Ramen Shingen (らーめん 信玄) for our last dinner in Hokkaido

For dinner, we visited another famous ramen restaurant in Hokkaido - 

Ramen Shingen (らーめん 信玄) .

There was quite a long queue when we arrived of about 15 ppl outside and there's also another line of about 10 ppl inside.

Overall, the ramen is not too bad. The soup is tonkotsu based and is delicious. While the noodle is the thin, I was hoping that they would be the straight kind that I like but these were the wavy ones.

After that we had a short walked around the area and came across a temple nearby. By this time, the dark clouds were finally clearing and the sun was out!

The next morning, we took an early flight back to Tokyo. We managed to grab lunch with SW too who was flying off that night back to KL.

We grabbed lunch near Tokyo station at a teishoku restaurant.

Food here is not bad and decently priced.

Wefie~

Otaru & Shiroikoibito Park

Second last day in Hokkaido~

We went to Otaru Canal.

Once again, it's was another rainy day with dark, grey clouds in the sky.

We had mostly rainy days on this trip and it was too cold for spring.

They have some cute buildings with small shops opposite the canal.

As it was raining, it was hard to explore the area.

The rain actually got heavier and heavier as time passed.

I managed to grab some hot and fresh fish cakes in one of the shops. No picture of the fish cakes.

Aunt had to buy some gifts and we stopped by this interesting soy sauce bottle shop. Apparently, none of their soy sauce spill.

This part of the town looks nice.

Found a shop with an interesting shop name. And there I am, happy with my LeTao goodies~!!! They're were all super delicious. I wish I had bought more.

After that, we sorta "bumped" into J's Uncle and Aunt.

They happened to be on a tour in Hokkaido and it so happened that their tour organised a trip to Otaru on the same day that we planned to visit.

After Otaru, we drove to the Shiroikoibito Park which was still super popular despite the bad weather and the fact that the factory was closed for renovations. We didn't know that it was closed till we arrived. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been there.

While it is hard to find a carpark, there are many guards around who will guide you and there are even umbrellas that you can use for free. There, we visited the cafe for some more ice cream, quiche and chocolate tart.

Honestly, the place was super packed with locals and tourists alike. While it is easy to get Shiroikoibito goodies at any gift shop in Hokkaido, there are some limited edition items which you can only get from the store here at the factory.

The park of course comes with an actual park with rides for kids.

Then there's also the garden area, which should be nice on a fine day.

I guess I will be back here the next time to visit the factory and for the limited edition items, which were delicious and make for great gifts.

Hotel Wing International Chitose (ホテルウィングインターナショナル 千歳)

For our last 2 night in Hokkaido, we stayed at Hotel Wing International Chitose (ホテルウィングインターナショナル 千歳).

Website: https://www.hotelwing.co.jp/chitose/

Here's how the room looks like.

It has pink wallpaper, with a pink head board and red carpet.

The room has a standard unit bathroom that's of a nice size.

They also provide free shuttle services to Chitose airport starting at 6.30am. My aunt and cousin used the service but unfortunately, it stated too late. My flight is at 7 am, so we just walkted to the nearby station and caught a bus from there to the airport.

Hakodate Asaichi (函館朝市) & Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (金森赤レンガ倉庫)

Early in the morning, we went to the Hakodate Asaichi (函館朝市) or morning market.

We wanted to have some good donburi. We spotted this stall that had a long queue and decided to try it.

Unfortunately because of the bad weather, they didn't have uni for the don that we initially wanted to order, so the replaced it with salmon.

This was supposed to be the uni, crab, ikura and hotate don. Well unfortunately for me, this was serve on piping hot rice and I don't like when my sashimi don uses piping hot rice as it warms the sashimi too and cooks it slightly. Didn't enjoy the breakfast at all~

After that we walked to another restaurant section which seemed to have more promising cooked seafood. Will come to this area instead next time.

After that, we dropped by the Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (金森赤レンガ倉庫).

There are many souvenirs shop inside. 

Everything's a little cramped and there's a lot going on.

Had to take this pic with Lucky Pierrot when I saw it. Didn't get to try it on this trip as there were just too many other food that I wanted to try.

This side here has less people compared to the morning market. Not sure if it's because of the rain or if because it's quite a distance from the market.

After that, we started our journey back towards Chitose.

Along the way, we stopped by the same rest stop again for some ice cream before we continued our journey.

For dinner that night, we stopped by RAMAI (アジアンバー ラマイ千歳店) for some soup curry.

Website: http://www.ramai.co.jp/menu.html

This place seemed pretty populat as there was a 30 min queue there even though we arrived at 5.30pm.

The shop has an interesting interior design that seems to be heavily influenced by Bali.

Even on the menu, the level of spiciness has Malay words.

I ordered the vegetable soup curry which was delicious.

You can request for additional toppings, like fried fish.

This soup curry is really good and it's such a hearty meal.

They also serve desserts here and we ordered a chocolate lava cake to share.

After searching online, I found that they have a franchises in various areas throughout Japan. I will definitely visit them again.