Hokkaido: Furano and Asahikawa (Day 2)

On day 2, we had a super leisurely breakfast and checked out of the ibis, headed across the street to the Times Car rental where we picked up our car, and commenced our drive to Furano, where lavender fields await! Moerenuma Park The whole ride wasn’t that long actually. It’s just that in between, we…

Hokkaido: Driving in Hokkaido

Hokkaido, land of… instagrammable lavender fields and fresh vegetables – that seriously was my impression of Hokkaido before I set foot in it, and well, they were proved right. After we booked tickets we seriously spent a long time deciding between train-ing Hokkaido (as our friends had done it before!) and self-driving. What ultimately swayed…

Hokkaido: Sapporo (Day 1)

Hello friends! We just returned from Hokkaido and we definitely wish we were still there. I think it’s really one of the best holidays that we’ve had in ages – and self drive at that (yes, I drove! I will try to cover the driving stuff in a separate post). Hokkaido is truly one of…