We got back on monday, I'm just a little slow. Lyndsi sent the pictures she took, so I posted those up yesterday. We got there at 8 am, we took a 6:30 flight >.< Had to leave the hotel near the airport at 5. It was a good trip though. There was about 12 inches of snow on the ground there. It never warms past 30 degrees and it snows at least a little just about every day, so it adds up. At least they didn't need to truck in snow for the festival this year. We actually were not there for the festival days, it started on tuesday. It was cheaper to go from sat-mon so that's what we did. We still got to see a bunch of the statues and ice figures. While it was colder, it was less windy there than in Korea, so we weren't as cold.
We stayed at the sheraton in sapporo and let me tell you, it was fantastic. They have free buffet breakfast almost every day. They have a bell-person bring you bags to your room before you check in, and they're all really polite. Many of them spoke english very well, so it wasn't a stuggle asking for information or checking in/out. Definitely stay there if you decide to visit sapporo. It's about 10 minutes from downtown by train and about 2 minutes from the train station.
Really really awesome trip. I ate my first ramen at a real ramen shop, and got to see real snow. The gyoza there were fantastic too (obviously not the frozen, poisoned ones from china). It was an odd experience, but at least I finally did it. Check out the pictures, the sculptures were cool.
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