Tati standing in the snow recording the laser show on the car sculpture.
So, it's been a long time. Sorry about that....
On with the story =)
Tati and I arrived in Sapporo, happy and excited, and the first thing we did was check into our hotel room. Once that was done, we headed out into the city to check out the sculptures.
The main strip of Yuki Matsuri (snow festival) has all the large snow sculptures. Despite the blizzard, there were a lot of people gathered around each of the sculptures. They were taking pictures and watching the performances.
At night, they light up the sculptures and there are different performances at each one. We spent a good hour or so wandering in the snow. At one point we took cover under the TV tower, but for the most part we were just loving being outside and being in Sapporo.
Deciding that we need to eat some real food, we decided to hunt for some ramen. No, for those of you in the States, not the dried noodles and flavored packet of top ramen. Real, made from scratch ramen. Hokkaido is known for having really delicious ramen. This is definitely true, but I be getting ahead of myself.
We wandered the streets of Sapporo for a while before we found a sign for ramen, in the basement of a building. We got into the elevator and hit the basement button. Instead of going down, the elevator started going up. Now, I will take the time to make this clear--we hit the down button outside the elevator and neither the up or down lights were lit when we hit the basement button. About the sixth floor, we stopped and a woman got on, and then the elevator went up the the tenth floor, where the woman got out and a whole family got on. This was not a large elevator. In fact, it was really small, and the family of seven or eight getting onto it was actually quite freaksome. Tati and I both had the thought (that we shared with each other later) that one good jump would have brought the elevator down. They got off on the first floor, and the lights on the elevator went off, so we hit the basement button again, and this time it went down.
We quickly found the ramen shop and stood outside of it, deciding if it was the kind of ramen we wanted to have. The woman who co-owned the shop poked her head out and ushered us inside, not really giving us a choice. We went in, following two men, and took our seats down the far end of the bar next to an older couple.
The night was amazing. Once we ordered, we got talking to the owners--an elder couple-- and the couple. Well, Tati did most of the talking. It was hilarious. We had so much fun. At the end, the couple ended up paying for our dinner in order to thank us for being so entertaining. We got our pictures taken with them. It was so much fun!!!! Best night EVER!
After dinner, we wandered the snow festival a little bit more before heading over to an arcade. We finished up our night there, before heading back to our hotel with the comfy comfy beds and a great night sleep.
On with the story =)
Tati and I arrived in Sapporo, happy and excited, and the first thing we did was check into our hotel room. Once that was done, we headed out into the city to check out the sculptures.
The main strip of Yuki Matsuri (snow festival) has all the large snow sculptures. Despite the blizzard, there were a lot of people gathered around each of the sculptures. They were taking pictures and watching the performances.
At night, they light up the sculptures and there are different performances at each one. We spent a good hour or so wandering in the snow. At one point we took cover under the TV tower, but for the most part we were just loving being outside and being in Sapporo.
Deciding that we need to eat some real food, we decided to hunt for some ramen. No, for those of you in the States, not the dried noodles and flavored packet of top ramen. Real, made from scratch ramen. Hokkaido is known for having really delicious ramen. This is definitely true, but I be getting ahead of myself.
We wandered the streets of Sapporo for a while before we found a sign for ramen, in the basement of a building. We got into the elevator and hit the basement button. Instead of going down, the elevator started going up. Now, I will take the time to make this clear--we hit the down button outside the elevator and neither the up or down lights were lit when we hit the basement button. About the sixth floor, we stopped and a woman got on, and then the elevator went up the the tenth floor, where the woman got out and a whole family got on. This was not a large elevator. In fact, it was really small, and the family of seven or eight getting onto it was actually quite freaksome. Tati and I both had the thought (that we shared with each other later) that one good jump would have brought the elevator down. They got off on the first floor, and the lights on the elevator went off, so we hit the basement button again, and this time it went down.
We quickly found the ramen shop and stood outside of it, deciding if it was the kind of ramen we wanted to have. The woman who co-owned the shop poked her head out and ushered us inside, not really giving us a choice. We went in, following two men, and took our seats down the far end of the bar next to an older couple.
The night was amazing. Once we ordered, we got talking to the owners--an elder couple-- and the couple. Well, Tati did most of the talking. It was hilarious. We had so much fun. At the end, the couple ended up paying for our dinner in order to thank us for being so entertaining. We got our pictures taken with them. It was so much fun!!!! Best night EVER!
After dinner, we wandered the snow festival a little bit more before heading over to an arcade. We finished up our night there, before heading back to our hotel with the comfy comfy beds and a great night sleep.
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