Hokkaido Trip: Day 4 in Otaru

On Monday, our last day in Hokkaido, we weren't really sure what to do. Skiing? Check. Snow sculptures? Check. Ice sculptures? Check. We'd heard about a cute town a little ways away on the train, so we decided to head there. Otaru, here we come.

The train ride was pretty beautiful. It was right along the coast of Japan with the waves crashing just a few feet away. It reminded me of the ride from Enoshima to Hase in the Kamakura area. We arrived at the train station and headed for Sushiyadori. Sushi Street.

There were 100s of sushi shops ranging in price from ridiculously expensive to pretty cheap. We settled on the cheaper end of the scale and were pretty happy with what we got. Yummy eel, crab, tuna salmon and a few rolls. Perfect.

We wandered around the canal district and the cruise ship port, bought a few souvenirs and walked around some of the shops.

This guy was for sale, but I thought he might be hard to get home. Also, he was crazy expensive.

After exploring the surprisingly western looking town, we headed back to Sapporo on the train and then caught a bus to airport to head back to Japan. We walked in to our house around 12:30 am and crashed immediately.