A Day in Otaru

If you take a 30 - 40-minute train ride west from Sapporo, you can come to Otaru, a small touristy city I'm sure anyone can enjoy.

If you like to try different kinds of food, you'll like Otaru.
If you like to shop, oh the plethora of shops you can support in Otaru.
If you like walking around for the sake of walking around, Otaru is pleasing.
If you're more interested in cruise tours, Otaru has a few options for you.

Basically, just come to Otaru. You can see for yourself why and how this quaint, homey city can attract so many tourists every year, all year long.

Welcome to Otaru

There were a ton of rickshaws here.

Otaru Canal

Yours truly at Otaru Canal

In the canal, on a cruise tour.

Let's Eat!

(pumpkin) Gelato pancake sandwich

I'm serious. It was good, though a bit expensive (surprise, surprise).

"Peanuts" gelato isn't pictured here, but the pumpkin is.

Steamed lamb (top) and chicken (bottom) buns.

Where I got the previously-pictured buns.

Beef and potato croquette. Seriously delicious, but they need to make it bigger.

Try the croquettes for yourself here.

A Snoopy Cafe. Why not?

Peanuts/Snoopy/Charlie Brown/etc. cafe/restaurant menu. 

Lavender ice cream?

Let's try it.

Better than I expected!

Blue Cave Cruise

Ready to go on a tour cruise to the Blue Cave.

Our guide. Everything was in Japanese, but I knew that going into this.

Good thing there were water-proof ponchos. We needed them.

I guess the seagulls know him.

"Elephant"

Feeding the gulls

Highly recommend

Below are two night shots from the canal.

A video with more pictures and videos of my day in Otaru.