Hakodate Won Us Over Pt 1 | Japan 2016 | Episode 9.1

The walk from the train station to our hotel the day before left us with a lacklustre impression of Hakodate.
The area was rather industrial looking, and we walked past was appeared to be several abandoned buildings, giving it all a rather drab feel.
It didn’t take us too long on our full day exploring Hakodate to realize that we had made a fantastic decision to spend two nights in this great city. It also didn’t take long for us to feel ashamed at jumping to conclusions without giving it a proper chance and exploring the more scenic areas.

There was so much to see that we had to beak this episode into two parts, and so this first part captures our morning in Hakodate.

Starting with an amazing breakfast at our hotel, followed my some solo exploring as Nicole was feeling a little under the weather and decided to rest up for awhile after breakfast.
My solo exploring was short-lived because luckily Nicole felt better and we visited the Hakodate morning market.
The market ended up being the abandoned buildings we passed on our walk to the hotel the day before. The market closes at noon, and we arrived in the late afternoon. The morning market was hopping and I had never seen so much crab in my life.

I finally cracked the code of the Japanese map and shared my discovery in this video. North is not North, how does that make sense? Watch to find out! 🙂

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Other videos referenced in this episode:
Oraru –
Maruyama Zoo –

Locations seen in this episode
La Vista Hakodate Bay –
Polar Bear Monument –
Midori-no-Shima (Island) –
Kanamori Soko Warehouses –
Hakodate Asaichi (Morning Market) –