Colourful flowers back by the soothing earthy colours of the hilly terrain of Biei.
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- Scare. Wonder. Hope
- We paid 900 Yen to be admitted into this indoor pa...
- After our trip to Otaru, we had set dinner in Sapp...
- In Otaru, we shared a lavender, milk and melon ice...
- The canal of Otaru is apparently quite famous, so ...
- In case any of you didn't believe that Japan is as...
- There were a number of books on cats on the street...
- We have heard about this famous Genghis Khan lamb ...
- Nice paper bag for a small package of milk chocola...
- On 11 Aug (Fri), we visited the Ishiya Chocolate F...
- We had mutton soup curry and prawn (ebi) curry. Bo...
- This plate of Jap rice with pinenuts as garnish go...
- kuro.shiro.neko brought me to Spice Labo a soup cu...
- Kuro doing a stretch.
- The inn owner trying to get Kuro to play.
- Before we leave for Sapporo, we spent some time wi...
- kuro.shiro.neko selected this cute cat figurine as...
- The town of Biei as viewed from outside the train ...
- And the meal ended on a sweet note with vanilla ic...
- We had butter rolls to go with our main course.
- kuro.shiro.neko had white stew which was full of v...
- I has beef patty. Tender and nice.
- We had set lunch @ Hotel L'avenir. 900 yen (S$12.6...
- My last shot of the girl version of the mascot.
- But I just couldn't help taking photos of the lave...
- More lavenders! But most of them were browning.
- Colourful flowers back by the soothing earthy colo...
- The hill indeed lives up to its name.
- Another chirpy tour guide.
- The earlier tour took only about an hour. We purch...
- On the way back to the train station, the tour gui...
- Near the park are some shops selling photos of Bie...
- Like the tree of Seven Stars, we were given some t...
- The tree of Ken and Mary was featured in an ad of ...
- The tree of family - a lone tree and a couple of t...
- Another angle taken of the tree of Seven stars.
- The sunflowers were lovely too.
- I found the other views near the tree of Seven Sta...
- The tree of Seven Stars - in 1982, it appeared on ...
- The tour itinerary
- We took this local bus tour (called Twinkle Bus) f...
- These 2 cats seem to get along with each other. Ch...
- I was wondering what Chobi and Coco were looking at.
- Kuro resting in the area where clothes and towels ...
- Does this seem like a grouchy look coming from Kur...
- The rock melon was nice and sweet.
- Sumptious breakfast. I like the salad but didn't f...
- Chobi another resident cat is very vocal and likes...
- There was free internet access too. Kuro the cat r...
- At first we thought the box like thing is an air c...
- And this nice pumpkin dish which is steamed and ta...
- We paid 6,000 Yen each for accomodation plus a din...
- This is what the exterior of the Sumire Inn looks ...
- One of the photos I took during the ride.
- The train is non-air conditioned, so that you can ...
- We took the Norokko Train which is supposed to tra...
- More photos of Furano.
- The insides of the building were lovely. The windo...
- The building housing the photo gallery.
- About 5 mins' walking distance from the factories ...
- Near the Cheese Factory, we can buy interesting fl...
- At the Cheese factory, we got to see parts of the ...
- There are other kinds of flowers besides lavender ...
- The equipment used to extract the lavender essenti...
- The unlicked version of the lavender ice-cream :)
- Even in Farm Tomita, they have bins for different ...
- The delicious lavender ice cream (@ 250 yen / abou...
- I just can't get enough of seeing and smelling the...
- It's also a place where you could snap your camera...
- Farm Tomita - the place where you can see lavender...
- kuro.shiro.neko also found the heat in Furano unbe...
- This dragonfly was also waiting with us at the bus...
- There were also photos displayed of the beautiful ...
- We also bought this grape juice (210 yen/ about S$...
- Another touristy thing I did - wriggle into the ga...
- The 2 ponies.
- Some garden and a stable of ponies outside the fac...
- A video in Japanese and pictures to show the grape...
- The grape juice factory in Furano
- We took a bus to visit the grape vineyard, grape j...
- There were beautiful flowers too. I am amazed the ...
- Even before we visited the lavender fields, we cou...
- Kuro checking out one of Coco's paws.
- Coco, one of the resident cats @ Sumire Inn, sleep...
- This is what our room in Sumire Inn in Furano look...
- The 2 ladies were hard at work to prepare food for...
- 9 Aug (Wed) - A nice variety of onigiri was served...
- Travel fatigue
- To be continued ......
- The night we stayed in Asahikawa and we tried the ...
- The train ride
- Our train passed this river.
- Such beautiful scene makes the heat bearable :)
- A different scene. Colourful flowers outside the h...
- On the train, we saw fields/plantations. The house...
- Some snack companions on our train ride :)
- It was so hot and the insides of train was hot too...
- I seldom posed for photos. This one is suggested b...
- We decided to try this free hot spring for our fee...
- Lunch was this eggy pork cutlet with mushrooms at ...
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