A couple of friends and I decided to go on vacation to Hawaii for the week. I think our trip was worth it. We went to a lot of places, had a lot of fun and learned a few things. We went to two islands, first the Big island, and then Oahu, both were nice but I'd say we had a lot more fun in Oahu.

 

There weren't a lot of accommodations but in both islands there was this one establishment which had an amusing name, "Home 2" the name fits because the place was a comfortable little apartment. The apartment is spacious, the couch can fold into a futon and the bed is queen sized, so there's plenty of space for you and your friends or your family to sleep on. Other than that you get a usable kitchen with everything you'll need while staying there, and as a bonus breakfast served for free. The establishment is definitely designed so that you can stay comfortably for around 3-4 weeks.

As for attractions, they were amusing. In Big island there was a regular disney park, not much to say about it other than it's disneyland. Then there was a beach filled with hundred year old turtles, it was odd to say the least, you can sit on them as long as you're not too heavy. The place was a little crowded since this is one of the hot spots for tourists, there weren't that many though so it's ok, however there weren't a lot of things to do there. Most of the people i saw on Big island were tourists since there was a big active volcano here, so the island wasn't too populated. The volcano itself was also an attraction, it was cool but there wasn't much to do there. 

On clear days you can see the other islands from Big island, they're not that far away but you do still need a boat to get there. One of those islands is Oahu which is another island we went to.

We only went to a couple places in Oahu but arguably they were more exciting, specifically the North beach, this was THE BEST place to surf, we didn't do anything dangerous but it was still a lot of fun, the place was crowded but i think most of them were natives since a lot of them surfed too. The other place we went to was Pearl harbor. My friends and I thought it was funny that this place was practically overrun with Japanese tourists. Learning about the history was intriguing but there wasn't much to do.

Regarding food, there aren't a lot of local establishments, it's mostly filled with regular corporate places like KFC or Subway so not much to say about those. There is however a local bakery i highly recommend, they have cakes, bread among other things and they are super duper delicious, again, i highly recommend it.

Overall I'd give my trip 3.5 stars. It was exciting and fun but for a lot of the attractions there wasn't much to do aside from looking at and hearing things about them. The lack of local food establishments was disappointing since a lot of the restaurants were just regular places you can see everywhere. Nothing to complain about for the accommodations, I recommend staying here if you want to go on vacation.

Overall, I feel at home visiting Grand Indonesia Mall!

We went to Hokkaido by a direct plane from Sendai Airport, Miyagi Prefecture to the new Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture. Then, we went to the Sapporo station by train, whereas it's the only way to reach out from the airport. In the Sapporo station, we saw a lot of different accommodations, such us the city buses, trains, subways, and the most interesting one were trams. Unfortunately, we had to take none of them and use our legs to walk as the hotel was at somewhere of the biggest park in Hokkaido, Odori Park, which all of accommodations could not reach.

We arrived at our hotel in the late mid night. It was a lot of walking. Fortunately, the hotel’s room was great. First, it has our personal bathroom, shower, and even a bathtub in the room. Secondly, the bedroom fits with two piece of bunk beds with a cute, tiny, and little light source in the corner of every beds. Then, beside one of the bunk bed, there’s a small and convenience full set of kitchen which lend us to cook anything when it’s needed. 

In Hokkaido, we had a lot of fun. The attraction on Sapporo City itself were already too much for us to spent out five days stay. For the first day, we’d gone to the Hokkaido University which open for tourism photo site in the winter season, as the snow building competition were held there. They have so many participants who built a very big and eye caching snow build. It was fantastic. Then, on the second day, we visited the Ohtaru City. It’s in some rural area in North Hokkaido which had a huge load of different type of markets. The most popular one is the music box shop. Many tourists I saw got in there to looks the boxes. Also, the most amazing is there’s a music box with sized the same as the room I entered, with around 4 meters cubic. The huge music box played every day in the afternoon, and luckily I was there when the show begun. 
 
 The third day, just one word to say, it’s raining. We hadn’t gone to anywhere, but at least we could have spent the day off the luxurious hotel room. Then, the bless came out for us. The last day for our Hokkaido trip was going to the Hokkaido University again to meet with a professor who is the teacher of my major I would take in the university. Me and the professor had had already made an appointment to meet in the day. I had so much talking to him. And I wish I could meet him again in the near future if I able to get in the Hokkaido University.

In the fifth day, the real last day for our stays in Hokkaido, we went to the most, and best, bakery in the Sapporo station according to many reviewers in the internet. Amazing enough, It was surely the BEST bakery in Sapporo. Even though there’s so many bakeries in Japan itself, I personally think that this specific bakery in Sapporo was one of the best in whole Japan. A must try at least once in life bakery. 

 

At the end, we went to our home in Sendai City with the same direct flight we took before. Thankfully, we landed safely and we were very tired back there.
 
 Overall, I would give my trip 10/10 scores. It was very fun and interesting trip. There’s so much happening in Hokkaido and everything was like, perfect and amazing. Though, there was a day off when it’s rained. But as a wise man said, we should take advantage and utilize everything the world gave to us. Actually, I’d be thankful to the rain so we had a warm family time in the hotel together. I really recommend anyone who wants to have a laid back trip in Hokkaido with the fancy hotel room in APA Hotel. It’s 100% approved stays and trip from me.