Sapporo 5 Nights 6 Days Trip Days 5-6: Shiroi Koibito Park, Otaru Music Box Museum, Ramen Misora, LeTAO, Otaru Canal, Susukino, Hinachan, Mega Don Quijote
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Sapporo 5 Nights 6 Days Trip: Days 5-6 – Shiroi Koibito Park & Otaru Exploration
Travel Dates: 2023.07.01 – 2023.07.06
Places Visited: Shiroi Koibito Park, Otaru Music Box Museum, Ramen Misora, Fromage Danish Dani LeTAO, Otaru Canal, Hinachan, Mega Don Quijote
Sapporo 5 Nights 6 Days Trip Days 5-6
Carax Hotel Breakfast
Came to eat breakfast at Carax on Day 1.
Unlike Richmond, this was a buffet.
It’s nice to be able to pick and choose what you want to eat.
I lightly filled my plate with brunch-style items.
There was soup curry, which I enjoyed, so I took a little.
It wasn’t as good as Suage, but it was still delicious.
And the pineapple was very sweet, but the strawberries were too sour.
Visiting Shiroi Koibito Park
You can get to the chocolate factory Shiroi Koibito Park by taking the subway to Miyanosawa Station.
You can buy tickets by lining up and then enter.
We watched a short video about how the factory came to be.
The owner overly idealized himself. Haha.
My sister and I thought, “This is so Japan.”
There were glass windows so you could see the factory floor.
I thought the employees must be annoyed (Are you a T?).
There are a total of three places inside the factory, including a cafe and restaurants.
We went to one of them and ordered a parfait.
The price was ridiculously expensive.
I wanted to order an ade at one place,
but they said it was sold at another store, so I only ordered one.
After finishing the tour course, there’s a souvenir shop downstairs.
I bought cookies and forgot to take pictures… haha.
They sell cookies that taste like高级 (gāojí – high-class) Kukdas.
They’re delicious.
There are many things to see and photo spots outside as well.
Now, let’s head to the train station to explore Otaru!
It takes about 20 minutes on foot from Shiroi Koibito Park to Hassamu Station.
But it felt like it took 20 minutes longer because it was so hot…
When we were almost there, we saw the train tracks, and it felt like a scene from a movie~
Minami-Otaru Station!
You can see the sea when you ride the JR train,
but the train windows were so dirty that I couldn’t take proper pictures. ㅠ
What a shame.
The Music Box Museum is about a 10-minute walk from Minami-Otaru Station.
I like frogs.
I considered buying one, but I didn’t have a good place to put it, so I didn’t.
Music boxes were playing everywhere, making tinkling sounds,
but it didn’t sound like noisy clamor at all.
I used to wonder why people bought music boxes, but I understood their charm here…
It’s a cozy sound that might help you sleep well if you play it at night.
There were several LeTAO dessert shops, but we visited the largest one,
which was close to the Music Box Museum (likely the main store).
However, there were no seats and a long queue, so we decided to eat first and come back.
We were debating what to eat, but the place we intended to go was closed.
So we ended up at a regular ramen place.
(I didn’t feel like eating seafood, but everything else was sushi or seafood places.)
I saw a notice posted, and when I lifted it, it said, “Don’t come here.” Hahaha.
I didn’t even take proper photos, but this is the best ramen place of my life.
I don’t usually like ramen (I didn’t even like Ichiran Ramen),
but this place is truly delicious. I ordered the signature? Special Miso Ramen.
I understood why it was the signature.
If you go to Ramen Misora, definitely order the special.
There wasn’t a single topping that I could skip.
For dessert, we went back to the LeTAO main store, but the wait had actually increased.
We were both tired, and since we could eat elsewhere,
we quickly gave up and went into a cafe across the street that looked less crowded.
It turned out to be LeTAO as well lol.
The full name is Fromage Danish Dani LeTAO.
But I’m glad we came here because the cheese tart was absolutely amazing.
My sister, who had tried LeTAO cake before, said this cheese tart was much better.
Even I, who doesn’t particularly enjoy desserts, bought another one to eat.
It was a truly moving taste.
And then, the Otaru Canal, which my sister said was the reason for coming to Otaru.
Weren’t you here for the Music Box Museum? Haha.
She said it’s prettier at night, but it was a shame it was daytime.
But I couldn’t wait any longer. My legs were killing me! ㅠ
Someone dressed as a flower pot in the middle of the canal startled me, and I screamed so loud.
We took a commemorative photo and gave a tip because they seemed to be suffering so much in the heat.
We checked the train schedule at Otaru Station and ran like crazy.
If we hadn’t taken photos on the train tracks, we might have had more time…
This really felt like the hardest day of the trip.
Every day, we walked over 20,000 steps in the heat, and with accumulated fatigue, we were panting on this day too.
We took the subway to Sapporo Station and headed back to the accommodation… not quite.
The reason for the hasty return was that the reptile and bird cafe near our accommodation
was open until 7 PM.
We rushed there, but it happened to be closed on Wednesdays…
I was so sad, really.
After showering and resting at the hotel, we went out for dinner.
It was Hinachan, the okonomiyaki specialty restaurant that I was the only one who really wanted to go to.
I don’t even particularly like okonomiyaki.
But I heard the udon okonomiyaki here is so delicious.
(There were many reviews from Koreans, and the people next to us were also Korean.)
We ordered one udon and one corn butter.
But it was seriously, incredibly delicious.
I almost ordered another one. It’s the best okonomiyaki I’ve ever had.
Since it was our last day, we decided to spend more cash at Round1 and try the crane games again.
I failed to adopt the second Kirby ㅠ
The expression on this Kirby, ◕ )-(◕, was so cute compared to the one I got,
I almost wanted to bring it back and exchange it.
After playing games, we felt a little peckish,
so we went to a takoyaki stand (right in front of Don Quijote) that my sister wanted to eat.
Actually, I’m not a big fan of takoyaki either lol.
But it was edible!
The highball was so delicious.
After eating, we completed our shopping at Mega Don Quijote!!
The staff gave us a discount coupon that could be used for purchases over 10,000 yen.
Thanks to this, we used up almost all our cash.
I really wanted the giant Kirby, but it was around 8,000 or 9,000 yen.
Anyway, the price was so shocking that I just took a picture and left it. ㅠ
The next day, we had a simple breakfast at Carax again.
We were heading to catch the airport bus we had booked for our 11 AM flight.
The fare for two people was exactly 2,200 yen, which we had saved.
I briefly panicked because I couldn’t find 100 yen,
but I was able to find it in my bag because we paid when we got off.
At the airport, I tried the LeTAO cake my sister had mentioned.
It’s definitely true that the cheese tart we had yesterday was much more delicious.
And perhaps because it’s the airport, or perhaps they are truly popular restaurants,
there were quite a few shops with long queues.
Especially for desserts, the lines were very long.
Looking at the photos again, I don’t want to go home.
It was my first overseas trip with my sister, and we didn’t fight at all, which was great.
I want to go on another trip.
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