Hokkaido Part 3: The arrival

Moving on, what captured my attention the most was the view. The view of Hokkaido from above was superb, and I could not stop myself from recording and capturing the view until we landed! 

The view was mostly white because the land was covered with snow, but there were some drying trees still available. We could see mountains from up there (which I bet it was Mt. Fuji) because the mountain was quite far from where we flew at that time. In conclusion, I was completely stunned by the spectacular different views! (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

Our flight from Malaysia was at 11.30pm and we arrived New Chitose Airport at around 6.50am the next day. When we arrived, the weather was shocking -16°c! Luckily we brought our jacket inside our hand carry bag and wore our long johns from Malaysia, or else we would be freezing. 

After claiming our luggages, we went to JR Hokkaido counter to validate our JR Hokkaido Rail pass. One thing in Japan, you will be in a rush every single time because we have trains to catch! So right after we got our JR Hokkaido pass, we had to rush to the train platform to catch a train to go to our first stop, which was Rera Chitose Outlet. Since we arrived Chitose quite early, so we have plenty of time before we can check into our hotel in Asahikawa. 

                                                   

The mall is nice, with plenty of shops selling winter clothes. I got my winter boots there and that was the very first item that I bought in Japan hehehe! Well, as I have mentioned in my previous post, winter boots are very important because the roads during winter is slippery. If you wear your regular shoes, you are more likely to slip because there's no grip on the sole. You can still slip in boots though, but the chances are lower. 

After spending around one hour I think at Rera Mall, we went back to the station catch our next train to Asahikawa. I'll share my experiences in Asahikawa in my next post so stay tuned!