My vacation is over. I had a great time in Japan. I’d been to Tokyo for about 10 times in the last 6 years and this was my first time to Hokkaido. I think I like Hokkaido better than Tokyo. It’s not because this was my first visit but the people in Hokkaido is more relaxed v.s. people in Tokyo seems like they are in hurry.
Communicate with Japanese
Basically, 70% of the people in Japan do not speak English (or they are afraid to speak English it seems). I can only speak a few words in Japanese but can hardly understand what they response so we used the most basic language in the world - Body Language. Most restuarants in Tokyo have English menu or Picture menu if they don’t so ordering food would not be a problem as we only need to point what we would like to order on the menu. However, in Hokkaido, almost every shops and restuarants would have at least one person who can speak English. Their culture, “Prolite”, remain the same even when they are speaking English.
How would I rate my trip
I would rate this trip at 9 with a scale of 0 - 10. We had fun and the food was delicious, especially Ramen, we couldn’t find any restuarants that serve bad ramen. Hakkaido supplies most of the milk in Japan and their milk is so rich comparing to North America, they their dairy products are very good as well. Those are “must try” if you are visiting Japan.
I will soon write down some tips, and how/where we went in Japan for anyone who is planning to go to Japan and explore the cities on your own.
Tag: Blogging, Free and Easy Travel Experience
You just don’t know David, but my husband looked for Hakkaido milk in EVERY supermarket we visited while we went through HK, Singapore and Thailand.
In our visit to Japan a few years ago, we tasted the wonderfully creamy, rich and aromatic Hakkaido milk. Ever since then, we cannot forget about it. I guess my husband is a little bit more in love with it (or crazier with it) than me. Sometimes I wonder if he dreams about it.
Anyway, we finally found it at City Super (if not, I’m afraid he will cry). He bought one liter and finish every drop if it himself! We agreed to share it but very unforturnately, on that very day, I had stomach problem. He told me he has my health in his interest and therefore he has to finish all of the milk himself.
Look forward to dining with you soon
Christina
Haha yeah, I love the milk from Hokkaido too. We drank a glass of milk every morning in Japan and a cerial and 2 - 3 cups of yogurt. They all had the rich, creamy milk favor which is unforgetable once I tried them
Yummmm