Leaving the outdoor Historical Museum of Hokkaido I took the bus back to Shin-Sapporo station but got off early at Shinrinkoen. I was going to go across a couple of stops to Naebo to reach the Sapporo Beer Museum on a different line from Shin-Sapporo station.Coming this way from behind and not from the town centre it was hard to navigate my way around the streets to find the museum, whose tall tower was visible thru the buildings. It was behind a shopping mall an...

This morning I was leaving Hakodate at the foot of Hokkaido Island and travelling further north to the main city of Sapporo. I was awake again at 4am so watching some sumo wrestling on tv.I left the hotel by 6am and headed towards Hakodate Station. The first trams do not start this early and wouldnt have got me to the station in time for my train. My hotel had advised me to take a taxi but I didnt want to at Japanese prices!I passed thru the old red brick warehou...