月曜日, 2月 27, 2006
You've seen the animals, now eat them!
Taking a night bus from Sapporo to Abashiri saves on accommodation and downtime, so the next step was back to the big city to hike out to the Sapporo Brewery/Museum. Despite appearances to the contrary, it was never used to burn Jews.
The museum was OK; lack of English translations made it all a bit much. The best, as often is the case at these kinds of places, was the retrospective of advertisements and containers through the yeats. Some of the old banners were striking and impressive, and the Sapporo girls also showed interesting changes in style and culture.
Next stop: downstairs for the all-you-can-gorge lamb "Genghis Khan" barbecue and all you-can-drink Sapporo. Their beers were really good straight off the tap. No memorable flavour, but very refreshing and crisp. Went well with the food, but tastes shit out of a can.
Back to the big city for some wandering around and checking out the fucking cold snow festival. It's the international year of exchange between Japan and Australia, apparently, and they had a massive snow replica of Flinders St Station. Which may impress you if you have ever seen it. I haven't. The dude at the front of the photo playing keys is not made of snow.
Had a coffee and a cocktail in a little cozy joint and then spent 2 hours in a bath, stole their towels, and jumped on the cinderella express to Abashiri. Where the erotic adventures of Hercules will continue.
Had a coffee and a cocktail in a little cozy joint and then spent 2 hours in a bath, stole their towels, and jumped on the cinderella express to Abashiri. Where the erotic adventures of Hercules will continue.
