Summer Camp 2020
We still managed to get out there and do some camping this summer, despite COVID running roughshod over many cities on Honshu. Not gonna lie, it is worrying. But up here in Hokkaido life goes on, a…
Heiwa Waterfall White-Spotted Char
For the last several summers I have hiked the backside of Teine (手稲), Sapporo’s main ski mountain, starting from the Heiwa waterfall (平和の滝) and following the the Hassamu-Kotoni River (発寒琴似川) …
General Store (Old Sapporo Buildings #2)
Another morning walk encounter. This stalwart purple block unit hasn’t been open for at least a decade (we believe). The ground floor remains permanently shuttered. Yet the electricity still…
Fishmonger / Dry Cleaner (Old Sapporo Buildings #1)
Starting a series documenting some of the old buildings I come across in my walks around Sapporo. Today’s comes from my morning route up Asahiyama along Asahiyama-Dori. In the day time the ri…
Hakken-zan
I have been in a hiking rut these last few months, mostly sticking to my old familiar climbs close to my apartment in central Sapporo (Maruyama, Moiwa, Asahiyama, Sankakuyama). So I started researc…
Toyohira Rainbow Trout Wonderland
Last weekend we cycled down to the Toyohira River, amongst the urban sprawl, to try and catch some yamame. The few times we bait fished on this stretch last year saw moderate success: a few yamame,…
A Miniature Library Inside My Library | snowsoversapporo
Rolife's "Sam's Study" make the perfect book nook.
COVID-19 and the Image of "Safe" Japan | snowsoversapporo
For as long as I have lived here, Japan has always evoked this image as a "safe" country. "Safe" in the immediate physical harm sense, I could go on ad nauseam about the "unsa
Book Nooks | snowsoversapporo
A nice little project came my way via the interwebs, Pinterest actually, one of the few social networks I sometimes dive into. It's called a book nook, and it involves crafting a bookend or book
News Blackout! | snowsoversapporo
I've attempted this many times before. But in the days leading up to the pandemic I re-triggered my news addiction, which in recent weeks sped wildly out of control. Every twenty minutes I was ch
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