Snow time starts now! We left the hotel at 8am and caught a metro (total freaking nightmare with luggage) a few stops to Ginza where we got on the “airport limousine” bus. Trying to work out train lines to the domestic airport had been problematic and this was much easier. Next time I would research more and try to find an airport limousine stop near our hotel so no metro was needed.
We arrived at Haneda Airport with plenty of time and checked in with JAL airlines with minimal issues. The JAL global app was very useful and I recommend it if travelling with JAL domestically. Bye bye Tokyo!
We were about 30 mins late departing which meant we were cutting it very fine in terms of meeting our coach to Niseko. We landed safely and relatively on time despite this in Sapporo 1hr later and hopped on a whiteliner transfer coach for the 2.5 hour journey to Niseko. The coach ride provides some amazing scenery.
We then arrived at Freedom Inn, our home for the next 7 nights! Here’s a stock photo since it was dark by the time we got here.
Annnnnd here’s a photo I took the next morning. So pretty!
We dropped our stuff off and headed out to our second onsen of the trip at a Japanese Inn located near Kutchan called Hotel Youtei. This is another one that has a sign saying no tattoos but is tattoo friendly to foreigners. After a lovely soak, we headed out for dinner. Unfortunately our first two preferences tonight – Nakama and Gaishin – were closed so we visited Vatten Ramen. We walked in just as they were closing (which we didn’t realise) so felt like jerks. The ramen was quite good but it is all chicken based and I think we prefer pork.
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