So I got to Otaru and went straight for the canal, walking from one end to the other. Then I had to get some food as that would be my breakfast and opted for sushi and I was told it was amazing here.
Then I went to an ice cream that seems to be hidden a bit if you don't look for it but I had heard it was super good and had these special flavours 😂 I ended up taking 3 scoops: squid ink, purple sweet potato and japanese sake....all equally awesome haha the shop owner (?) was very nice and I spoke to her a little bit and asked to take a picture, she was a good sport about it.
After the ice cream I walked down to Sakamichi dori which is basically a street filled with shop, food, restos, glass artisans and lots of ice cream shop and dessert shops. Then, I headed to the sake brewery place in Otaro called Tanaka Shuzo Kikko Gura. Really nice place, had even some special water they use to make sake. As I got there inside, the tour had sort of finished I think so they had arrived at the tasting area so I sneaked in to have like 6-7 shots of sake..mmmmm... tried 5 different ones and they had liquors with fruits I didn't mind those. There were two girls from Malaysia also tasting the sake and we striked a small convo but haha they were really liking the sake I would say XD they were part of a tour bus so they had to hurry up a bit.
As I finished with the sake, it was time to head out to Yoichi for a famous Nikka Whisky distillery. I got there around 3:30pm so the tours had finished for the day and could do my own free tour lol so I visited as much as I could and finally arrived at the tasting room. I was allowed to 3 glasses so 1 of each bottle they were putting out to try. One was an apple brandy flavoured one, which was sweet but after adding an ice cube, it tasted better; they recommended 2 but I saw it too late XD then the next one was a non aged whiskey but that was strong tasting, too much difference with what I had. Finally, the last one was a super blend and was a bit better. Then I went to try out two other whiskies which I had to pay 300yen each but it was worth it.
After my visit to the Japanese whisky master, I went back to the appartment but I was starving to went in to this pub, yakitori i believe, but they served even ramen XD so i ordered a beer, ramen, a bowl of fried rice with octopus and some fish flakes and mochi desert. I was full....oufff.. what a day!
