Spring in Kushiro city.

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Hokkaido Explorer 1064 Views japan, japanese food, Kushiro, Sashimi

Spring is a great time to visit Kushiro city. My wife and I just came back to Sapporo after having

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Visit beautiful Kushiro!

January 6, 2018January 12, 2018 Hokkaido Explorer 804 Views Food, hokkaido, Kushiro, restaurant, snow, 釧路

Hi Explorers! While here in Hokkaido try to visit the beautiful coastal city of Kushiro! While there we ate some

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Visit beautiful Kushiro!

December 7, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1763 Views festival, hokkaido, japanese food, Kushiro, Travel, winter, 釧路

Kushiro is fantastic at this time of year! You can eat some fantastic foods like sushi, BBQ and “Spa-katsu” which

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Fresh seafood from all over Hokkaido.

September 16, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1650 Views events, festival, hokkaido, japanese food, Kushiro, restaurant, Sapporo, 釧路

もんきち商店 · Monkichi Shouten. Another great find today at the Sapporo Autumn Fest. I got to bump into my good

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Drift ice in Spring.

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 995 Views hokkaido, Kushiro, spring, Travel, winter, 釧路

While all over Japan people are announcing the start of the Cherry Blossom season, the coast of Kushiro is littered

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Japanese BBQ “Robata-Yaki”

April 4, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1020 Views hokkaido, Kushiro, restaurant, Robatayaki, Yakiniku, 炉端焼き, 釧路

While in Kushiro city we visited “Robata-Yaki Renga”. “Robata-yaki” is where you BBQ meat, seafood and other foods over a

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Robata Yaki in Kushiro City ・釧路市の炉端焼き

March 29, 2017March 30, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1848 Views Food, hokkaido, japanese food, Kushiro, robata, Robatayaki

We visited the birthplace of Robata-yaki, Kushiro City located in Eastern Hokkaido. *Literally “fireside-cooking”, often shortened to just Robata (ろばた in hiragana),

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Trouble finding souvenirs in Kushiro! 忘れられたお土産。

January 20, 2017January 31, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1521 Views hokkaido, Kushiro, souvenirs, 釧路

Mission in Kushiro airport Mission Kushiro a success! But after searching in vain to buy some “omiyage” souvenirs, we decided

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Hasubakori ice ・　蓮の葉氷

January 20, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1478 Views hokkaido, ice, japanese food, Kushiro, 蓮の葉氷, 釧路

Special feature of winter in Kushiro 「蓮葉氷」”Hasu(Lotus) bakori(Leaf Ice)” in Japanese. In Kushiro where the lowest temperature can reach around

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Mission at Tancho airport Kushiro (movie)

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 Hokkaido Explorer 1505 Views hokkaido, Kushiro, Omiyage

Mission Kushiro a success! But after searching in vain to buy some “omiyage” souvenirs, we decided to head back home