AKAN TO TOKACHIGAWA
From Akan Yukunosato Tsuruga Hotel, we moved on to Tokachigawa stopping at a number of interesting places.
From Akan Yukunosato Tsuruga Hotel, we moved on to Tokachigawa stopping at a number of interesting places.
The first stop is Michinoeki Ashoro road station, which produce five kinds of cheeses and use main and sub raw materials from the best of Ashoro. "Gouda" with light taste and "Camembert" with exquisite softness. Blue Camembert Cheese is a popular item and Boon Heng's favourite, but sold out. We also bought the camembert cheese curry for cooking back in Singapore.
Just when we were about to leave the road station, a truck loaded full with cows come our way. Oliver kept laughing when we told him that moo moo cow needed to go poo poo at the road station too.
The Wine Castle was the next destination. By the time we reached, Oliver and Heidi fell asleep. It was drizzling and we took turns to pop into the 'castle'. Not a wine, but a juice person, I bought a bottle of grape juice. Drank back in Singapore, very sweet and my kind of 'wine'.
Lunch stop is at Obihiro at Tokachigawa Butadon (Restaurant Ippin). Obihiro is the birthplace of the delicacy butadon (pork on rice). The pork is specially grilled and popular with the locals there.
Oliver was bored with the waiting and was pouring water from cup to cup.
Finally... the irresistable butadon! 
