IKyoto ineetempile, iOkinawa ineelwandle, iIshikawa ineemasamura, iHakone ineNtaba iFuji, kunye neTokyo inayo yonke into. Kodwa yiHokkaido, esona siqithi sisemantla eJapan, apho uya kufumana ukuzola, ukunyuka kweendawo zokuhlala kungenakuthelekiswa nanto naphi na kolu hlanga luhle. Ukuthelekelela ubume bendawo, cinga iSweden okanye iNorway: isixa esikhulu somhlaba ochumileyo, amahlathi amandulo, imozulu ebandayo, ukujonga ulwandle, bambalwa abantu. IHokkaido ikwaliziko lezolimo laseJapan kunye nezolimo zasemanzini, kwaye ukutya kwayo kumnandi kwaye kutsha.

Ngokutshintshiselana nge-dollar-to-yen ngcono kunangaphambili, ngoku lixesha elihle lokundwendwela. Iinqwelomoya kwi-ANA, ukuba zithengiwe ngaphandle kweJapan, zimalunga ne- $ 99 yokuya nokubuya eTokyo. Kwaye ixesha ngalinye kwiHokkaido liyathandeka njengelilandelayo. Ihlobo lipholile kwaye lihle. Ukwindla kunemibala evuthayo. Ubusika buyeyona mpuphu intle yokutyibilika eAsia. Kwaye intwasahlobo? Ixesha leentyatyambo zeCherry.

Ukuba uya: gcinani engqondweni ukuba nangona uthutho lukawonkewonke lukhona, alubanzi njengakwilizwe lonke laseJapan. Ukubheja okungcono kukuqasha imoto kwaye ukulungele ukuqhuba kwicala lasekhohlo lendlela. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba iindlela azixinene neHokkaido, abaqhubi banembeko, kwaye umda wesantya kuhola wendlela ngokubanzi awudluli kwi-50 MPH. (Inqaku: fumana irente ngeGPS ethetha isiNgesi!)

Ngaba ufuna ukuqiniseka ngakumbi? Nazi ezinye izizathu ezilishumi zokutyelela iHokkaido:

Ukunyuka intaba

Ezintandathu iipaki zesizwe esiqithini, uza kufumana ukutya njengoko uhamba umendo omde, ongenaziphene. INtaba iYotei, efana neNtaba iFuji (kwaye yaziwa njenge-Ezo-Fuji, emva kwegama lomthonyama igama leHokkaido, iEzo), inikezela ngeendlela ezininzi ukuya phezulu. Ukuba uneeyure ezilishumi, yenze. Xa uthabathe uhambo olunamabhongo ambalwa, ungakonwabela ukuhamba umgama omde kumhlaba othe tyaba namahlathi amakhulu emithi yezihlahla zebirch — ixolo lawo elimhlophe lahluke mpela kwingca ende yoqalo.

Kufuphi nedolophu elikomkhulu laseSapporo kukho iPaki yeSizwe yaseShikotsu-Toya, enika indawo yokuhlala ukusuka kwi-luxe ukuya kwinkampu. Apha uya kufumana iLake Toya, iNtaba iYotei, kunye neNoboribetsu, eyokugqibela apho likhaya laseHell Valley, umwonyo ongenanto nesalfure ozele ziindawo ezisebenza ngentaba-mlilo, igiza, nemilambo kunye namachibi aphantse abila. Abakhenkethi abaninzi abanamava banokuhamba baye kwinxalenye esempuma yeHokkaido ukutyelela indawo ekude nenomtsalane iShiretoko kunye neDaisetsuzen National Parks. Yizisa iibinoculars: amahlathi aseHokkaido alikhaya kwiintlobo ezininzi zeentaka. Iibhere ezimdaka kunye neempungutye zigcwele kuloo ndawo-iibhere zinokuba ndlongondlongo, kwaye abantu abanyukelayo bayacetyiswa ukuba babeke ecaleni.

Iifama zeziqhamo

IHokkaido ilikhaya leyona mfuyo intle yaseJapan, iifama zobisi, iziqhamo, kunye nemifuno yemifuno, kunye nabavelisi beewayini zayo ezintle kunye neentshizi. Iindwendwe zinokuma kwifama ukuze zikhethe iziqhamo okanye zikhethe kwinto eboniswe kwiindawo ezimiswe kakuhle zasefama, njengamacherry amnandi athengiswa kwiifama ezincinci zosapho eNiki — indawo ethe tyaba kumathafa asentshona Hokkaido — ngenyanga kaJulayi. Isiqhamo esibomvu esimnyama sicwangciswe kwimiqolo, amaxabiso ayahluka ngokuxhomekeka kwinqanaba lokugqibelela. Awuyi kunambitha i-cherry engcono: ulusu oluqinileyo, i-tart ngolwimi, kunye nokugqiba okumnandi, okumnandi.

