After 2 weeks of snowboarding in the deepest and most delicious powder snow we had ever seen it was time to get back on the road and explore a little more of Hokkaido. No sooner had we left the ski pistes and unlucky Raimon fell on his bum over the slippery ice of Sapporo and dislocated his shoulder.
Sooooo with Raimon nicely bandaged up and Stephie having to carry both rucksacks we eventually made it to the north-east coast of Hokkaido and the coastal town of Abashiri.
In winter up to 80% of the Sea of Okhotsk which lies between Hokkaido and the Kamchatka peninsula of Russia is frozen with so called drift ice. But with global warming playing its part in recent times, drift ice is not always present around Abashiri. Luckily for us the drift ice was out and about, the seals and eagles were nicely resting on the ice and Raimon was tooo bandaged up to be able to take any photos...hahaha
Just to finish of a great day in style, our fantastic couchsurfing host took us to a mouth-watering sushi bar called Kiyomasa. Amazing sashimi tuna, king crab, prawns, sea urchin....oh oh oh what a delight to watch the skilled sushi masters at work! And if for some very bizarre reason you don't like sushi you can always drink bottle after bottle of sake while the others enjoy the sushi! Just don't regret your decision the next day!
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