Just a short train ride away, and a perfect day trip from Sapporo is Otaru. This video highlights the must do and eat in this beautiful town, so watch my Day 2 video until the end!
Day 2/16 Itinerary:
8am 1h train to Otaru
9am Sankaku market for fresh produce and
9.30am Breakfast at Ajidokoro Takeda – kaisendon with chutoro, crab, uni, prawn
Attractions:
– Otaru Canal
– Warehouse district
– Seiyo Museum Bank of Japan Museum
11am Lunch at Wagyu Kurosawa Main Store
12pm Snacks at Kamaei – fish products
Attractions:
– Otaru Romankan
– Kitaichi Glass Otaru
– Otaru Music Box Museum Dessert
2pm Dessert at Kitakaro Otaru puff shop
2.30pm Dessert at LeTAO Mainstore, LeTAO pathos and LeTAO Danish (cheese tarts!)
3pm Take 1 hour train/bus to Shiroikoibito Park – clock tower free performance (last one at 5pm!)
7pm Dinner at Sushi Tanabe – Sushi Omakase at wooden bar counter!
Overnight Keikyu EX Hotel Sapporo
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Just a short train right away from Sapporo is Otaru they are so much to do and eat in this beautiful town so watch my day 2 video until the end subscribe and turn on the notification bell to follow my full itinerary for the entire north of Japan upon arrival
Visit the famous Sankaku Market this triangle market offers a crazy variety of fruits at an affordable price and seafood uncooked or cooked of your choice but for us it’s the perfect place for super fresh kaisendon or seafood bowl just look at the choices we have
The otoro, crab and sweet shrimp are a must here 10 out of 10 must visit as usual the full itinerary is in the description after the market we visit the famous Otaru Canal Warehouse District and Seiyo Museum that is conveniently there when it’s raining
After that we ran to the Bank of Japan Museum which has a lot of interesting stuff to see like the Bank structural design Yen notes close up the Bank’s Vault to name a few seeing so many things made us hungry again so we had sukiyaki and gyukatsu
Next door at Wagyu Kurosawa main store we then digested our food at Otaru Romankan which literally translate to a romantic store selling all kinds of accessories after that we went back to eating mode at Kamaei which serves a crazy variety of Japanese fish balls watching it being made and eating it
At the same time is a very nice experience 10 out of 10 another must visit place here is Kitaichi Glass Otaru because Otaru is famous for glass making and crafting they have a really cool cafe next door too here they have glass of all shapes and sizes and colours
I saw an amazing glass that can change colour depending on the temperature of the drink next we visited the Otaru Music Museum this place is amazing you get to see all the mesmerizing clockworks it has all kinds of music boxes and even a floor dedicated to Totoro
There is so much window shopping to do here at Otaru there is a Snoopy Village too would you look at the time it’s dessert time again we ate cream puff and ice cream at Kitakaro Otaro Puff Shop 10 out of 10 strongly recommended because dessert is not too sweet
Then we visited LeTao main store and the LeTao Pathos because they give out so many samples as well as LeTao Pastry for those delicious cheese tarts Yum Otaru is amazing but on our way back we have to visit the famous Shiroikobiko Park make sure you check out the free Clock Tower musical
Show when you visit the park and get some biscuits souvenirs the dinner is our first sushi omakase experience in Japan we have made a video just for that so check that out see you tomorrow for our third day video