{"id":11844,"date":"2006-02-07T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-07T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=11844"},"modified":"2022-07-06T22:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T22:26:02","slug":"japan-trip-2006-sapporo-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2006\/02\/07\/japan-trip-2006-sapporo-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Trip 2006. Sapporo, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Japanese in car GPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving to Sapporo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stopped for spicy ramen!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Arrived in Sapporo and walked around the ice sculpture displays on the street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Artists still sculpting away, by hand…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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and with chainsaws<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next day, Sapporo Snow Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the biggest ice sculpture (the other ones are packed snow sculptures) I’ve seen so far!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of my favorite street food – roasted yams!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What is this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A place for people to soak their feet in hot water – can’t they do this at home?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some cartoon character walking the festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hiro was so excited he gave him\/her a huge hug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This sculpture is almost as tall as a real building!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chinese snow sculptures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Snow sculptures of famous sights in Taiwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Japanese love to create art of food – these are bread filled with peanut cream, then sugar-coated…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking to dinner, typical Japanese street sight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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People lining up to eat at this restaurant – it must be good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our sushi dinner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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