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Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

July 19, 2020 by David Herd

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya at the Royal Cruise hotel, which is named because it looks like an actual cruise ship. Malibrew is a rather spectacular bar & an interesting concept, with some good points & some bad which we will discuss below.

Main entrance is on Soi 2.

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

About 60 meters from Beach Road.

Happy hour is between 5 & 6 pm.

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya You can get 2 for one Singha for only B120 or $3.80 USD. The bar has only been open for a few days & strangely enough has no craft beer on sale yet.

Price list

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya Red wine is B290 per glass which is way too expensive in my opinion.

Open plan kitchen

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya The food is very reasonably priced.

Cold appetizers

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya good selection here.

Main course

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

Menu is a computer tablet, my preference is a normal style menu, but I guess I’m a bit of a dinosaur. 🙂

More main course choices

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya I had the spaghetti & meatballs.

Spaghetti & meatballs

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya Enjoyable without being exceptional.

Beer taps are not connected yet.

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya I can’t help wondering why they opened before the craft beer was available.

Another dining area

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

Lots of places to sit at Malibrew Craft Beer A-One Pattaya.

Here is the entertainment area

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

I have already admitted to being a dinosaur so please view my comments accordingly. I was 2/3 through my meal at 7.30 & the music started. A guitarist & a drummer decided to pound out around 100 decibels. It was so loud I didn’t finish my meal, I just paid my bill & left.

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A-One hotel on Beach Road
Seven deadly Songkran days

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Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

July 8, 2020 by David Herd

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya is located in the arcade off 2nd road opposite Mike shopping mall. In the same arcade you will find Patrick’s & the Beefeater.

A table or a booth sir?

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Plenty of space between the tables. 🙂

Walking Street

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

This is dated 1960, however it should show 1980, the reason is I actually took the photo on my first visit to Pattaya.

The original photo

Longhorn Steakhouse

That’s my friend Rob Symonds walking towards the camera. We have visited Manila & Hong Kong on the way to Thailand. Follow THIS LINK for more 1980 photos.

July promotion was exceptional value.

Longhorn Steakhouse PattayaB595 or $19 USD.

Lobster Bisque to begin

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

It tasted as good as it looks. 🙂

Australian Ribeye

Steakhouse Pattaya

At Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya this Australian Ribeye was extremely tender & tasty.

Guess who was celebrating his birthday?

Longhorn Steakhouse PattayaGuilty as charged. 🙂

 

Creme Brulee is a favourite of mine.

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

It was a toss up between this & the Tiramisu. Creme Brulee is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a texturally contrasting layer of hardened caramelized sugar. It is normally served slightly chilled; the heat from the caramelizing process tends to warm the top of the custard, while leaving the center cool. The custard base is traditionally flavored with vanilla in French cuisine or with cinnamon and lemon in Catalan cuisine, but can have other flavorings. It is sometimes garnished with fruit.

Toast Skagen, one of my all time favorites.

Longhorn Steakhouse

The Beefeater also offers Skagen. Toast Skagen is an appetizer and Swedish food. Consisting of two slices of toast, mayonnaise and many prawns. Sometimes crabs are used instead of shrimp. The name of the dish originated from Skagen in Denmark, but the dish is not very well-known and most popular in Sweden, which was created by the restaurant and chef from Stockholm Tore Wretman. He introduced the Toast Skagen … Wikipedia

Australian Shiraz

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya Tonight I chose to take my own wine as it was a special occasion, the corkage fee is B300, or $9 USD.

Tiramisu

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya Very rich, I prefer the Creme Brulee.

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Thanks for visiting my Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya photo blog, I highly recommend this excellent restaurant. Don’t forget In the same arcade you will find two other very good restaurants Patrick’s & the Beefeater.

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Everybody loves Thailand

June 30, 2020 by David Herd

Everybody loves Thailand

Remarkable Temple Chiang Mai Thailand

Everybody loves Thailand, the food, the people, the temples, the beach resorts, the tropical islands, it’s all here for you to enjoy. Lets not forget Bangkok, as they say in the song, one night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster. 🙂

We are going to start in the north at Chiang Mai & then head south all the way to Phuket, Krabi & Koh Samui. For each location I will give you links to my fabulous photo blogs. 🙂

A beautiful Chiang Mai Temple.

Good restaurants in Chaing Mai.

