Valentine Chocolate Collection Daimaru. Valentine’s Day is big in Japan. It’s the ladies that give chocolate to the men. 
On the ground floor they put a pop up Chocolate stall selling all kinds of chocolates from all over the world!!
Sampling 🙂 
Go up to the 7th level and there is a whole section with all the chocolate brands!!!
Good idea!! CHOCOLATE PARTY!!! This will be one of my theme parties 🙂 
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I am a snack monster! I love snacks! I always have snacks with me wherever I go. So on the way to Niseko, I brought some snacks from Manila plus we bought some from the airport. The Lapids chicharon is pasalubong brought by Carmina for the hotel staff 🙂
Thanks to the refrigerator and freezer in Shiki, you can put plenty things inside! This is all Carmina’s! 🙂 
The small freezer below was filled with ours! 🙂
The first thing my hubby got for me! How sweet 🙂 But he ended up eating it since he is the one who likes chocolate! haha
I thought I was the ultimate snacker! But I found out that all the girls in the NISEKREW #nisekrew group love snacks too!!! SNACK HOARDERS!!! 🙂 Carmina made sure she brought all the snacks on the bus!
And in the bus, others had their own snacks which they were sharing!
I noticed that Carmina buys a lot of food!!! I am so glad she is my roommate ! 🙂 
But Jackie apparently buys a lot too!!!! She she bought this in Otaru and shared it with us! The famous Chocolat Blanc! A MUST in Hokkaido!!! Thank you again Jackie @jaxcantonio for sharing. I should stick with you so I don’t have to buy na. I tried this in Manila last month but the white chocolate was melted. It’s better to eat it in Hokkaido when it’s cold and with matching -5 degrees weather and snow falling 🙂
Yummy smoked cheese in Nikka Distillery from Marco and Jackie too!! It’s small sausage shaped smoked cheese and so YUM!
Serious shoppers at the Nikka Distillery – Jancis @jancislao Cherina @cheriris 
and Raj @7tri7 who brought his Rimowa @adoramnl handcarry to put all his loot 
Shopping at the back of the taxi! 🙂
Lindy’s stash!!!!
Jackie’s stash!
Jackie’s stash of Winter clothes!!Not only snacks but winter clothes! She’s a hoarder of anything!! haha!!
Some interesting snacks I saw this trip! There are many but I was not able to take photos! Too many in Japan! 
NISEKREW LOVES MILK KOBO in NISEKO and LE TAO in OTARU!!!! Chut called this the BEST CHEESECAKE In the WORLD and wow it is! I just don’t want you to expect too much so I tried not to call it that. But it is really so yummy!!
So lucky to have travelmates that share their snacks and LeTAO cheesecake!!! Thank you Jackie for sharing your stash!! It even came with fresh Japanese strawberries 
Thank you to #nisekrew Raj @7tri7 and Kai @kaisterprimo for sharing your loot toot!! Langue de Chat Au Fromage!! ? Yum!!!!!!!! If there’s Tokyo Milk from Tokyo there’s Le Tao from Otaru For some reason we were not able to go to Le Tao in Otaru where it is really from. But have no fear, it is available in Daimaru right beside our hotel! 🙂 
You can have the Double Fromage cheesecake by the slice! 🙂 
Here it is up close – everyday I dream of this! 🙂
Here it is as a whole cake 
There is chocolate and strawberry but the plain is the bestseller
Everything looked good!!!!
Double Fromage Cheesecake in Valentine mode!!! LOVE!!
I wish I could try everything!!!
I did not see the cheese cookie in Daimaru – I may have just missed it!! But there is a lot in the Chitose airport!
So if you miss LE TAO in Daimaru too – there is a lot in the Chitose airport! MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT MISS IT THIS TIME!
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In 2005 we also went to the Otaru Light Path Festival so it’s nice to be back! 
Look up when you get to the train station 🙂
In a shopping street! LOVE!!! Those are made of ice
You will see many lighted ice sculptures all over the place
The main area is the walkway by the Canal
Otaru Canal with floating lights/candles
Plenty hearts!!!
From the other side of the canal
Shops around the area are all decorated 
Plenty snowmen 🙂
Funny sign!
Otaru is known as the “Town of Glass” for its many glassmakers and craft shops along Sakaimachi Street. An incredible selection of crafts are available, from simple souvenirs to gorgeous works of art. ( Otaru.jr.jp)
Aside from the canal, there is another path which is more romantic 🙂
You can walk through this pathway 🙂
Since no one was with us, I asked James to line up with me so we could have our photo here. All the photo ops are with lines! 
