where do i start???

...with instalment 1 of the photos, i guess...

these are from day 1 to 2 (from singapore-narita-haneda-chitose-sapporo)



the captions below are in running order for the pix above...

1. chilling out with coffee at changi airport at 5am in the morning...it was most definitely needed as i didn't sleep the night before...totally zoinked...
2. haneda domestic terminal
3. at the shiraoi ainu (the original aboriginal inhabitants of the japanese islands even before the japanese arrived) cultural village (to learn more about them, click HERE)
4. smoked salmon...looks delish!
5. tribal dance
6. the obligatory photo with the village "chief"
7. at the sapporo beer museum
8. interesting ole school fresco (for beer of course!)
9. the wall of ole beer posters (some of them are really pretty!)
10. the taster for the beers...3 x 300ml glasses for all of 400 yen...cheeeeeeap!
11. i look sober but i was slightly inebriated
12. the outside facade of the beer museum (it was a functional factory till sometime in the 70s i think and converted to a museum which opened in 1987...to learn more, click HERE)
13. on the grounds of the ishiya chocolate factory...very picturesque place...
14. little cherub statue on the ishiya grounds
15. the sapporo clock tower at odori park...note that the sky is already pitch black at 1717 hrs in the evening...the days were short and the skies started to turn at around 1600 hrs each day...
16. night scene at odori park...if you look closely, i look as though i have elvis sideburns...WTF!??
17. covered shopping arcade at susukino
18. little pup for sale in one of the pet shops...so damn cute!