you were glad that you changed your plan a little bit and get into sapporo a day earlier. not that hakkodate is boring but you just done with most of the things and food you intended to eat, so you move on...
at hakodate, you paid 3800 yen for a bed, of which you happened to get a single room without toilet/bath because it's not busy. the lodge is shabby but it didn't bother you since you only need a place to sleep.
in sapporo, you are surprised that for just extra 500 yen compared to the bed price in hakodate, you got a room in a 5 stars hotel. you were speechless but count your blessings.
even more so when you saw your room.
in hotel monterey sapporo, you almost mistaken you are back to england, and right here you have your internet connection too... and the hotel even offers the pyjamas for the guests...
sights are still the same, the tv tower at odori park still blinking
the red government building is still there, except this time it is not raining and you are alone and you come by bike...
the clock tower, same spot, same photo but in the morning instead of evening...
sapporo is not new to you, you like it here, a lot more relaxed compare to tokyo, not as laid back as hakodate. ramen is why you are here for, but you are also here to catch an international fight. yes you are on the road again, and this time is the journey to the west, to a land without facebook and with probably most internet sites are blocked.
you are eager to meet a friend of yours, whom you got to know when both of you were living in shanghai. but this time you are meeting her in a land that you never thought you will visit. if you know the story of the monkey king (孫悟空) well enough then that is where your are heading to.. because it is literally a "journey to the west" - (西遊記).
till then
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