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Since I decided to visit Hokkaido on this trip, Furano & Biei has been on the top list of my itinerary. From the first time I looked at the pictures of Farm Tomita and Shikisai No Oka, I was sold. So here goes my day trip to Furano & Biei. I researched here and there, and I found out that it was quite a hassle to visit most spot on both cities by public transportation, the best option should be taxi or car rental which will cost quite a lot. When I looked up for places to stay around Furano, there wasn’t many options either. But since I already made up my mind to visit those places, I tried to look for another option. And this was the best option I could find (you might want to note this): Hokkaido Chuo Sightseeing Bus! Hokkaido Chuo Bus  run by reservation to various famous sightseeing spots. They have various courses which might be different for each season. And the good news was, they had the course which included the spots I’ve been wanting to visit. You could rese...

As unmistakably Swiss as Toblerone, the colossal, glistening Matterhorn loomed over the village of Zermatt at sunrise on our very last morning in town, emerging at last after two days of vanishing into dense clouds. Here I was standing at Zermatt’s unofficial but well-known viewing platform (GPS Coordinate: N 46°1’32.0664″ E 7°45’21.8556″,  see map ), beside a family of three arriving the night prior and blessed with the good fortune of waking up to one of nature’s grand spectacles. As they blissfully discussed plans of riding the Gornergratbahn to the plateau for an even better view, I had to restrain myself from tempering their enthusiasm. We made that same plan ourselves on the day we arrived, and did not see the Matterhorn for the next 44 hours. Apart from that glorious morning, THIS was our view of the Matterhorn for our entire stay in case you’re wondering about my cynicism, or at least pragmatism. And this was in the month of September when the climate is statistically sunn...