Machinosushiya Siki Hanamaru （町のすし家 四季花まる）| Reasonable Sushi Bar | Sapporo

Do you want to eat sushi at reasonable prices, but don't want to eat it at Kaitenzushi (Conveyor belt sushi)? In that case, I recommend you to go to "Machinosushiya Siki Hanamaru（町のすし家　四季　花まる）" at PASEO in Sapporo.

You can order your favorite sushi piece each time or

a set menu like this↓
Usually a set menu is more reasonable and recommendable!

This restaurant has table seats and

a bar like this↓

Sushi is served on a plate with different color, which has different prices like Kaitenzushi (Conveyor belt sushi), but here there is no conveyor belt and you can eat freshly-made sushi!!!

They serve a variety of sushi!!! What should I order????

Look at the panel! I definitely want to order Tokishirazu（時しらず）; very young salmon in this season only!

This is Tokishirazu caught in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern part of Hokkaido↓This salmon is less fatty and more tender and sweeter than normal adult salmon. Yummy x 2!!!!

I also order "Hanamori", a set menu↓

I'll show you each sushi in Japanese (and English).

■Hokki (Sakhalin surf clam)
This is one of the famous shellfish in Hokkaido!!!!

■Buri (Yellowtail)
I love this fatty fish!!!

■Tubu (Whelk)
I love this texture!!

■Zuwai (Queen crab)
Sweeeeeeet!!

■Kazunoko (Herring roe)
Do you want to hear the crackling sound????

■Ikura (Salmon roe)
It's like a jewel in the ocean!!!

■Uni (Sea urchin)
Very tasty!!!!

■Nakaochi (Backbone flesh of salmon)
Yummy x 2!!!

■Kanpachi (Greater Amberjack)
Appropriately fatty!!!

■Tai (Sea bream)
I love this lightly-seasoned fish!!

■Tako (Octopus)
Sweet and I love this texture!!!

■Kurumaebi (Prawn)
You cannot leave this sushi bar without eating it!!

■Hotate (Scallop)
This is very thick and rich!!!

■Salmon
I enjoyed comparing this salmon and Tokisirazu or young salmon!

■Ika (Squid)
This was caught this morning! Very fresh!!!

■Maguro (Tuna)
This is a king of sushi!!!

Next time I want to try this sashimi set including very fresh shellfish caught in their seawater tank at this restaurant, such as..............

■Hokki (Sakhalin surf clam)

■Tubu (Whelk)

■Awabi (abalone)

All of the ingredients here are very fresh and testy but not expensive:-)

Why don't you enjoy reasonable sushi at this sushi bar?

■Where is "Machinosushiya Siki Hanamaru（町のすし家　四季　花まる）"?
It is on B1F at PASEO shopping mall.

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Hokkaido Ice Pavilion （北海道アイスパビリオン）| Kamikawa

I'm in Kamikawa between Daisetsuzan National Park and Asahikawa with my tour guests. "Hokkaido Ice Pavilion" in the town is the first museum in the world to provide the chilling experience of Hokkaido through a whole year! Look at the snow man in front of the facility! In North America and Europe, they make their snowmen using three snow balls. However, in Japan, snowmen are made using only two spheres. One for the head and one for the body. Maybe Japanese people have shorter lower bodies? Hahahaha:-) Before entering the facility, we do a short experiment; painting the pic on special paper, which reacts the temperature. If it's hot, the colors are gone and if it's cold, the colors appear again. We were already excited, thinking how the color would change inside of the facility!!! Let's enter the pavilion! Don't forget this detergent bottle! We'll do the second experiment in the -20C room! Going through the entrance area, first enjoy the hexagonal labyrinth! Why hexagonal? Because the snow crystal is hexagonal! After the fun corner, we prepared for the -20C room. Please wear a winter coat here! Are you ready to go to the winter world in Hokkaido???? Let's take a wet towel to do the third experiment! Voila!!!! Welcome to the winter world!! The inside of the Ice Pavilion is kept at a constant temperature of -20C. Displayed inside are numerous icicles, many of them that took over ten years to form. Look at the wet towel. It stands in such a law temperature! Let's go down stairs. The steps are so slippery. Watch your steps!! We enjoyed making bobbles from the soapy water. It is very cold here that you can "catch" the bobbles!!! How interesting!!! My tour guests were so impressed with the icicles! We, local people, make a snow hut for fun in the winter time like this↓　It looks like an igloo, doesn't it? But actually the ways to make the hut and igloos are different. How cute the snowmen!! This is one of the popular photo spots! This is the most exciting corner!!! The highlight of this attraction is a spot where you can experience the mind-blowing temperature of -41C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Japanese history. -41C!!!!!!! Do you want to try it? (Sure!!!) We were so excited in the room!! I'm sorry this pic is not good enough to see tiny crystals in the air, but you can see a diamond dust phenomena in the special room; ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals with a temperature well below freezing Do you know cliones, which live under drift ice? You can observe the creatures in the special tank. Hokkaido is surrounded by three kinds of ocean, one of which is the Sea of Okhotsk. During the middle of the winter, the sea is covered with ice! We called the creatures "sea angels". The angels live under the ice. After the tour, we enjoyed free hot tea service. Look at the pics! Some of the visitors took their pics in the -41C room like this↓ Unbelievable! They are almost naked!!! I love this pic↓ They are the youngest challengers in the coldest room!!! Why don't you enjoy Hokkaido winter in this facility? Let's have fun!! I recommend this facility especially for people from  southern countries!!! Just for reference, there is a ice cream stand in front of the Hokkaido Ice Pavilion↓ and they sell very delicious ice cream!!! I really recommend "Shiroi-Koibito soft ice cream （白い恋人ソフトクリ―ム）", one of whose ingredient is the same white chocolate for Shiro Koibito Chocolate cookies （白い恋人）. ■Where is Hokkaido Ice Pavilion （北海道アイスパビリオン）?

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