River Kwai Bridge Kanchanaburi

Everybody loves Thailand

River Kwai Bridge Kanchanaburi was of special interest to me due to my late uncle Allan Herd, who spent 2 years as a POW on the Burma Railway. In fact I urge you to read his amazing story, you can find it by following this link which will take you to “One Soldiers Incredible Story”.

River Kwai photo blog.

Ayutthaya Historical Park Thailand

Ayutthaya Historical Park Thailand Just an hour north of Bangkok, there are lots of low price day tours you can take.

Ayutthaya Historical Park

Bangkok is known as “The Big Mango.”

Asoke Nana along Sukhumvit Road Bangkok

What a fabulous city, home to over 10 million people. There are so many things to see you need to spend at least a week here. Here is a LINK for a very nice hotel in a great location, for a good discount just use THIS LINK.

However if you want a low cost hotel where all the action is please use THIS LINK. Rooms start at $25 USD per night.

Sirocco Sky Bar State Tower Bangkok

Bangkok Grand Palace 

Bangkok’s number 1 attraction Reclining Buddha Wat Pho.

Soi Cowboy Bangkok playground

Pattaya 2 hours south of Bangkok

Pattaya Asian Travel VacationBeach side city with hundreds of good restaurants & clubs.

Beach Road Pattaya

Pattaya attractions

World famous Walking Street

Sanctuary of Truth.

Here is a LINK to get an excellent room rate at a very good hotel.

Koh Chang

White Sands Beach Koh Chang

Close to the Cambodian border this is the 2nd largest island in Thailand. A perfect place to enjoy crystal clear water & sandy beaches. Or just relax in the pool with an ice cold beer. 🙂

The Kacha hotel above is on the beach and close to lots of restaurants, use THIS LINK for a great room rate.

White sands beach Koh Chang.

Fabulous Koh Chang.

Phuket

Phuket memory flashback

Phuket, a mountainous island in the Andaman Sea, with some of Thailand’s most popular beaches, mainly situated along the clear waters of the western shore. Patong is the main resort town, it has many nightclubs, bars and discos.

Use THIS LINK for great hotel discounts & pay later.

Let your hair down in Phuket.

Krabi in southern Thailand.

Krabi beach resort Southern Thailand Krabi, on southern Thailand’s west coast, has many craggy, sheer limestone cliffs, dense mangrove forests, and more than a hundred offshore islands. Some of its most popular beach destinations include the Phi Phi Islands.

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Beautiful Koh Samui

Chaweng Beach Koh Samui Island

One of my favourite places in Thailand, lots of daily flights from Bangkok.

Restaurants on the north coast.

Taxi ride around Koh Samui

20 years of Koh Samui memories.

For a good discount on you hotel room just use THIS LINK.

Farewell folks

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Aussie guys visit Cuba

June 22, 2020 by David Herd

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Aussie guys visit Cuba as part of their Central American adventure, then the Covid-19 virus started spreading around the world. Sadly this caused them to cancel the rest of their trip & fly back to Australia.

La Plaza bar & restaurant

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Michael Thornton, my brother Warren Herd, Doug Beattie & Chris Lockwood aka Dr Evil.

Tour Guide

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Narrow streets in Havana

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One of many forced marches across town with full kit because the streets were too narrow for vans & buses to get to our accomodation.

The boys are bored silly.

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Waiting a couple of hours in a busy bus station did not excite us.

Vinales valley

Aussie guys visit Cuba

With the pincushion mountains in the background. The thatched roof building is a tobacco leaf drying shed.

A Cuban tractor.

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Having a cigar break?

Hey Chris check out the horses arse.

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Fuck off Dougie, your getting stranger than that other idiot you brought with you.

One of our tour guides

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Making friends with little porkey.

Cuban Schoolgirls

Aussie guys visit Cuba Walking along the sea wall that was built by Americans.

Beautiful old American cars

Aussie guys visit Cuba American cars were imported into Cuba for about 50 years, beginning near the early 20th century. After the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. embargo was erected and Castro banned the importation of American cars and mechanical parts. That’s why Cuba is the way it is today—essentially a living museum for classic cars.

Rickshaw & classic cars

Aussie guys visit Cuba Choose your transport in Havana, taxis, classic cars or rickshaws.

Maybe this is more your style

Aussie guys visit Cuba

It’s probably a Uber. 🙂

Our best meal in Havana

Aussie guys visit Cuba Lamb with Cuban sauce with rice & vegetables.

Desperately looking for a signal

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Panic is setting in, everyone is frantically trying to get a signal.

