Hokkaido and Sapporo
After Tokyo, we went to Hokkaido island and activated our RailPass, using the Shinkansen bullet train that travels up to 350 km/h. There is also the Seikan Tunnel, which connects Hokkaido with Honshu island and is about 54 km long. It is the second deepest and second longest tunnel in the world. We stayed in Sapporo, a city of 2 million people, which looks like it was built just a few days ago (all new buildings). For some reason, we noticed that a few more people stared at us (maybe…read more