Oh no!! Not clear photo taken by the guy manning the display :-O
Apparently Steve, Cherina, Pat and Jancis were passing by and they caught us! haha!! Good thing Steve took a photo so we have this!
Everytime we see soft serve we get!!! Even in the height of winter!!! Super cold!
Super yum!
Another store
More choices!! but I ended up getting only the Hokkaido milk! I regret not trying the condensed milk with strawberry
YUM!!!!!
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Otaru Snow Light Path is a winter tradition in the port city of Otaru where the streets are decorated with a myriad of snow candles. The main venues are the historic canal and the former Japan National Railways Temiya Line. During the event period, there are also tickets on sale which let you enjoy eating sushi, sweets or noodles inexpensively as you walk around. Enjoy it together with the dreamlike scenery.
We took a 30 minute train to Yoichi, Otaru to visit Nikka Distillery
It’s so nice inside! It’s a little village on its own!
Whisky Museum
Whisky Tasting
For a fee
Whisky tasting/sampling for free! haha
Beautiful view in the corner
Next time bring your own bar chow and snacks 🙂
Though this smoked cheese they were selling was so good!
The most important part of the tour is always the shopping 🙂
If you plan to buy plenty whisky, make sure to bring your hand carry with wheels haha
Good thing Steve and Lindy had a cab – we put all our shopping in the trunk! 🙂
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Nikka whisky official web site.Producers of japanese whisky. Features product information, history, and distilleries.
We had a food crawl in the Snow Festival! I like it because you can have a little of everything you like! The only problem is there are no tables and chairs, you have to stand or walk while eating!
Ofcourse! Cheezu! The Japanese are like me – they like pink, hearts and cheese! 🙂 So as soon as the hubby saw this he knew I would like it!
Eat while its hot and melted 🙂 Yum
Trying to get as much Hokkaido Milk as I can
Hot milk because it was freezing
How can I resist cheese??? when you see a sign like this!
YUM! Caciocavallo cheese is very popular in Sapporo. I was full already after these 3 items which we shared. All dairy! I wish I had more space in my tummy!!
More food photos from the snow festival – In the evening we walked around
And during the day
There are some resting stations you can go into 
We go in most especially for warmth. It is colder in Sapporo than in Niseko!
There is a Coke booth with free wifi and selling Japan edition coke!
Some stations are giving out free food samples so the lines are long 🙂
In 2005, we went to Sapporo to see the Snow Festival! It was beautiful!!
So this year, we joined the group to go back and check it out again 🙂 I thought this year was not outstandingly great compared to the ones I saw before. But having it for 67 years already means maybe we missed nice ones too in the past. Hoping that they can be more creative for the future – like maybe structures you can enter 🙂 and maybe bigger displays 🙂 My two favourite ones were this
This one 🙂 Love the gang!
And this one – The Ruins of St. Paul’s – refers to the ruins of a 16th-century complex in Macau including what was originally St. Paul’s College and the Church of St. Paul also known as “Mater Dei”, a 17th-century Portuguese church dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle. Today, the ruins are one of Macau’s best known landmarks. They are often, but incorrectly, mentioned as a former cathedral, a status they never had. In 2005, they were officially listed as part of the Historic Centre of Macau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ( wiki)
Other major displays
Where they had skiers doing stunts Dragon Ball 
Their Eiffel Tower which is not a display 🙂 
Smaller displays
The slide by Nissin is very popular with such a long line!!
The International section where you see them actually carving their snow structures
We went to Ice World which is a few streets away
This time it’s ice carvings. My favourite ones were the ones with seafood inside 🙂
I heard that is real Sapporo beer inside!
Hibiki Ice Bar
Photo Op 🙂 Good thing I have a model 🙂
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SAPPORO SNOW FESTIVAL
When in doubt, you can always rely on the restaurants in the Japanese department stores. On the top floor is a whole floor of restaurants. So the next day since James wanted unagi, we just went to Daimaru right beside the hotel and had unagi. It took 30 minutes to make the unagi so for sure it was freshly made. The unagi in Japan is so so different and so fresh! So we take advantage.
Right beside the unagi was Tsunahatchi and Kai was so happy!!! So I accompanied her!
She likes it that they fry the head of the prawn
Scallops! WOW!
We went to Bar Chot in honour of Chut! 🙂 So sad they left after one night in Sapporo
Thanks to my hubby for walking around the corner to Sunkus to get me my drink! haha!!
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