Hokkaido is a place where you fall in love at first sight and never get tired of it. It's beautiful all year round, with cherry blossoms in spring and maples in autumn, lavender in summer and snow in winter.

Due to Hokkaido's special climate, the snow here is powdery and powdery with almost no moisture. Crystal clear, soft and fluffy, generously falling, thick accumulation, people look at it and feel happy. No wonder people say: There is a kind of snow in the world, called 'Hokkaido snow.'

On a cold winter day, it is very pleasant to drink a cup of hot coffee. Even more enjoyable than this is to enjoy a cup of coffee while enjoying the snow at one of Hokkaido's lovely cafes.

Cafe Morihico, Sapporo's No. 1 coffee shop, is located in an old house in a private house, especially in winter, with its low eaves covered with thick white snow and sparkling ice cubes hanging from the window.

I have to say that Hokkaido is a small place, but it has a lot of world-class beauty, such as the night view seen from a specific observation point.

The night view of Mt. Tengu, Mt. Hakodate, and Mt. Moiwa are known as the three major night views of Hokkaido. However, comparatively speaking, the scenery of the latter two is much richer and more beautiful.

The night view of Mt. Hakodate, the night view of Hong Kong Island, and the night view of Naples in Italy are called "the world's three major night views", and there is a unique fan-shaped topography and a natural hyperbola, which is very stunning. I heard that in the latest selection, the night view of Mt. Hakodate has fallen to the fourth, and the night view of Mt. Moiwa in Sapporo City has become the new TOP3 most beautiful night view.

Go to Mt. Moiwa and take the world's first forest experience gondola, MORISU, through the snowy forest. Before they got out of the carriage, everyone exclaimed at the outside.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking up at the starry sky, it is impossible to distinguish which is the Milky Way above your head and under your feet. The observatory has a dome constellation starry sky movie, and a bell of happiness, ring it and listen to the sound of happiness.

There are many lakes, and because they are located in the volcanic zone, the water here usually does not freeze all year round, forming a lot of strange and beautiful scenes.

Lake Akan is a dammed lake formed by a volcanic eruption, and the clear blue water and snow-covered volcanoes on the lakeside form an elegant and charming picture. The Ainu are an ancient ethnic minority in Japan, and the population is very small, and the folk village is a small street, but there are all kinds of wood carvings and special decorations, and it is very interesting to walk around.

If you want to try your luck when you come to Mashu Lake, you may not be able to see the whole picture. Because the water of the geothermal lake does not freeze all year round, the whole lake is shrouded in clouds and mist on weekdays, but it also has a unique charm. SC Johnson was fortunate to see it on its face, breathtakingly beautiful.

The hot air of the sulfur hot springs bubbles out of the cracks in the rocks near the lake, and the hot springs emerge when you dig in the beach. Soak in a hot spring foot bath, eat a hot spring egg, and hold a cup of hot drink in your hand, and your whole body becomes warm.

It's easy to be fascinated by things that have a sense of age and feelings, and some small stations in Hokkaido are enough to satisfy my fascination.

Aiguo Station and Happiness Station, which were abandoned with the abandonment of the Hiroo Line, are separated by more than ten kilometers of train stations, which mean going to happiness from the land of love, so many couples will come here to hang pieces of paper with their wishes written on them.

After hanging up the card with your wishes written on it, don't forget to ring the happiness bell at the station, as if opening the door to happiness.

Kitahama Station, which was once overcrowded but gradually forgotten, is unmanned, but there is a café with a history of more than 90 years, and the seats are arranged according to the environment of the carriage at that time, and there are many tools for the platform staff in it.

There are only two trains a day, and next to the station is a hot spring foot bath, free of charge for travelers to relax at any time. Inside the station is a restaurant built in 1936, which is rarely frequented, but the owner is still meticulous in cooking the famous beef stew and rice.

At the end of January every year, after the water of Heilongjiang flows into the Sea of Okhotsk, because fresh water is lighter than sea water, and it is easier to freeze, so fresh water freezes on the sea surface, and then drifts south along the ocean current into drift ice, these drift ice can cover 80% of the Sea of Okhotsk in its heyday, and it is blocked by the coastline here in Amashiri, and it is very spectacular to gather together, and it is the only place where you can see drift ice except for the North and South Poles.

Rubbing shoulders with the drift ice. This year, I finally realized my dream, walking directly on the drift ice on the Aurora icebreaker, and you can also see polar animals on the ice, which is a very special experience.

It is surrounded by scorching cold waters, and schools of fish in the surrounding waters accumulate a lot of fat in their bodies to resist the low temperatures. In winter, the drift ice that drifts from the Sea of Okhotsk is rich in nutrients, causing a surge in plankton, which means that the fish that feed on it eat these nutrients, making Hokkaido's fish meat both delicious and rich in nutrients.

Fish caught in each fishery is transported to the market at the fishing port, and then sold at the local base market, which is the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market. The short delivery process and the small number of changes of hands naturally make it more fresh in the mouth, and the seafood mecca is also located here.

You have to taste the so-called Three Treasures: salmon are born in rivers, swim to the sea during their growth years, and finally return to their native rivers to spawn and continue to give birth to the next generation. In Hokkaido, salmon are harvested before they return to their hometowns to spawn, and the peak fishing season is from September to October, when every family in Hokkaido prepares the most suitable autumn salmon in their dishes.

Salmon caught from May to August are called salmon, which means that they are a group of salmon that swim to Hokkaido at the wrong time, but although the time is wrong, you can't go wrong with the deliciousness.

In fact, how to cook the most delicious seafood, in fact, just ask the fishermen who have been working in the sea for many years. Hokkaido's local cuisine, Ishikari Nabe, is a dish that fishermen who used to catch salmon in the Ishikari area to treat themselves to after their work.

The salmon is sliced, tossed into the bones and boiled into the soup, then tofu and cabbage are added, and finally the delicious dish is seasoned with miso, and then rich cream and sansho are added before tasting to enhance the flavor.

Another famous local dish, Qiang-Ang Yaki, is a refreshing and nutritious fisherman's dish by steaming sliced salmon, cabbage, onions, and lion chili peppers in a clay pot and then using miso sauce to enhance the flavor, so that the salmon and vegetables are mixed together.