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Hello! This is at the main factory, approximately 1 hour drive from Sapporo. There is also a train station called Royce Town Station if you’re taking public transport.

Got it! Will keep a look out. Thank you 😇

Hello, thank you for your kind words! 1. My husband and I are early birds and always want to cover lots of places wherever we go. So we do have a timetable as to how long we can stay at 1 location, but we are flexible if we decide to stay longer at that same place because we like it, and choose to miss 1 or 2 places after that were pre-planned, or shift it to another day if possible. That said, we definitely don't wake up super early and end super late. We start around 8-9am and end our day after dinner time. Whatever works for you ☺ 2. Yes we do change hotels from city to city like Lake Toya, Hakodate, Otaru, Sapporo, etc. because they are a distance from each other. I hope you enjoy your trip!!

thank you.. im trying to follow your itinerary.. and see how we do the necessary booking

@ruthlim2262 Have fun!

Hello! The entrance for adult is 1200 yen. Not inclusive of the fee for the chocolate workshop where you can make your own chocolate bar. That will be 1500 yen separately if you’re keen to try!

Hello! Chambre - search “シャンブル美原店” in google maps. Place with good view is a rest stop for toilet break - search “八雲町情報交流物産館 丘の駅 浜松368-8” on google maps.

Hello! There wasn’t any dress code in particular, we were in jeans, long sleeves, and covered shoes 😊 Other guests looked rather casual too. Hope this helps!

@@thetravelinggmom617 Thanks! That does help. I made a reservation. I booked a last minute trip so I only had casual cold weather clothes.

I hope you enjoy the food and experience! 😊

It’s worth a visit if you’re around the area!

Hello! City area is not too bad, they could speak some English. When we were in Lake Toya it was tougher but we used an app called Papago to help us! And it wasn’t super cold, it was cooling like aircon. Coastal area with wind will definitely be colder. I’m someone that’s more afraid of hot than cold, so my cold tolerance is higher 😄 But I don’t think a down jacket is necessary! On days that were colder I wore 2 layers, 1 inner long sleeves and 1 outer long sleeves was actually good enough for me. Hope this helps!

@@thetravelinggmom617 ohh thanks for the information! I think I’ll bring knitted sweaters along. I’m someone who hates hot but at the same time, I’m afraid of being too cold >< probably a good idea to bring thermal and heat pack, in case I find it too cold for me >< thanks for the information!

@anntan96 You’re most welcome, enjoy your trip!

Hello, thank you for your kind words! We would definitely recommend to rent a car if you are traveling around Hokkaido. Unless you’re only moving around in Sapporo then public transportation should be manageable. As for autumn foliage, we were there around mid-Oct to end Oct, and it wasn’t in full yet, so some places will probably look nicer in Nov. Nevertheless, what we saw in Oct was pretty enough for us 😄

Hello, we made a trip to Furano on 21 Oct!

Thank you for your kind words! 😊

Hello! We did not travel on budget as we were on Honeymoon so the key thing for us was to enjoy to the fullest. We spent about $5K SGD for 8 days inclusive of all shopping so it’s an average of $625 for 2 pax a day.

Hello! Their Autumn season is from Sep to Nov, but fall foliage looks best from late October to early November. We were there from mid October to late October so we did not catch the “peak” of their fall foliage. Still very pretty though because you can see the change in colours of the leaves 😄

@@thetravelinggmom617 THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION...

Hello! It was sufficient time for toilet break, picking up our luggage, and taking the shuttle bus. I just feel that the queue was longer than expected at domestic airport hence we were anxious if we were able to make it. However, there are staff there to take note of gate closing timing, so if your gate is closing, they will announce for you to step forward to join the priority queue. It is all in Japanese language though, so we had to sort of guess and look at the timing shown on their announcement iPad and check with them if it is our turn for priority boarding. We have not waited for 4 hours before but I’m sure if it’s during Sakura season it’s going to be very crowded. Even I am afraid of traveling to Japan during Spring because of the crowd! Both our trip to Hokkaido is based on red eye flight and during Summer and Autumn, hence we are unaware of how the crowd will be for other flight timings or even during Spring. Hope this helps!

Thank you!, i think now it is open fully n the whole world is flocking to Japan, the Q is not expected to be any shorter. I went in Spring 2018 n the Q is ok.

Yes that’s true, we went when it wasn’t fully open so we had lesser crowd even at tourist spots! Guess this is the crowd we will expect from now on 😄

@@thetravelinggmom617 😔

Hello! We’ve been there twice and both times we were driving. Not too sure how it’s really like using public transport. But if you are mainly in Sapporo, then I think it’s fine. I did some research and noticed many other travelers commute with public transport in Sapporo and if they want to take a day trip to Furano or other nearby places, they will rent a car for that short 1-2 days. With regards to flight, we were also puzzled as to why we needed to check in and out when we traveled there but did not need to when we traveled back. We mainly chose ANA because of the 2 baggages that each of us are allowed to check in. We tend to buy a lot of stuff back hence the baggage was important for us 😄

Hello! My itinerary is listed in each video’s description of this Hokkaido series. There is a total of 5 parts covering different parts of Hokkaido. Hope this helps!

Thank you!! I went from mid October to end October. Best time to visit Furano is in June to July. I was there in June as well and the flowers haven’t fully bloom yet.

@@thetravelinggmom617 ohhh ok, mid - late October is also when I'm planning on going haha ~ maybe next time I'll plan for summer! Thank you~~

Hello! I was there from mid Oct till end Oct. I was also there in June 2018 for summer. Very pretty in Furano!

Hello! It was 1 hour 45 mins, and rather rush for us as we had to collect our luggages at the international terminal and queue up for check in again at domestic terminal.

​@@thetravelinggmom617 I see, thank you very much!

Hello! Overall it was good. The first time we came we rented from OTS and we wanted rent from them again but somehow they were not available anymore. Nippon Rent-A-Car was considered the cheapest among the others (Toyota/ Honda Rent-A-Car). Mileage was within 20k and the vehicle was clean. The staff was also able to communicate in English, which was a plus for us as he was able to recommend certain routes to take etc. You may consider to purchase their highway pass if you are travelling to other cities as the toll is quite expensive. The highway pass was suspended during Covid period, not sure if they have resumed it now, you can check it out!

Hello, thank you for your kind words! I hope you get to travel to Hokkaido one day to experience the real thing 😄

Thank you 😋

Thank you! When we arrived at Haneda, we had to collect our luggages at the international terminal and check in again at the domestic terminal. On our return flight we were told it will be the same process, but after clearing security, the staff stopped us to inform us that they will be able to help us transfer our luggages to our international flight. Hence we transferred from domestic to international only with our hand-carry baggages.

@@thetravelinggmom617 Ah i see i see. The information regarding all of these were quite confusing. Thank you for the helpful clarifications !!

@@thetravelinggmom617 I saw that you mentioned that the rental company recommended the scenic route. May I ask if that route is taking National Route 453 from New Chitose Airport ?

Yes that’s right!

@@thetravelinggmom617 Thank you thank you. Appreciate your help a lot ! :D

Hello, I went from 14 Oct till 23 Oct!

@@thetravelinggmom617 Awesome! I'm headed to Sapporo almost exactly around the same time later this year, and I was so worried I wouldn't see any fall foliage-this was super helpful!

That’s great! Enjoy! 😄

@@thetravelinggmom617 you were saying in your video that you guys were too early for some foliage? do u recommend going maybe 20-30 oct instead?

Hello! We recommend going from late Oct to early Nov. When we came back, we saw some really nice photos of foliage posted on social media in the first few days of Nov.