Hokkaido Day 4: Okurayama Olympic Ski Resort and Otaru

 The first place we visited was the Okurayama Olympic Ski Resort which is renowned for the ski jump used for the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games in 1972.

Here we are on the ski lift. Again, daddy was with Mei-mei in case she needed help to get onto the ski lift.

See them up ahead?

Nothing much to see, at the top of the ski jump. Just able to appreciate how steep the jump is. There was a stall there, and Chek Kong treated you both to ice-cream. Yup, all "three" kids had ice-cream.

We headed to our next location for lunch. We dined upstairs from a large seafood market. 

After lunch, we wandered around to look at the seafood and take pictures:

Then we hopped on the bus and headed to Otaru. The tour guide gave us instructions on where to go and what time to meet up. And away we went. We had nowhere in particular but ended up in the music box museum. We did not have anything in mind to buy but headed in as we had a free gift to claim. 

Clock outside the museum chimes every hour

Mei-mei posing in the museum. Everything caught her fancy.

This was so adorable

In the end, we did end up buying something(s). Daddy spotted a beautiful ferries wheel (like) photo frame which spins and plays music. And both kids each got a music box. 

We were walking outside again and smelled something lovely... wow.. barbecues squid. Yummy....

We stopped by to buy chocolates and then headed to the Venetian Cafeteria while waiting for the time to board the bus. So as we had time to kill, daddy treated us to the famous 7-layerRainbow Soft Serve ice-cream.

Daddy and the ice-cream

Kids digging in

Kids still digging in.. almost done!

A last minute change in plans (to go to Hakodate) brought us to Shiroi Koibito Park. We just wandered around to enjoy the decorations. Mei-mei was sleeping, so Ah Ma offered to stay on the bus to accompany her:

Mei-mei sleeping in the us

Dinner was barbecue. Yummy.. the food was buffet so we picked what we wanted and cooked them.

And of course, there was ice-cream for dessert. We sure had our fill of ice-cream this holiday, even though the weather was freezing cold!

So ends another long day.