Sunday, December 4, 2016

Oct 30 - Travel to Hokkaido

We got up earlier to catch the airport shuttle to airport without any issue. We got to Sapporo around 1:30PM and met Signet’s tour guide Sophie. However, we had to wait at the Sapporo Airpot for a couple of hours for some late arrival tour members.  

Good thing was that Sapporo airport has a lot of different shops including many shops offering free tasting of their products.  We walked around to experience the different airport setup and try different free tasting.  It was not too bad to spent a couple hours at Sapporo airport.  

Then we got to Sapporo Grant Hotel which has basement access to the Sapporo Underground Streets.  This underground was designed and built to help Sapporo residents to move around in the city during their bitter winter weather.  It was rainy and cold on the day we got Sapporo, therefore, stalking in the Underground Street was a pleasant experience for us.  There are all sorts of shops in the Underground Street.  However, they are all geared up for Japanese customer with Japanese on display only.  It was hard for us to figure out regarding to how to shop there.  Therefore, we went Uniqlo which is one of familiar stores to us for more shopping for the grand kids.  

Our welcome dinner was at Tsurugabiffedainingusapporo (鶴雅) which is accessible through the Underground Street from the hotel.  It is a buffet style with many delicious Japanese dishes.

After the welcome buffet dinner, we all need to walk around the Underground Street to help us to digest the wonderful food we had.

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