{"id":16810,"date":"2011-02-11T21:59:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T01:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16810"},"modified":"2011-02-11T21:59:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T01:59:02","slug":"foxhound87-hokkaido-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/11\/foxhound87-hokkaido-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxhound87: Hokkaido Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Joshua Small <\/em><\/strong><em>is a First Year JET currently living in Ikaruga-cho, Nara-ken and has been chronicling his experience on his blog <a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>Snorlax87<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taking advantage of the 3 day weekend, I signed up for a tour package  sponsored by the Hokkaido Association of JETs (HAJET). 6 Nara JETs and I  took a plane out of Osaka to New Chitose airport. The flight was about  an 1 1\/2 hours. When we finally started our initial descent, I looked  out the window to get a good view of Sapporo (capital of Hokkaido). It  was absolutely gorgeous. Snow-covered mountain ranges littered the  background and there wasn&#8217;t a rice field in sight.  When we landed, we  met up with the HAJET representatives who took us to the train station.<\/p>\n<p>We  finally arrived in the city proper and we were given about 6 hours to  explore the city. Sapporo is a wonderful city. The 3-day weekend also  coincided with one of Japan&#8217;s most famous festivals, the Yuki Matsuri  (snow festival). We toured around the city for a bit before heading to  the Snow Festival. We saw Sapporo&#8217;s famed clock tower (not that  impressive) and even happened upon an extreme sports show. I don&#8217;t think  any of the competitors landed their tricks. Snowboarding looks hard.<\/p>\n<p>Once  we made it to the snow festival, I was stunned. There were dozens of  snow sculptures in the park lining the streets. The sculptures varied in  size, design, and theme. I saw giant robot ones, recreations of famous  buildings, anime characters.  It was really amazing.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_self\"> <\/a>to read the rest of the post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/snorlax87.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Small is a First Year JET currently living in Ikaruga-cho, Nara-ken and has been chronicling his experience on his blog Snorlax87. 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