Autumnal Thanks Festival （秋の感謝祭）| Former Machimura Farm （旧町村農場）| Ebetsu

We are now in Former Machimura Farm in Ebetsu, 20 minutes away from Sapporo.

Machimura Farm is one of the oldest dairy farms in Hokkaido, in which we can enjoy cow barns influenced by Professor F. H. King of the University of Wisconsin. As I've been Madison, WI, I really love this atmosphere!!

We just relaxed in the compound for a while..........

Look at the objects! How cute they are!!

The purpose to come here is to enjoy Autumnal Thanks Festival.

Let's enter the barn!

Wow! Wow! Wow!
There are several unique vegetables produced in this city, such as Chinese lantern plants （ほおずき）！！！

 How about this?

I loved this colorful radish （紅くるり大根）, and made pickles at home.

Except fresh vegetables, some dried vegetables were sold in this barn.

This carrot pound cakes （にんじん朝ご飯） sounds very healthy.... It has a half of carrot!!!! Of course I bought it!

Smells very wonderful.........

I love roasted corn with soy source! Yummy x 2 in my tummy!!!

We really enjoyed the local harvest festival!

Just for reference, the compound has a dairy museum, where we can learn the history of Machimura farm and Hirotaka Machimura （町村 敬貴）, a pioneer of dairy farming in Hokkaido. If you want to enjoy the current Machimura farm, it takes 10 minutes from here, which has a cafe serving delicious milk desserts such as ice cream, donutses, cheese, pudding and so on. Sounds perfect! If you are interested in the cafe, please visit my other post→★.

■Where is "Former Machimura Farm （旧町村農場）"?

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SAMA | Soup Curry | Sapporo

SAMA is one of the popular soup curry restaurants in Sapporo, and we went to its Oyachi branch （大谷地店） for lunch today↓

There is a long line especially during the lunch hours, and we waited for about 30 minutes today....

We were so thirsty that we first ordered black currant lassi （カシスラッシー）, their monthly lassi on September.

Mix x 2!!

Lassi really goes well with soup curry, doesn't it?

We can choose the amount of spice and a kind of soup first.
This is Hamburger and Vegetable Curry （ハンバーグ野菜カリー） with tomato soup↓
(Personally I love coconut milk soup the best, but today was a tomato day for me..............)

We can enjoy big hamburger steak and a lot of vegetables all together! Yummy x 2!!

BTW, we've found the most attractive curry↓
Mega SAMA Deluxe Curry （メガSAMAデラックスカリー） has everything!!! We should order it!!!

Voila!
It has a whole chicken leg, some tender cubed pork （豚の角煮）, and hamburger steak with all kinds of vegetables!!!

Look at the big portion of rice!!!
(Just for reference, we put a normal portion of rice next to the mega version! Hahaha!)

As we wanted to enjoy different soup, we ordered shrimp broth!
The mega set comes with soft drink, too!!

We had a very wonderful lunch time!

■Where is SAMA Oyachi branch （SAMA大谷地店）?

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New Furano Prince Hotel （新富良野プリンスホテル）| Lunch Buffet

We are in New Furano Prince Hotel now↓

Let's go to the lunch buffet venue on the B1F!

It looks not special? No, no, no!!!

Look at the local fresh vegetables! How dense and rich they are!!

I also recommend the local cheese!! Furano （富良野） is famous for not only its vegetables but also its dairies!! Actually I enjoyed the cheese fondue very much!

Bread baked at the hotel is very popular!

Look at the most attractive corner at the venue!!
Can you imagine the famous local watermelons and melons are included in the buffet??

Of course I ate a looooooooooooooooot of watermelons!! Hahaha!

Are we in the heaven? I really love Furano Melons!!!

After enjoying fruits from the bottom of my heart, we should eat desserts, right? Oh.........you may think this is not good........... Don't jump to conclusion!

Look at the machine↓

Yes! We can eat lavender ice cream as much as possible!

If you want to try local products in Furano, why don't you come to New Furano Prince Hotel, and enjoy its lunch buffet?

■Where is New Furano Prince Hotel （新富良野プリンスホテル）?

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Sounkaku Grand Hotel （層雲閣グランドホテル）③｜Optional Tour

One of my purposes to come to Sounkyo Gorge （層雲峡） is to see a sea of clouds （雲海) early in the morning, and I've joined an optional tour organized by Sounkaku Grand Hotel （層雲閣グランドホテル）↓

As the tour starts at 04:30 am, I used an alarm clock to get up at 03:30 am!!!

Let's go!

It takes around 40 minutes from the hotel to Ginsendai （銀泉台）, which is ..........

1,490 m high↓

Actually my friend from Taiwan wrote the numbers on the ground↓

When we arrived here, the sun just started to rise from the clouds!! Perfect timing, isn't it?

All of the participants were so impressed with the beauty of the nature!!!

Look at Mt. Meakan （雌阿寒岳）(1,488m) behind the sea of clouds!! Wow! Wow! Wow!

It's worth coming here even though you have to get up very early!!

Before arriving here, some professional photographers had already come here, and prepared for the best shot!
Ginsendai is one of the famous spots to see the sea of clouds around here!

Actually the real one is much much more beautiful than my pics, of course!!

One of the wonderful points of this tour is that we can stay here for 40 minutes!!

We can feel the flow of the clouds as time goes by..........

The sun is rising gradually!!

I just enjoyed the cloud without thinking anything, or

was excited to take some pics like this↓

Please feel the dynamism of the clouds............

I really recommend this optional tour organized by Sounkaku Grand Hotel （層雲閣グランドホテル）.

■Hotel Information

・Meals→★

・Hot Spring→★

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