The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

We went back to Sapporo in mid-March. Here are some notes on the city for our next visit, if it ever happens.

No sooner had we got off the airport train than we realized why it was so easy and low priced to book the flight and hotel. 

In front of the central train station looked like this. 

March is, I would say, probably the worst time to walk around in Hokkaido. The roads were horribly slippery with compacted snow.

There were piles of snow everywhere, which made it extremely difficult to catch a taxi and cause a lot of trouble when getting into it.

No place was accessible on foot, except underground shopping malls which were always overcrowded and full of strangers' droplets (to me, unknown viruses).

I have never felt AEON so far away...

Proper snowshoes seemed to be a must.

Almost everyone wore specially designed shoes and almost no one wore leather-soled or high-heeled shoes. I brought a pair of (so-called) non-slip shoes, made in Kyushu Island. But they didn't help in the real situation. I noticed that Dr. Martens were more popular there. They might be good for harsh conditions.  

The central library was smaller than the one in Fukuoka, but there were a cafe and a restaurant in the same building. Both seemed to offer reasonably priced menus. 

The priority seats on the tram seemed to be strictly observed. Even when the car got relatively crowded, they remained unoccupied.