Anyway, we didn't see a whole lot of Sapporo, as we were there really less than 2 days. It does however leave a general impression of drabness. It is as if the city were manufactured in small parts in America and shipped over to Japan, then set up like Legos. There is nothing unique about it, nothing charming, nothing inventive or glimmering as one would see in a city like KL for instance. There's nothing that speaks at all of any difference between a city in Japan and a city in the American Midwest. It was cold, I do remember that.
There was, now that I think of it, a Christmas market and lights display. The market consisted of a city block of temporary little stalls selling trinkets and ornaments and also various types of drink and food. I was experiencing, for some reason, a great desire for hot dogs, and so we went in search of these and found a number of hot dog stands. I chose the wrong one unfortunately. My hot dog did not look at all like the picture shown. Instead of a fat juicy hot dog what I got for my yen was a tough, scrawny little thing, more like a pepperoni stick, lost within a hot dog bun. So this was disappointing. I don't think the Japanese understand hot dogs.
Another thing I forgot to mention is the Japanese fluffy pancakes, although these were in Asahikawa. Have you ever had Japanese fluffy pancakes? My goodness they are delicious. They are fat things, but not dense or chewy. They're fluffy like air, and they are served with maple syrup and whipped cream. We found two places while we were there that served fluffy pancakes (and upon returning to Bali, we visited the Icon Mall for more fluffy pancakes 😅. Now Evelyn is complaining that she is fat, although I do not believe that for a minute).
There is something else, by the way, that she reminded me to mention here. Typically, I have forgotten what it was.
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