https://blog.ast.moe/en/tags/sapporo/Recent posts: GorimuchuHugohttps://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2026-02-09/Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2026-02-09/<p>Snow was falling steadily again this morning. I&rsquo;m heading to New Chitose Airport.</p> <p>I said goodbye to Snow Miku there. My next visit is planned for four months from now.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-09/HArMyaXa4AAsm-F_hu_ffe08982745154bd.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-09/HArMyaXa4AAsm-F_hu_88e10356cb227069.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-09/HArMyaXa4AAsm-F_hu_7eb7db6c3193fe.jpeg" alt="Snow Miku and Teto at the airport" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Snow Miku and Teto at the airport</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>I had a beer while waiting to board. Outside the window, everything was white.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-09/HArQLIGacAAPwZr_hu_fe9be40b2176fd0e.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-09/HArQLIGacAAPwZr_hu_c30a58da2829c890.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-09/HArQLIGacAAPwZr_hu_ef9b52e83d5d592e.jpeg" alt="Waiting to board at a snowy airport" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Waiting to board at a snowy airport</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="snow-removal-outside-the-window">Snow removal outside the window</h2> <p>I watched the snow-covered planes and the work going on around them.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2026-02-08/Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2026-02-08/<p>I&rsquo;m checking out and moving on today. I&rsquo;ll drop my bags at the next hotel first.</p> <p>I almost forgot that I&rsquo;d bought an AOZORA GEAR Snow Miku catalytic hand warmer.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-08/HAl3lwwaIAASUc7_hu_ad5f0f513b066e60.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-08/HAl3lwwaIAASUc7_hu_8ecb567936f4343b.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-08/HAl3lwwaIAASUc7_hu_2dc575c712c7a445.jpeg" alt="The Snow Miku catalytic hand warmer" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>The Snow Miku catalytic hand warmer</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Thank you, Hotel Nord. I liked being so close to the canal.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-08/HAmSLZRacAMCz-T_hu_844c6f40ebbd9a0c.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-08/HAmSLZRacAMCz-T_hu_40f849982133fade.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2026-02-08/HAmSLZRacAMCz-T_hu_13997cfe4dbb2f51.jpeg" alt="Leaving Hotel Nord" width="700" height="525"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Leaving Hotel Nord</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Before leaving town, I said goodbye to Karin at Iwanaga Watch Shop. I&rsquo;ll be back in June.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-05/Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-05/<p>Today is the Sapporo Marathon. I put on <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-04/">the Karin T-shirt I prepared yesterday</a> and headed for the venue.</p> <p>The underground passage was long.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2cwTOsbwAAlfkM_hu_eda86e6d17b21ea7.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2cwTOsbwAAlfkM_hu_d8adba620f1e5024.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2cwTOsbwAAlfkM_hu_76dbd47019709551.jpeg" alt="A long passage on the way to the venue" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>A long passage on the way to the venue</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>I arrived sometime after eight. Otaru Shiokaze High School track team, here I go.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2dE1b1asAApSPc_hu_d84c7a7cac1656ac.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2dE1b1asAApSPc_hu_6d13e67e3c0ea7fc.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-05/G2dE1b1asAApSPc_hu_ac692000b45d8132.jpeg" alt="At the venue in my Karin T-shirt" width="700" height="633"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>At the venue in my Karin T-shirt</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h2 id="across-the-finish-line">Across the finish line</h2> <p>I missed my target time, but I finished the half marathon safely.</p>https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-04/Sat, 04 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0900https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-04/<p>Breakfast was a boxed meal from Seicomart. <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/en/blog/2025-10-03/">I arrived in Otaru last night</a>, and today I&rsquo;m heading out early.</p> <p>If I walk to Mount Tengu now, I should get there around opening time. The estimated walk is about fifty minutes, so let&rsquo;s go.</p> <div> <figure> <a href="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-04/G2X2ABSaYAAFhBA_hu_41a86f1a5ec5b1f1.jpeg" target="_blank"> <picture> <source srcset="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-04/G2X2ABSaYAAFhBA_hu_a915313846fb40b1.webp" type="image/webp"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://blog.ast.moe/images/2025-10-04/G2X2ABSaYAAFhBA_hu_89475d00c3785dab.jpeg" alt="Walking up the hill" width="700" height="933"/> </picture> </a> <figcaption>Walking up the hill</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>The slope was 15 percent. A local spoke to me while I was walking with a large backpack and cheered me on when I said I was going to Mount Tengu.</p>