Llegando a la isla de Hokkaido, nos dirigimos al lago Chitose (como a 1hr del aeropuerto en bus), donde aparte de una bonita vista pudimos ver estos iglus que son construidos simplemente bombeando agua del lago hasta que se van formando capas de hielo.

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La ciudad de Sapporo, desde la torre de Sapporo

Cada año en estas fechas se celebra en Hokkaido (la isla principal que está más al norte
de Japón) el festival de la nieve. En estos días los hoteles lucen repletos de turistas y las personas locales intentan no salir mucho para no contagiarse de las enfermedades que traen los foráneos (Hokkaido sigue siendo un poco aislado). Este año no pude ir pero ire poniendo fotos del año pasado (en ese tiempo no tenia flickr y era complicado subir una por una).

Foto llegando a Hokkaido desde el avión.  Da la sensación de estar aterrizando en el polo norte. 

Esculturas de hielo

Narnia: la bruja, el león y el ropero

Cerveza Sapporo edición de Invierno (esta  la bebí aquí el fin de semana pasado en el karaoke) 

Continuará…

This was a study trip to hokkaido, the northest island of Japan and the farest one from where i live. I went with Tasaki senpai. My first impression was that i was arriving to the north pole… everything seemed so white. First we went to de Chitose Lake, a very beatiful place, where you can see many mountains around the huge lake. After this we headed to Sapporo, the capital city of hokkaido, famous for beer. The streets are arranged from north to south and east to west, like a grid with coordinates. It is difficult to get lost (but we did hehe). Next day we headed for Asahikawa, the second largest city of hokkaido. This city has an open air mall, and ice sculptures where been created in there. From there, we went to sunkyo, 2 hrs by bus. It is a nice place but we came back very quickly because of the cold. After walking around Asahikawa, we came back to Sapporo and we met with Carlos, who is also studing in Japan, and we watched the ice sculptures, which is the main attraction. Next day we took some more pictures of Sapporo and came back… I almost got sick, but it was because after coming back i didnt felt the need to wear a sweater after such cold weather. for sure i will go back to this nice place some day after.

Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival
http://www.shikotsuko.com/hyoto2006/frame-0127.htm
http://www.shikotsuko.com/hyoto2006/index.htm

Sapporo Snow Festival
http://www.snowfes.com/english/place/

Asahigawa City
http://www.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/

Sounkyo Ice Festival
http://www.sounkyo.net/select.html

Yes, it was cold…