Intlanzi kunye nokutya kwaselwandle

Ngamanzi abandayo, acocekileyo oLwandle lwaseJapan kunye noLwandlekazi lwePasifiki ejikeleza ngeenxa zonke kuyo, iHokkaido isikelelwe ngezinye zeentlanzi kunye nokutya kwaselwandle emhlabeni. I-urchin yolwandle yaseHokkaido, unonkala, iskwidi, isalmon, kunye neescallops zinikezelwa kwiindawo zokutyela ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwizixeko ezisemazantsi, kodwa ukuzitya zintsha kwesi siqithi ngamava ongasoze ulibale. Isalmon roe ( ikura ) lukhethekileyo kwiHokkaido, kwaye uya kuyifumana iphakwa koonodoli ngaphezulu kweenkozo zerayisi, kunye nengca yolwandle eyomileyo yokufumana yonke into. Abathandi be-crab (kani), nayo inyango yendawo, banokufuna ukuqaphela umthendeleko we-crab onoboya obubanjwa apha rhoqo ngoJuni.

IWindows

Ngobusika bayo obude, obunoburhalarhume, obuneekhephu, lo mmandla uyi-ramen epicenter yaseJapan. Ngokungafaniyo emazantsi, apho i-ramen yimali yokuhamba kwabafundi, eHokkaido isuphu ye-noodle ihlonitshwa njengesiqholo esimnandi kwiinyanga zeqondo lokushisa elibandayo kunye nobumnyama emva kwemini. Kukutya komphefumlo kweHokkaido. Isiqithi sikwangumthombo weJapan yekombu (i-kelp eyomileyo), isithako esibalulekileyo ekwenzeni umhluzi we-ramen, ke ubunzulu bencasa efumaneka kulwakhiwo lwengingqi lwesitya buhlukile. Yonke ilali, idolophu, kunye nedolophu eHokkaido zinamalungu amaninzi. Hlala kwikhawuntara, u-odole ibhiya ebandayo, kwaye ukhethe phakathi kwetyuwa, iziqholo, isoyi, okanye i-miso broths ene-tempura shrimp, imifuno, okanye inyama yehagu ebilisiweyo. Malunga ne- $ 8, uyakushiya ugcwalisiwe.

Iwhiskey

I-whiskeys zaseJapan ziphumelela ukhuphiswano lwamazwe aphesheya, kwaye ngesizathu esihle: zigudile, zicokisiwe, kwaye zinencasa enzulu. Ii-distilleries zelizwe bezikho ikhulu leminyaka; Namhlanje, ii-whiskeys ze-malt ezizodwa azifumaneki kwiivenkile zentengiso, kodwa zihlala zisenziwa isampulu kwimivalo nakwiivenkile zokutyela. Ukuba ungathanda ukuzisa ibhotile ye-hooch ekhaya kunye nawe, jonga okuxutyiweyo, okanye okutsha, ii-whiskeys, eziphikisana noogxa bazo abafunwa ngakumbi. Indawo yokuhlambela izixhobo yeNikka, ebekwe eYoichi, yindawo enqabileyo yokugcina iimpahla, iimyuziyam, indawo yokutyela, kunye nevenkile yesikhumbuzo apho unokuthatha khona iibhotile ezincinci zemalts enye kunye nee-whiskeys zonyaka. Kufanelekile ukutyelelwa.

EKombu

I-Kombu, okanye i-kelp, yinto ebalulekileyo kuyo dashi , umhluzi waseJapan osetyenziselwa ukwenza iisuphu zazo zonke iintlobo, kwaye eyona intle ivela kunxweme lweHokkaido. Ukuvunwa ngesandla kwaye komiswe iiveki, iinyanga, okanye iminyaka, i-kombu inokuba neencasa ezinzulu, ezahlukileyo, nezintsonkothileyo kangangokuba ezinye iivenkile zine-kombu sommelier ekhetha uhlobo oluza kulusebenzisa kwaye yeyiphi injongo. (Njenge wayini, indawo ibalulekile xa isiza kwi-kelp: imimandla eyahlukeneyo yaseHokkaido apho kuvunwa khona ikombu iyafana nemimandla yokukhulisa iwayini kunye nemveliso eFrance.) Ndwendwela imyuziyam yaseHokkaido Konbukan eTugeshita, idolophu encinci Intshona yeHokkaido, ukulungiselela ikampu yokuqala.

