The Sapporo Food Adventure: Part 2

The second day in Sapporo was spent much the same way, it was all about shopping and eating.

We got up bright an early and took a morning stroll to the Nijo Fish Market to have fresh sushi for breakfast. Several blogs I came across while Googling highly recommended a visit to the market in the morning, where they bring in fresh seafood from Otaru.

It was about 15min walk from our hotel at Susukino

We had our breakfast at Sushi(something) no Kakashi. At least I think that's the name, I can only read hiragana =/

EDIT: Yep, it's Sushiya no Kakashi.

Our lovely chef. He was incredibly friendly, asking us where we were from and what brings us to Sapporo, which very few non-Japanese tourists holiday. I told him my mum saw a movie set in Hokkaido. The only downside to this quaint little shop is there are no seats!

We went for the Kakashi Set, a variety plate with scallops, shrimp, kingfish, salmon, toro (fatty tuna), roe, egg and sea urchin. It was so fresh, squishy, moist, sweet, tender.

Kakashi Set, 2100 yen.

I was still hungry after that so ordered an abalone and regular tuna. Toro was definitely my favourite, followed by scallop.

Directly opposite Sushiya no Kakashi was a shop that sold chocolates, caramels, icecream and gifts. We bought chocolate coated potato chips, caramels (kyarameru) and lots of white chocolate made from Hokkaido milk. Because we bought so much, the kindly shop owner indicated some boxes of seaweed flavoured caramels were gifts for us :)

Chocolate coated chips are YUMMY!! Brings me memories of when we used to eat "chips and chocolate sandwiches" in high school.

A large amount of shopping at a 100 yen store followed by lunch at a restaurant at Mitsukoshi. It's a shame I lost all my notes on my phone and can't remember the name of this place.

The next day were were off to Jozankei Onsen, taking the Jotetsu 8 bus from Sapporo Station. It passes all the major hot spring hotels and ryokan and luckily, the bus driver said ours was at the end of the line next to the bus depot. Easy peasy.

Our ryokan room had a view of the whole valley of Jozankei, it would be gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

Making green and tea and a red bean cake snack.

After we were settled in we explored Jozankei, which is a tiny hot spring town. The Yunotaki waterfall at Jozankei and the river that runs through the valley is hot!

These are baskets filled with eggs that locals use. The sign says it takes 20mins for the eggs to cook.

The day was spent hopping around to all the foot baths, then back to the hotel for hot springs. It was the most relaxing thing once you get over the fact you are butt naked. No photos of course, but you can have a look at these I found online:

The outdoor hot spring in the first photo below was THE BEST. The water was steaming hot, but the cold Winter air was soothing and felt amazing on your face. The best part was when it started snowing, ABSOLUTE BLISS. My second favourite section was a small square that had a direct view of the valley below (we were on a hill). Breathtaking.

Next morning we took the bus back to Sapporo and to the airport. It was a fantastic 3 days.