 1934.
Hakodate was founded in 1454, when Kono Kaganokami Masamichi constructed a large manor house in the Ainu fishing village of Usukeshi (the word for bay in Ainu).
After his death, Masamichi's son, Kono Suemichi, and family were driven out of Hakodate into nearby Kameda during Ainu rebellion in 1512 and little history was recorded for the area during the next 100 years. There was constant low level conflict in the Oshima peninsula at the time with the Ainu as armed merchants like the Kono family established bases to control trade in the region. This conflict culminated in an uprising from 1669 to 1672, led by Ainu warrior Shakushain after which the Ainu in the region were suppressed.
Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854 as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. Also, the city had been the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Hakodate Fire of 1934.
Hakodate was founded in 1454, when Kono Kaganokami Masamichi constructed a large manor house in the Ainu fishing village of Usukeshi (the word for bay in Ainu).
After his death, Masamichi's son, Kono Suemichi, and family were driven out of Hakodate into nearby Kameda during Ainu rebellion in 1512 and little history was recorded for the area during the next 100 years. There was constant low level conflict in the Oshima peninsula at the time with the Ainu as armed merchants like the Kono family established bases to control trade in the region. This conflict culminated in an uprising from 1669 to 1672, led by Ainu warrior Shakushain after which the Ainu in the region were suppressed.
The city is overlooked by Mount Hakodate, a lumpy, forested mountain whose summit can be reached by hiking trail, cable car, or car. The night view from the summit is renowned in Japan as one of the best in the country, and one of the top three in the world along with Hong Kong and Naples. An obscure local nickname of the bumpy mountain is Gagyūzan (Mount Cow's Back), alluding to the way the mountain resembles a resting cow.
...first morning in Hakodate...
Noboribetsu (登別市 Noboribetsu-shi, Ainu: nupur-pet) is a city in Iburi subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Part of Shikotsu-Toya National Park, it is southwest of Sapporo, west of Tomakomai and northeast of Hakodate. The name, Noboribetsu, derives from an Ainu word, nupur-pet, which means dark-coloured river (the kanji 登別 are used for their phonetic value only, and have no relation to the original meaning).
6 km inland from this is the smaller town of Noboribetsu-onsen (登別温泉, Noboribetsu hot-spring). Enjoying many hot springs of varying ingredients, Noboribetsu-onsen is one of many well-known resorts in Japan and the largest "hot spring town" in Hokkaidō.
Arriving Noboribetsu at night, weather 3°C...staying at Manseikaku Hotel, nearby Hell Valley. Our room...
...Our dinner at the hotel
...after dinner, we take a walk to the Hell Valley, my mum don't want to follow and need rest. So after making sure she is taking rest in the room, I went out together with the others, but not too enjoying, coz thought of mum was alone in the room.
Hell Valley at night..nothing to see actually...as my mum said when she looked at the picture which I took, just a place of darkness and smokes....
4th day - Noboribetsu
...the hotel lobby...
...penguin parade
Arriving Shiraoi (白老町 Shiraoi-chō), a town located in Shiraoi District, Iburi, Hokkaidō,Japan. As of 31 May 2008, the town had a population of 20,371. The town was established in 1867 by the feudal lords of Sendai. Most of the area of the town is forested and parts lie within the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park.
The Ainu Museum, commonly known as Poroto Kotan – Poroto Kotan is a natural history museum depicting a traditional Ainu village. Performers show traditional crafts and dances like the yomante rimuse.
The statue of a kotankorokur (the leader of a community), who has an inaw on his right hand, at the Ainu Museum.
Arriving Tanukikoji, Sapporo and first thing to do is dinner....
...look like just little and not enough...but truly the bowl is big...
to be continues....
...after dinner, we take a walk to the Hell Valley, my mum don't want to follow and need rest. So after making sure she is taking rest in the room, I went out together with the others, but not too enjoying, coz thought of mum was alone in the room.
...the hotel lobby...
...arriving Noboribetsu Marine Park,
...lunch time
Arriving Shiraoi (白老町 Shiraoi-chō), a town located in Shiraoi District, Iburi, Hokkaidō,Japan. As of 31 May 2008, the town had a population of 20,371. The town was established in 1867 by the feudal lords of Sendai. Most of the area of the town is forested and parts lie within the Shikotsu-Tōya National Park.
The Ainu Museum, commonly known as Poroto Kotan – Poroto Kotan is a natural history museum depicting a traditional Ainu village. Performers show traditional crafts and dances like the yomante rimuse.
...leaving the last spot, Ainu Village Museum and approaching to Sapporo City...
Arriving Tanukikoji, Sapporo and first thing to do is dinner....
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