I had hoped the sulfur bath might help my hip but no it's still hurting like a fucking bastard.

Enjoyed two bucket list sights today; one a true dream and one a fun simulacrum! You can see and read more about the first of those, here: www.instagram.com/p/DPD57jOD9p...

Just been soaking in the sulfur baths at Noboribetsu onsen and I'm feeling a lot like a very hot steamed chawanmushi.

We have seen this sign regularly since we arrived in Hokkaido!

This slides into my head every couple of days and makes me laugh every time

Seconding the "must read" here. Fills in a lot of gaps in the knowledge we've tended to accumulate piecewise with regards to ASD.

A few from Wednesday – more pics and full captions at www.instagram.com/kaveyf/

Today's been a day of eating, drinking (what's new?!) but also shopping! Whisky from Yoichi Distillery (which we visited), LeTao's double fromage cheesecake in Otaru, Sapporo miso ramen followed by a kushiage izakaya, and some tax free drug store buys (nail clippers, pain relief patches, sun cream).

Bit behind here but yesterday was nice

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Beer hall drinks and dinner

I panic-ordered a 5 sake tasting set. Thankfully Pete is helping me finish it, having already drunk his 5 beer tasting set and then a large of the beer he liked best. The snores are going to be loud from our room this evening! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just had a 70 minute knot-busting massage in the hotel spa and it was fucking awesome. We are in Asahikawa currently, heading to Sapporo tomorrow!

Incredible tempura last night in Asahikawa

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Got ¥1000 to spend in the hotel shop because we said we didn't need them to do the room after the first night (they leave fresh towels anyway). Was enough to buy 4 bags of sweets including these Hokkaido honey butter candies!😁😁😁

I feel seen.

Just a reminder that if you want to follow me in #Japan (and see the full breadth of the content), I'm posting it all to Instagram (with captions). You can find it all on my profile www.instagram.com/kaveyf/ I'm also using the tag #kaveyeatsjapan25 but that shows everything all out of order!

I ate too much and now my belly hurts.

I'm so tired. Being a lady of leisure (for a few precious weeks) is so exhausting!

Also, has anyone lost a facehugger alien?

Video on which we get the giggles www.instagram.com/reel/DO0KXXL... (Too long for bsky)

Just spent ages in the public baths. Amazing space, LOTS of different baths at different temperatures, some with jets, one outdoor made with rocks and looking over the lake, and even reclining ones. They swap to the 8th floor one between men and women alternate days. Photos not mine (obviously).

Another fucking awesome breakfast buffet...

What a charmer

Both of those plus mischievous, rhythm, diarrhoea, amœba, acquiesce, buoyancy...

Hokkaido grows a lot of potatoes and there were many getting harvested as we drove through today. Does anyone want to see me impersonating a potato? (It's good) 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

I have not (yet) bought this fox(y) hat. I will (probably) resist (in the hope of even cooler hats later in the trip). I did buy a touristy metal bearclaw back scratcher because it was cute, cheap and I've actually been wanting a back scratcher for ages. 😁

We saw a bear! In the wild! WE SAW A WILD BEAR CUB! 😁😲😁😲 No photos but it trotted out to cross the road in front of us. "Oh is that a fox?" says Pete and as I'm forming the words "not a fox, maybe a badger" but haven't even finished saying them I see it's a lolloping bear cub. A WILD BEAR CUB!

Last night's dinner. Those raw prawns were so fucking good. And everything actually. The tempura was hot and fresh and godly. Pretty good for a hotel buffet!

Can anyone help me find a video clip of a cartoon goose singing one potato two potato three potato in a very Indian accent, the voice is male. I saw it originally on Instagram. I've looked and looked and cannot find it and I really want it. Thanks

Slept for over 10.5 hours! 😁😁😁😁😁

It's 7.21 pm and I'm ready for bed. Weirdly like the jet lag that didn't get me like usual has finally arrived. Or maybe just lack of good sleep catching up with me. Goodnight! 🥰 And please do follow #kaveyeatsjapan25 on insta! ❤️

Normalise labelling anyone wearing them as MetaPervs. Maybe we all let Ray Ban know how staggeringly uncool it is.

Love it! Scorchio!

And if you would like an idea of just how juvenile I still am, yes I took this photo deliberately 🍆

A few from today, thread...

Pictures of Britain’s fucking king with his chest full of medals, all of which are variations on “mummy’s special little soldier” the fucking awful leeching gammon-hands waste of money. Just the sight of him makes me incandescent. Come on you cunt, drop dead in time for a Halloween bank holiday

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To prove that we aren't JUST eating

Have continued the theme of superlative meal after superlative meal with today's lunch of miso ramen in Teshikaga. Here's a quick pic but I'm sorting the rest and menu info for insta in a bit.

We saw cranes! Photos are crap/ high magnification but we saw them! Not guaranteed at this time of year and the best bloody place (feeding centre) is not open to visitors on Wednesdays! May swing back past it in a few days.

Breakfast heaven! Dormy Inn Premium Kushiro. I've taken pics of an the labels so when I get this onto Instagram (with loads more pics? it'll list out what everything is! Only one thing I had to discreetly the spit out and no it wasn't the natto!😁

When your hotel offers complimentary ice lollies of an afternoon / evening it would be rude not to use the force

Eating so many things that I would normally be dreaming about for days (yesterday's gyoza, seasoned chicken liver and stuffed boned chicken wing... Sunday's ramen in Sugamo) but each meal brings at least another few delights and my brain is in happy overload!!!

Airport breakfast, flight, casual lunch in the only place in Kushiro fisherman's wharf that was still open for a 2.45 pm lunch!

It's weird how different engagement is on different platforms isn't it? On here the post of my kokeshi doll has 283 likes and a bunch of replies (though in trying to ignore the ones implying it's a dildo or butt plug). On insta the same post has 8 likes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Loved our hotel in Nishi-Nippori. Huge room, amazing balcony (with we would have used it if weren't so hot out) and a large comfortable bed. But it's between several (very close by) railway lines and the noise from the trains is LOUD. We were fine but it wouldn't work for light sleepers! #Tokyo

Tennant: ant with its own TARDIS

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