Otaru

Kunxweme olusemantla entshona yeHokkaido, iOtaru idume ngomsele wayo omde ogcwele izakhiwo zamatye ezintle ezazifudula zinabarhwebi kodwa ngoku zineevenkile zokutyela, iivenkile zokutyela kunye neevenkile. Iyonke idolophu inenkangeleko engaqhelekanga kuyo: ngakumbi isiRashiya kunaseJapan, inemizi-mveliso emininzi kune-bucolic, kodwa ayinakulibaleka ngokunzulu. Qhuba empuma uphume eOtaru ecaleni kwendlela engaselunxwemeni ukuze ujonge indawo entle yamawa ajikeleza amanzi oLwandle lwaseJapan.

Ukuskiya

Ngekhephu lonyaka elinamashumi amane anesihlanu leenyawo (ufunda oko kunjalo!) Kunye nomoya obandayo ophuma eSiberia ogcina umgubo womile ngokumangalisayo, ukuskiya eHokkaido kuyamangalisa. Iintaba zonxweme zibonelela ngamathambeka amaninzi, imigodi emikhulu, kunye neendlela ezingaxinananga kakhulu. Ukuqaqambisa usuku kumathambeka, yonwabela isitya se-ramen kunye nokuntywila ixesha elide kwenye yeendawo zokutyela ezivulekileyo.

Ryokans

Iindawo zokuhlala zaseJapan ezihlala zibonisa indawo yokuhlambela, ii-ryokans zinokuza ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Abanye bahlala kwizakhiwo ezinkulu ezinemigangatho ephezulu enamakhulu amagumbi, i-buffet eninokutya kuyo, kunye neentsapho ezininzi ezinengxolo nezonwabisayo zibaleka zinxibe iimpahla zemveli ( yukata ) phakathi kokuqhekeza ukutya kunye nokuhlamba ingqiniba ukuya engqinibeni. (Uhlobo lwenguqulo yaseJapan yeClub Med, kodwa ineoodles.)

Kulabo bakhetha amava asezantsi, kukho olunye uhlobo lwe-ryokan: ii-inns ezincinci nezithule kakhulu ezinikezela ukutya okusulungekileyo (ihlala ikhosi ezininzi kaiseki izidlo) kwaye unikezele ngento encinci yokwenza ngaphandle kokuthatha ixesha elide, iibhafu ezishushu, ukulala, kunye nokucamngca ngobomi. Yiloo nto omnye umnini ryokan odumileyo abiza ukubuyela kwinto engekhoyo, kwaye yinto enqabileyo kwaye ngokuthe ngqo yamaJapan. Ezintathu zezona zibalaseleyo kwiHokkaido yiZaborin, eyavulwa ngoJuni kwaye ibonelela ngokuthatha inkcubeko yanamhlanje; UTakinoya, i-ryokan yesikolo esidala esineembono ezintle kunye neebhafu ezimhlophe ezimhlophe ezingaphandle ezinuka isalfure; kunye neKuramure, ingcamango yoyilo oluphezulu.

Xa undwendwela i-ryokan, khumbula oku kulandelayo: IsiNgesi silinganiselwe kuninzi lweeRoyokans, amagumbi ahlala engamaJapan (ulala kwi-futons phantsi), iimenyu zi-omakase (ukhetho lompheki), isidlo sasemini asihanjiswanga, kwaye ii-tatoo zinako ibe zizizathu zokuthintelwa kwiibhafu.

Sapporo

Ngokungafaniyo neKyoto yendabuko okanye iTokyo exakeke kakhulu, idolophu elikomkhulu laseHokkaido, iSapporo, ineziva ezibuyayo. Jonga umtsi omangalisayo we-ski ukusuka kwi-Olimpiki yase-1972 yasebusika, kunye nesakhiwo esikhulu seShinto eMaruyama. Iipaki ezisezidolophini zithandeka, kwaye iivenkile zokutyela zedolophu zezinga lokuqala kwaye ezahlukeneyo. Yonwabela i-burger kunye nefry eBrooklyn Parlour, i-ramen kulo naliphi na inani leendawo, okanye ezinye zeyona yakitori intle eJapan (kunye nokukhethwa okuhle kwewayini yaseFrance) eShiro. Iihotele ezininzi zinamaxabiso amahle; enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo yiSapporo Grand Hotel, indawo yokuqala yesixeko yohlobo lwasentshona.

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