I got up around 5:00am, and walked to Soen Station to go to Naebo and Shiroishi Station.
On my way to the station, I saw a volunteering staff of Tokyo Olympic Games. Today, Marathon will be held in this city to avoid hot weather in Tokyo.
The purpose of getting up early is to take pictures of JR trains.
JR Hokkaido 721 series(3000s, 4th ver and 5th ver) in Sapporo.Sta
JR Hokkaido 721 series(3000s, 5th ver) in Naebo.Sta
JR Hokkaido kiha143 series in Naebo.Sta
JR Hokkaido kiha40 series(350s) in Naebo.Sta
JR Hokkaido 721 series(3000s, 2nd ver to 4th ver) in Shiroishi.Sta
JR Hokkaido 721 series(4000s, 8th ver) in Shiroishi.Sta
JR Hokkaido 721 series(1st ver) in Shiroishi.Sta
JR Hokkaido 721 series(2nd ver) in Shiroishi.Sta
JR Hokkaido 733 series(basic) in Shiroishi.Sta
JR Hokkaido 733 series(3000s) in Shiroishi.Sta
JR Hokkaido kiha283 series in Shiroishi.Sta
As a result, I thought that I should have taken pictures only at Shiroishi Station, because it's easier to take better pictures, owing to no signal poles
Then, I went back to the hotel, and ate all-you-can -eat breakfast.
With my family, we walked to Nishi-11-chome Station, and boarded train for Shin-Sapporo, where Sun-Piazza Aquarium is located.
Near Nishi-11-chome Station, There is Sapporo City Museum (Former Sapporo Court of Appeal)
It's so traditional aquarium that no English guidance was written on the wall. My daughter was interested in Penguins, and enjoyed feeding fish.
Entrance of the aquarium
Worm-like fish in the aquarium
After eating lunch at nearby restaurant, we headed for Naebo Station.
It's my lunch, "Rice bowl with barbecued pork"
JR Hokkaido 731 series in Shin-Sapporo.Sta
JR Hokkaido 261 series(1000s, new color) in Shin-Sapporo.Sta
We walked to Sapporo Beer Museum through shopping mall "Ario". Unfortunately, the museum turned out to be closed, because prevention act of pandemic was announced in Hokkaido.
"Sapporo Beer" is written on the chimney
We boarded "Circular 88 Bus" to get to Odori Park and then walked to Nishi-2-chome Station.
Sapporo Streetcar 8520 series in Nishi 4-chome.Sta
We went to Summit of Mt.Moiwa by streetcar, ropeway, and cablecar. (There seems to be free bus service from tram station to ropeway station. We didn't realize it.) I Though it's mid-summer season, temperature around the summit was comfortable.
Ropeway Station
Car on the ropeway
Downtown of Sapporo seen from the car
We have to change cars from ropeway to cablecar at the intermediate station
Truck of the cablecar
Bell near the summit of the mountain. It seems to be prepared for couples
Downtown of Sapporo seen from the bell
Cablecar
During peak hours, cable cars are operated with 2 cars, only 1 car is usually used though.
We descended to Ropeway iriguchi Station
We went back to the hotel by tram. On our way to the hotel, we ate ramen at a restaurant. An elderly woman at the restaurant told us "Hokkaido has been suffering from surge of Covid-19 patients and is under Olympic Games. Avoid crowd to stay safe."
Ramen
