Sapporo
May 14, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan. Breakfast was lovely—thick, fluffy toast topped with lettuce and prosciutto, served alongside potato soup. It hit the spot. I decided to head to Oriyama for […]
Tag Archives: Hokkaido
Otaru
May 11, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan. I slept restlessly and woke around 6 a.m. I couldn’t get back to sleep for a couple of hours and kept turning over whether I […]
Hakodate
May 9, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan. I was sad to leave Matsumae. I could have easily spent a week there, wandering in the hills and exploring the small town. It seemed […]
Matsumae
May 7, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan. I packed quickly and barely made the train. Shawn likes cutting it close, and I honestly didn’t think he’d make it this time. I carried […]
Back to Japan – First Stop, Tokyo
April 15, 2025. This was my second trip to Japan. My first was scarcely 6 months earlier, when we spent 6 weeks traveling to many cultural, historical, and spiritual places […]
Lisa Karpinski 