Tag Archive - Furano

Hokkaido Set for Heavy Tourism from China

25 February 2009 by Charles Hamel, 10 Comments
Hokkaido Set for Heavy Tourism from China

A chinese romantic comedy that portrays the natural beauty of the far northern island of Japan in Hokkaido has flooded the Japan National tourism office with telephone calls inquiring about vacations to Hokkaido

Summer Vacation Part 2

25 August 2008 by Charles Hamel, 3 Comments
Summer Vacation Part 2

  So after the big Bon Odori party, the very next morning we woke up early to depart on the second half of our vacation camping trip.  A local resident and friend of the same village we live in volunteered to be the chauffeur and tour guide and go along with us.  Mr Masani drove [...]