Day 7 : First time sledding

Got up rather early today and felt rather tired. We had bought so many things that we were busy packing yesterday night till 3.30am. Woke up at 7.30am as we needed to catch the subway and transfer to local bus in order to reach the Takino Park. Buses timing in Japan are so punctual that even 1 sec late, you are still late and cannot catch the bus. In addition, as the area is not in city, the buses timing are like once or twice every hour. If we miss one bus, have to wait for another 30mins to 1 hour.

Thought we managed to reach on time before 10am to catch the bus but in the end, we went to the wrong berth searching for the correct bus that we missed the bus. Too bad lor. We had to wait for 45mins for the next bus.

It was cold today and weather forecast was minus 6 to minus 8. True enough, when we reached there, the temperature was minus 6 and went down to minus 9 at 2 hours later. So cold....

We finally had chance to take photos and the scenery there was nice. Not many people so we could take our own sweet time. The sled ground was rather empty too. This was my first attempt and I was like sotong and did not know how to play at first. However, it was so fun that we play three times in total. Although we could continue to play as there was no queue but the weather did not allow us to do that. We were so cold as the wind was blowing right onto our faces when we sled down the slope. Very happy that I could try this today.

By the time we were back in Sapporo, it was already near to 3pm. We went to Nijo market for some topping up of titbits plus scallops. I made a mistake again and we went the wrong direction! Did not know what happened to me this time round. So blurred.

After that, we went to Susukino for our crabs meal. Finally we had a chance to eat the crabs. For past few days, either we were too late to have our dinner or we could not find suitable restaurant. The restaurant we went to is usually recommended as one of the best here. The restaurant's atmosphere was nice and service was good. As we were early for our dinner at around 5pm, there were not many customers yet. Therefore, we could enjoy our dinner peacefully.

Just came back after buying some more titbits. Will be busy packing later to ensure most of the items can be squeezed into my luggage. We are taking the 10:10am train to New Chitose airport tomorrow and will be back in Singapore on 23 Feb after midnight.

Bye for now.

Photos:
- Reached Takino Park.
- Good weather at minus 6.2 deg.
- Some people skiing there. Nice pose.
- First time sledding. Very fun.
- Many children there. Glad that park was not very crowded.
- Temperature dropped to minus 8.9 deg when we left the park at 2pm.
- Our 10 course crab meal at Susukino. Yummy.