Exploring a city that refuses to die ❄️ OTARU

With temperatures well below freezing, I walked the streets of Otaru, Japan in winter. Once Hokkaido's center of business and wealth, Otaru today is in the shadow of nearby booming Sapporo. But Otaru has its own identity, with its famous historic canal and warehouse area, the remnants of Hokkaido's oldest train line running through town, and some very hardy citizens. In this video I first wander the streets of Otaru at night, finding fresh sushi for dinner and looking for those ancient train tracks somewhere under the huge, dark piles of snow. Then the next day I see the Otaru Canal area: incredible snowy scenes in the sunshine, lots of tourists negotiating the icy walkways, and row upon row of the biggest icicles I've ever seen. Fun walk around a very cold and beautiful city.

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