Hokkaido – Aidan Doyle Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:00:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 7544570 The Real Hokkaido Green /2010/11/08/the-real-hokkaido-green/ /2010/11/08/the-real-hokkaido-green/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:57:03 +0000 / The Real Hokkaido Green Read More »

]]> I’ve been getting quite a few new readers visiting my web site after having read Hokkaido Green, my story on Strange Horizons.

I visited Hokkaido in the summer in 2007.   It has some really beautiful places.  Otaru and Sapporo are both nice cities and Arashiyama has a great zoo.

The hot spring waterfall I described in the story is a real place.  It’s in Shiretoko, in the north-east of Hokkaido.

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The five lakes is a popular place to go for a walk.alk.

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When I visited some of the trails were closed due to bear sightings.

I didn’t encounter any bears offering secrets though. Smile

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Japan Guide Shiretoko Travel Guide

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