Popular seafood? ..the crabs

Our lunch of crabmeat and beef at Otaru was AWESOME! Although I’m not a fan of crabmeat, I could picture chanjie and beezai singing praises about the quality of crabmeat in Japan….

Twirly, curly food

Do you like sausages? I love them but I don’t know what to think when I see them curled up like this…kinda interesting, don’t you think?

小樽 is a lovely place...

- the serene Otaru canal -

小樽/ Otaru is a picturesque little town, decorated with the famous Otaru canal, pretty little houses and shops sitting in clusters, each unique in its own way with harmonised colours. It seemed almost fairy-tale like. The lifestyle is slow-paced and the people there whether Otaru natives or tourists take their sweet time breathing in the scenery and fresh air.

We visited the Orgel shops, where they make music boxes varying from all kinds of sizes. Interesting pieces of art and music fused together. I bought myself a little orgel chained to a keyring that hums a little tune of “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana” when the clockwork is twisted thrice around its back.

The town is filled with cute carvings and decors and artistic pieces. Some shops blow glass to fashion out fantastic utensils and crafts. Everything is done with such perfection that mirrors the townsfolk’s passion in the arts.

Heck, we loved Otaru so much that we even sent ourselves a postcard each back home when we saw a cute little post office