Foods while traveling Hokkaido
We went to Hokkaido again!! Of course we tripped to Hokkaido by trains.
And we ate Ekiben which are boxed meals sold at stations.

They ate Tonkatsu Bento in trains which was sleeping trains. Tonkatsu is a popular dish in Japan. Tonkatus is deeped-fried pork. My sons like it.

I ate rice with clams Bento.　It was very healthy.

My husband ate Ueno Bento. Ueno is name of station in Tokyo.

We ate breakfast in a buffet car.

I ate crab Bento in the other day in a train.

We ate ramen in Sapporo, from the capital of Hokkaidō. Sapporo is very famous for ramen.
Ramen is noodle and soup. This soup was Shio ("salt") type which taste was plain.

This is Ikuradon. Ikura is salmon caviar. Don means rice bowl.

Morning market in Hakodate
I like markets. Especially, I like to visit markets in foreign countries. I have ever visited markets in Australia. I want to visit market in New York some day.

A berth train (Hokutosei)

When we got on a berth train, my older son really wanted to keep the top bunk.
But I didn’t permit it. So he hid and cried on the button bunk. He insisted that he would not fall on the floor!!
I thought the top bunk was completly high, he will have done it by the time he us 18 years old.

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After that he asked the berth train's conductor.
" Do you know someone who fell on to floor?" (Has anyyone ever fallen off the bunk? Do you know if anyone has fallen?)
The berth train of conduoctor said "I have not heard of it yet."

Yoshioka Undersea Station
We went to Yoshioka undersea station by trains which was Doraemon undersea trains.
You asked me " What's an undersea station? "

First, I have to explain about Japanese topography. Japan is islands country. And there are seas around islands.
Second, When we want to go from the Honshu region to the Hokkaido region, we have to be over Tsugaru strait. When it was in ancient time, people ferryed by ships which were sometimes wrecked in winter season. Of course , now we can take on safe ships, planes , trains..

Japanese map

Hokkaido region
Hokkaido railway company sight http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html

I added a little bit something in English to "Seikan tunnel cross section"
Finally, you understand there is "Yoshioka under sea station" is under sea.

This is a Japanese sight http://www.hakodate.or.jp/JR/tonnel/default.htm, I quoted this picture.

Seikan tunnel was built under Tsugartu strange in 1988. This tunnel is for trains only. Japanese said Seikan tunnel was the longest tunnel in the world. But Kieran might not say same opnion.

old type Doraemon train and entrance of tunnel

In Yoshioka tunnel visiting course


We came back to trains

Doraemon Undersea World 2006 -Final-
Doraemon Final stage. Before Szélső Fa said she didn't know Doraemon. I think Doraemon was a famous cartoon in Asia.
There are five kinds of train's boxes which are special for kids. But Draemon trains and events were last this summer. Because, Seikan tunnel visiting course will have been stuff area for bulting Hokkaido shinkansen in one year. Hokkaido Shinkansen will run about 2015.

The ceilng of trains
Play room for kids in the train

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Trains in Hokkaido
We went to the Hokkaido region. We took a lot of kind of trains. Our kids enjoyed them.

Nijht Express Hokutosei
Ueno station bound for Hakodate station







Draemon's undersea trains
Hakodate station bound for Yoshioka undersea station

Yoshioka undersea station bound for Hakodate station






Tram in Hakodate city









Steam Locomotive
Hakodate station bound for Mori station

Mori station bound for Hakodate






Super Express Shiratori
Hakodate bound for Hachinohe















Shinkansen Hayate
Hachinohe station bound for Tokyo station

Hokkaido
We are going to the Hokkaido region!! But it is a only two days trip.
Good bye!