At the market, the sight of all the seafood, especially the amount and variety of crabs, amazed me. And the king cras sure look gigantic. I had my breakfast at Kondounoboru (近藤昇商店) and realised thta had a promotion where you get a piece of sushi for free when u 'like' their Facebook fan page and show it to them. Since I had a working mobile internet connection, I did just that and chose a piece of nigiri sushi from the menu. As my main course, I ordered 三色井 (3 kinds of seafood in a rice bowl) and chose the one that has raw scallop, boiled crab and raw salmon. It also came with a bowl of crab soup. The meal was really very delicious. After paying the bill, the owner also helped me to take some photos of me holding a king crab.
After breakfast, I headed for the subway station. But I was tempted when one of the fishmongers keep tempting me with a nice deal of just ¥2,000 for a whole piece of hairy crab (毛蟹 kegani). After some little commotion due to language issues, they figured out that I hoped to eat in their shop instead of bringing it back to hotel. After seeing them trying to clear space on their desk, I figured they actually don't usually have customers who dine in the shop. It was such a nice gesture for them to cater to my request. They also helped me to cut the crab and served the crab to me with utensils and tissue papers. Actually, I surprised myself that I was tempted and also managed to finish the whole crab even though I already had breakfast. And it was certainly worth it cos the crab tastes amazing and the price of the crab would have been at least twice/thrice the cost in Singapore.
From the subway station, I bought the 1 day subway+tram pass at ¥1,000 and took the subway to Shin Sapporo Station. Actually, it's not worthwhile to buy subway+tram pass since the tram only covers the city center area and each tram ride costs ¥170. So, it's actually more worthwhile to buy just the subway pass at just ¥500.
At Shin Sapporo Station, I took bus 11 at bay 10 to go to Kaitaku no Mura. After about 15 minutes of bus ride, I reached my destination and was greeted by a beautiful preserved building that is at the entrance of the historical village. I bought the combo pass ticket that includes visit to the nearby Historical Museum of Hokkaido at the price of ¥1,000 and spent about 3 hours inside the Historical Village. The open-air museum is definitely worth a visit for tourists to Sapporo. The preserved buildings are all so beautiful and some of them seem somewhat Europe-influenced. As my visit was somewhat during noon time, I took a break during my visit for a simple bowl of soba for a late lunch. Surprisingly, it was pretty good tasting though it's just soup, noodles and egg. At the end of my visit, I also tried soft cream ice-cream and loved it.
Next, I headed to the Historical Museum which was about 15 minutes walk away.
After the museum visits, I went back to city centre area and then to Sapporo Factory in the evening. The weather seemed a little colder with temperature at 15°C and breezes. As it was slightly below what I could bear, I had to wear a light jacket when I was outdoors. Over in Sapporo Factory, I managed to locate the brewery but it seems it was already past the opening hours. I continued walking around in the shopping mall and then to the restaurants area to look for dinner. I settled for soup curry (スープカリー) in Hiri Hiri, which seems to be unique to Hokkaido. It's a soupy version of the curry served with a choice of meat and several kinds of vegetables. I also ordered a bottle of Yebisu (aka Ebisu ヱビス) beer, which is one of the brands under Sapporo Breweries. Tasty soup curry and a light beer sure suit my taste and a nice end to the lovely day.
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