Is Warren taking the knee

Aussie guys visit Cuba False alarm, he is also looking for a signal. 🙂

A giant cock

Aussie guys visit Cuba Please give it a rest Kevin, it’s a bit early for your cock jokes.

The tour group

Aussie guys visit Cuba March 2020 in Vinales Valley Cuba.

Looking west from our hotel balcony

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Lamparilla St, in English it means night light or small lamp.

Our last night in Cuba

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Aussie guys visit Cuba

Hallelujah! Free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.

Thanks for visiting the Aussie guys visit Cuba photo blog. Here is David Herd’s trip to Cuba in 2001.

Havana Cuba great city

Here is my favourite artist, Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname “La Guarachera de Cuba”. Wikipedia

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Bangkok-restaurant-shopping

June 10, 2020
by David Herd
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Bangkok restaurants shopping 2020

Bangkok between Nana & Asoke   Bangkok restaurants shopping during the Covid-19 lock-down was still an enjoyable weekend, I really needed to get away from my home in Pattaya for a welcome change of scenery. This photo was taken from … Continue reading

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

March 21, 2020 by David Herd

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya is ranked by TripAdvisor number 40 of 1340 restaurants in Pattaya. Every Sunday they have a Mexican “all you can eat” buffet. Another excellent feature here is they offer 3 sizes of the steak of your choice.

My friend Larry Krausz

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya Larry loved his food & really enjoyed visiting the Beefeater, sadly he suffered a major stroke & passed away in 2017.

Toast Skagen

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya Here is the dish I always have at the Beefeater, the owner/chey is Scandinavian so I guess that’s why Skagen is on the menu.

Toast Skagen – Shrimps in dill mayonnaise served on toast

Ham & salad baguette

Beefeater Steak House PattayaThe Beefeater Steak House Pattaya offers so much more than just steak, the baguette is excellent as is the Lobster bisque.

Talking about the Lobster Bisque

Beefeater Steak House PattayaVery rich as you can imagine. 

Prices seem to be creeping up

Beefeater Steak House PattayaIt’s now 2021 in the middle of the Covid crisis & most venues seem to be lowering prices or offering specials, however not here I’m afraid.

For anyone with a sweet tooth. 🙂

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya A classic banana split to finish off an excellent meal.

Apple Pie

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya Homemade apple crumble pie with custard and vanilla ice cream, absolutely delicious.

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya A well stocked bar for you to choose from.

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya Located in an arcade on the corner of 2nd Road & Soi Diana. Opposite another well known Pattaya Steak house, Patricks Belgium Restaurant.

Location

Beefeater Steak House PattayaIf you are coming from Beach Road just walk through Mike shopping mall and cross over 2nd road, the arcade will be right in front of you.

Hours:
Mon – Fri 17:00-24:00
Sat – Sun Lunch 12:00-16:00, 17:00 -24:00
(Kitchen always closed at 23:00) call for reservations (between the hours of 16:00-23:00) at 038-720-926

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Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

March 14, 2020 by David Herd

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya located in Terminal 21 North Pattaya. There are nearly 100 food outlets in this fabulous shopping mall & Xoho is one of my favourites. The high quality food is reasonably priced.

Prawn dumpling soup

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaThis dish is a must have, I order it every time I visit this nice restaurant. I’m usually here at lunch time & it’s normally very quiet. Cost of the soup is B130 or $4.00 USD.

Modern pleasant decor

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaThere is both indoor & outdoor seating here.

Dumplings to die for…

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaI find it hard to explore the rest of the menu & find myself continually ordering the same favourite dishes.

My brother Warren also likes the Prawn Dumpling Soup.

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaAlways repeating the same dishes must run in the family. Over coming weeks I’ll endeavor to widen my selection. 🙂

BBQ Pork Buns

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaCertainly as good as I have eaten anywhere in Pattaya, B59 or $1.80 USD.

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya Dim Sum Combo

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaA small sample for B79, or $2.40 USD.

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

Xoho Chinese Cafe PattayaLocated on the 2nd floor right next door to Arnos Steak & Burgers.

There is quite a number of excellent restaurants on the 2nd floor, IO Italian Osteria is another one of my favourites.

XOHO Chinese Cafe, the Hong Kong style Chinese restaurant opened at the beginning of 2020. The shop is on the 7th floor of the MBK Center. In-store menus, in addition to Dim Sum, There are also menus grilled ducks, red pork, crispy pork, porridge, noodles and various fried rice.

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Pattaya storm water solution

March 11, 2020 by David Herd

Pattaya storm water solution

Pattaya storm water solutionPattaya storm water solution involves digging up part of Beach road and laying a 2 meter pipe underground to stop the storm water flooding the road & footpath.

