Japan : one day trip to 川越

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About one month ago I decided to go on a one day trip. I was just back from 北海道 and not feeling like stopping to travel quite yet. As I didn't have much time however I needed to find a place close to 東京 and 川越　seemed to be the perfect place. I took multiple train to get there. You can probably go there much more directly if you go to Ikebukuro or Shinjuku first but that wouldn't be as funny would it?
It was a very nice day but it was also very cold. I first went to visit the temple then walked toward the 江戸 period quarter. When I arrived there there was a shop offering a lot of free food sample, no need to say it was a bit crowded. Then I walked in the 江戸 quarter to Candy street where I ate some sort of waffle in fish shape, very delicious. Before coming back, I walked to see the rest of some castle but there was not much to be seen there.
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北海道の雪祭り （Snow festivals in Hokkaido) : Coming back

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I flew back to 東京 the next day. I could see the snow all over 北海道 from the plane. When I left 東京 few days before I felt cold there but when I came back from the snow world, the temperature seemed to have raised a lot. It's very funny how you can get used to much worse very easily.
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北海道の雪祭り （Snow festivals in Hokkaido) : 小樽の夜

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After my break I went back to the snow festival, it was snowing a lot there. I first started in the snow tunnel, the snow flower and the owl forest, then went to the other side of the street. The snow was illuminated by cancels hiding everywhere. There was bigger sculpture where you could take pictures. Then I went to the canal. The side was illuminated by candles and more candles were floating on the river. You could buy one and make a wish. It was so cold that my fingers were trembling when taking the pictures.
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北海道の雪祭り （Snow festivals in Hokkaido) : 小樽の午後

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I then took the train to 小樽, I wanted to see the illumination by the canal but it only started at 5pm so I still had 4 hours left before. I walked around a bit and almost got frozen to death in a small snow storm before deciding to find a nice warm place in a café to get some nice warm food and drink before going to the event.
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北海道の雪祭り （Snow festivals in Hokkaido) : random walk in 札幌

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The next day I had time before going to 小樽, knowing that the show there was only starting at 5pm and that I was already way to early there. So in the morning, I went back to the 雪祭り and then randomly wondered around in 札幌 and got delicious see food.
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