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Hokkaido trip report card

July 8, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I took more photos of food than sights in Hokkaido, so that tells you something. Granted, i was there right smack in between flower blooming seasons of which Hokkaido is famous for. After landing in New Chitose Airport, we picked up the rental car and headed to Mitsui Outlet Park. This was a last minute … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Hokkaido, Japan, Travel Tips

Hokkaido food review part 2

June 25, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Seafood Although you can get seafood from any part of Japan, Hokkaido justifiably lays claim to having a special association with seafood. Prior to visiting Hokkaido, the seafood we ate, when visiting the other parts of Japan, were limited to Sushi and Bentos. While in Hokkaido, we had the priviledge of trying a few things … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Travel Tagged: Food Review, Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido food review part 1

June 23, 2017 by yenkai 2 Comments

Part of many traveller’s motivation of travelling to Japan is to sample Japanese food. For me, you could say it’s half the reason I’m there. I know exactly what I want to eat and plan for each meal of my trip. Hokkaido is choke full of food offerings. Here are the food I sampled in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Travel Tagged: Food Review, Hokkaido, Japan

#yenkaitravels #Hokkaido

June 7, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Time flies and it’s almost time for my Hokkaido trip. To be honest, i have the feeling it will be anticlimatic in comparison to my Europe trip, but nevertheless, there is food and tranquility to look forward to, not to mention the extremely hot weather in Singapore that i’m so so happy to leave behind. I spent … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Hokkaido, Japan, Travel Tips

Renting a car in Hokkaido

February 9, 2017 by yenkai Leave a Comment

The rental car business is a very competitive one in Hokkaido, because the majority of visitors to Hokkaido will rent a car. This means plenty of choices and relatively low prices. I booked a rental car for JPY 32120 (S$405) for 7 days, which is only S$58 per day. This is inclusive of a one … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Car Rental, Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido 9 days itinerary

February 7, 2017 by yenkai 2 Comments

It took 3 days to work out this itinerary and book all the hotels, so you could say a trip to Hokkaido is actually not difficult to plan for. I do still need to work out details like where to go for meals, finding exact view points to see, as well as to book a rental car (that will … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Hokkaido, Itinerary, Japan, Travel Tips

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Yen Kai the spend-thrifter loves to eat, drink, travel and spend save money. He's always pondering on ideas to solve the little problems of everyday living (what to eat, where to go, what to buy, how to save money etc.) and shares them here on this blog.

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