GW Day 2: Sapporo

At about noon on Monday, we got on a train to Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido (Japan's northernmost island). We checked out some of the sights there, saw some interesting things and buildings. Then we had dinner and did karaoke in a group, and Matt finally joined us. Me, Matt, and Brian went searching for the "Gaijin Bar" (Literally "Foreigner Bar") but it ended up being closed that night.






Been awhile since I've played this game.



Now this was an interesting ride.



This was descriptively called the "Old Government Building"



And it had a really nice park next to it.









I still found some snow - even in May.



Pink Taxis are the only way to travel.



We found a big plaza with some cool fountains.






There was this sketchy guy who looked like he just robbed a bank.



But he was just a mime. Is that scarier?



I guess it is everywhere you want to be.



I think these girls were selling jet-packs powered by some kind of shampoo or lotion. Interesting.



Hardcore.



But not as hardcore as me and Martin.



But this little guy might have us beat.



Yes.



Oh baby.



The 8 of us at dinner.



Adam breaks it down to Andrea and Priscilla at karaoke.



If Brian's singing, it's most likely in Japanese. He's an aspiring J-Pop star, you know.



Our duet. If you look close, you can see the lyrics, haha.

Brian, Matt and I found some interesting places as we roamed the city.


Like this club. Yeah, an interesting facade on the front.



What do you think goes on in this place?



Don't you agree that Natural Selection is indeed lovely?



Taxis completely line the streets late at night.

After we got some ramen, we actually took one back to the youth hostel. I had the "Baataa Koonuu" or Butter Corn ramen, which was pretty good I'd say. Though not having just descended a mountain, not quite as good as the night before.

That night was pretty interesting, since all 9 of us were actually all in one big dorm style room. There were 6 bunk beds, but Matt was too tall, and didn't fit into his. It's pretty funny with so many people in one room trying to go to sleep or turn the lights off since some people are tired, some people want to stay up, etc. Perhaps you can see some foreshadowing.