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Rare Encounters: An 800-Year-Old Tree! Hokkaido's Forest of Light

800-Year-Old Tree

Phone: 0154-67-4100 (Akankohan Eco Museum Center)

Address: Akankohan Eco Museum Center: 1 Chome-1-1, Akancho, Akanko Onsen, Kushiro, Hokkaido 085-0467

The Tree's Location: Akan Lakeside (On Maeda Ippoen Foundation's Private Property)

Price: Adults about ¥8,400 + TAX, children about¥4,200 + TAX

Duration: Approximately 2.5 hours


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Etanbetsu Blue Cheese

Phone: 0166732148 ?092-474-0153?

Address: Etanbetsucho, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 071-1172

URLhttps://shop.asahikawa.style/bluecheese 

GPS: 43.90328160536639, 142.22739319823825

Etanbetsucho is about 30 minutes by car from Asahikawa Takasu IC. There is a small ranch named Ise Farm that keeps about 20 dairy cows for grazing. Etanbetsu blue cheese is made there. In order to keep the

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Royce Raw Chocolate

URLhttps://www.royce.com/goods/detail/?o_no=2054&in_category=C010

Recommended Snack: This is a very popular chocolate in Hokkaido

The birth of raw chocolate

When people think of luxury chocolates they usually think of trifle chocolate. 

Trifle chocolates are synonymous with luxury chocolates, but what if you could take out the soft ganache inside them and eat it directly? This

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Bake-O (Orange Cake Confectionary)

Phone: 070-8443-9490

Address: 112, Sausuko-po 12C, 1-47, South 12 West 12, Central Ward, Hokkaido

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bake_o.remitaniguchi/

URL: https://www.facebook.com/BakerRemiTaniguchi/

GPS:: 43.04422441864565, 141.34135826320787

The baker/cook is a lady that works at a nursery school. She makes lunch for the children and then makes cakes with the orange peel that would have

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Sapporo, Cherry Blossoms 2024

In Sapporo, the first blossoms will be out around April 18th. The cherry blossoms will be at their best between April 24th and April 29th. Usually about 4 to 11 days after they start blooming. They bloom a little later in Niseko as there is still snow there.

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Rokkatei: Free Birthday Snack & Drink

Phone: 011-261-6666

Address: 2F, North 4 West 6, 3-3, Central Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Open: 10am to 7pm

URL: https://www.rokkatei.co.jp/en/

Free Birthday Cake & Drink With Purchase

Rokkatei - Sapporo Flagship Store

Get a free drink and cake on your birthday if you buy a

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The Minimum Wage in Hokkaido

Phone: 011-709-2311

URL: https://jsite.mhlw.go.jp/hokkaido-roudoukyoku/home.html

The minimum wage goes up each year in October. It's 960 yen January to September 2024 (Reiwa 6). It was 920 yen last year. There are also some special categories where it is 1,030 yen but these are for specialized jobs.

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Ainu Textiles, Embroidery & Patterns

Headbands called “matampus”. It was mainly used so that hair did not get in the way when you went hunting in the mountains. Some have tapered ends (photo above) and others were just a long straight bit of material.

To express fondness for a man, Ainu women would usually give an embroidered hand ornament called “tek-un-pe”.

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English Speaking Lawyer Search

Go to this website:
https://www.nichibenren.or.jp/

Click the blue button 弁護士をさがす

Next click this button.

The color will change when you mouseover the button.

Right button

https://www.bengoshikai.jp/search_area.html

Or directly go to this page.
https://www.bengoshikai.jp/?_ga=2.152918844.421870755.1649994610-1367898739.1649994610

Click where you are on the map. For example Sapporo (札幌).

After clicking the area you

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Mackerel - Saba - 鯖

What is Saba サバ 【鯖】?

Saba is a general term for a group of fish, belonging to the mackerel family. The predominant part of the fish with saba in their name belongs to the tribe of "true mackerels". 

Traditionally, the term refers to chub mackerel which is referred to in Japanese as masaba (マサバ). In the culinary context, the term saba includes not only

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Wolt Market Sapporo Shiroishi

Address: 1-2, 6 Chome 3 Jo, Higashi Sapporo, Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 003-0003

Open: 10:30am to 9:30pm

GPS: 43.04658866996348, 141.39570559879164

Products Handled: About 2,000 items

Main Products: Fresh food, fruits and vegetables, meat, groceries such as daily necessities, general beverages, daily necessities, baby products, nursing care products...

Delivery Fee: Delivery

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