02.12.2023
在札幌和小樽短暂停留两天后，我们将前往函馆。 在去函馆的路上，我们去了支笏湖参加冰雪节。
冰雕是通过建造一个木框并在上面一遍又一遍地喷水以形成冰来制作而成的。
这是一个非常平和的地方，没有很多的吵闹声，冰雪会让人平静下来。 晚上也会有一些灯光秀。通勤并不困难，但公共汽车每两小时左右一班。
湖旁边的小镇里有自助餐，听说不错，可惜没时间去尝尝。
我们在下午 1 点左右离开，前往 JR 南千岁站。 排队等这班车的人很多。 一辆公共汽车肯定是不够的。 我认为巴士公司对这种情况很有经验，所以下午1点左右有3辆巴士同时出发。 这样一来，人们就不需要再等 2 小时，直到下一班公共汽车来了。
After a short two-day stay in Sapporo and Otaru, we are heading towards Hakodate. On our way to Hakodate, we went to Lake Shikotsu for its Ice Festival.
The ice sculptures were created by building a wooden frame and spraying water on top it over and over to form the ice.
It was a peaceful and pleasant event. Night time would also have some lighting. The commute was not difficult, but the bus doesn’t run very often.
There was a buffet in the village near by, I heard it’s good, but unfortunately we didn’t have time to try it out.
We left around 1pm heading towards JR station. There were a lot people in line. One bus is definitely not going to be enough. I think the bus company has a lot experience with this situation, so there were 3 buses leaving at the same time around 1pm. That way people don’t need to wait for another 2hrs until the next bus comes.