Hokkaido 11 北海道

We decided to have a free and easy day in Sapporo.

After almost 8 days of moving around east, north and south of Hokkaido, a relaxing day in Sapporo still involved a lot of walking.

I put my RM22,000.00 prosthetic knee into good test. We walked, to my estimation, about 5 km round the south and eastern part of Sapporo to explore places of interest.

Sapporo is an orderly and clean city. Many cyclists can be found on the mall, gardens and parks. Life is much relaxing in Sapporo.

Nijo Fish Market is a must for visitors. It is a fish market offering fresh seafood from Hokkaido.

Odari park looks beautiful in tourism brochure. We found it a letdown. The park is very long covering few streets well kept and planted with many flowers and shrubs. May be it is late Summer, not many flowers can be found.

However, the city park is an attractive place to sit and relax.

We tried out the Sapporo sub-way by taking a train ride to go back to hotel. A very young and friendly railway customer services staff showed us how to buy ticket, where to board the train and where to get down.

We spent the last evening in Hokkaido by doing some shopping in the arcade. （More pictures in Facebook)


















我们决定在札幌轻松的度过一天。

将近8天的不停走动，走遍了北海道的东，南及西部，在札幌的一天，仍然是要走很多的路。

札幌是个整齐又整洁的城市。在街上，购物中心和公园，都可以看到很多的脚车骑士。札幌的生活可说是相当的写意。

我的二万二元换上的合金膝盖关节零件，正好派上用场，也是考验。根据我的估计，今天就在札幌的南及东部，走了大约五公里的路。

二条(Nijo)市场是游客都到地方。这里是售卖北海道新鲜海产的市场。

札幌的大通公园，从旅游宣传上看来是美极了，但与现实相比，有点失望。可能是已进入了夏季，所以没有什么鲜花。整个公园有六条街这么多长，种满了树木和花草，一片翠绿。

不过，离它不远的市区公园，却是非常美丽的地方，鲜花盛开，有两个喷水池，很多人也到此休息及休闲。

傍晚，我们到步行街走走，顺便购买一些物品带回家。（更多的照片在Facebook）