Huge drain pipe

Pattaya storm water solution Lets hope this strategy works, the current system has never been able to handle the huge volume of water from storms in the wet season. It is not just the water that falls on Beach Rd, most of the Soi’s in North Pattaya run down hill from 2nd Road bringing a huge volume of water that runs over the footpath and destroys huge sections of the beach.

Here’s what happens to the beach

Pattaya storm water solution This has been the case for many years. For more storm damage just follow THIS LINK.

Here is a video of the flooding

Beach Rd Pattaya flooded, more water than Songkran.

That’s a lot of water right there.

They are sparing no expense on equipment

Pattaya storm water solution It’s a very noisy disruptive project, let’s hope it works.

No problem on the footpath

Pattaya storm water solution All the disruption is on the actual road, traffic of course move very slowing with on one or two lanes to use.

Near Soi one

Pattaya storm water solution I must give them credit, they are making good progress.

Pattaya storm water solution

Pattaya storm water solution Trucks and excavators all along Beach Road.

This footpath is going to need some work. 🙂

Pattaya storm water solution It’s now March 2023 & I think we are in for another 6 months of pain before this project is completed. Having said that I really believe the workers are doing a great job & as fast as possible.

Opposite Markland Soi 1 March 15

Pattaya storm water solution Progress is being made.

Pristine equipment

Pattaya storm water solution This fabulous gizmo is probably only 30 years old. 🙂

Finally the steamroller arrives

Pattaya storm water solution This one will leave you rather flat. Steam, what steam? I don’t see any steam. 🙂

May 21 2020

Pattaya storm water solution

I’m guessing it will take another 6 months to level up & re-fit all the pavers.

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Coronavirus impacts Pattaya

March 10, 2020 by David Herd

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya which has resulted in a 44% drop in tourists in February 2020. Many Thai people find themselves without work so they have left Pattaya to return to their villages in the country. As you can see the beach is deserted at 8am on March 3rd 2020, only a few short months ago it was teeming with Chinese tourists.

This is how it was…

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya Seven days a week thousands of Chinese tourists would storm the beach to clamber aboard the boats to para-sail & visit Koh Larn island.

Typical over powered tourist boat

Coronavirus impacts PattayaOnly about 25% of the boats remain on Pattaya Beach, the rest are in moth balls. 🙂

Patrick is feeling lonely

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya Well known restaurateur Patrick Van Den Berghe finds himself alone on the beach, time for him to go back to his steakhouse & order some French oysters & lamb shanks. 🙂

Pattaya Beach never looked so good

Coronavirus impacts PattayaOf course my opinion is purely a selfish one, however there really is nothing to like about thousands of Chinese tourists inhabiting the beach. 🙂

“There is high chance that the country will be in a technical recession — contraction of the economy for two consecutive quarters,” said Anusorn Tamajai, director of Economic and Business Research Centre at Rangsit University.

The masked man cometh

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya I actually tried a mask, I hated it & lasted 1 hour, in fact it was because of pollution not the virus. 

Pattaya pollution

Coronavirus impacts PattayaThis was January 10 2020.

This was a typical Pattaya morning

Coronavirus impacts PattayaHundreds of buses would clog up beach road from 8 am seven days a week.

Waiting to pick up the tourists around mid day.

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya It’s fantastic now without these monsters taking over Beach Road.

Nothing like a peaceful Pattaya morning

Coronavirus impacts PattayaWell folks enjoy it while you can because at some stage in the future the dreaded Chinese tourists will return. 🙂

A beautiful Pattaya morning

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya March 8 2020 & a perfect day. See for yourself on my webcam, just follow THIS LINK. 

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya

Coronavirus impacts PattayaThis man & his dog are loving the peaceful atmosphere.

Desperate times in Pattaya

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya People queue in jomtien for a free meal outside Yupins. Twice a day. The queue goes past The Venue, past The Spring Onion, down the road, round the corner and today reached Dicks Cafe. 75% of working age people have lost their jobs in Pattaya. No savings, & no chance of getting any money over the next few months. Can’t pay their rent & 3000 are homeless. They can’t sleep on the beach without getting arrested. Can’t sleep in the parks (closed) and can’t sleep on the street (strict curfew after 10pm). Desperate, desperate times here for these poor people.

Here are the numbers as of March 10 2020

Coronavirus impacts PattayaThailand doesn’t feature in the high risk area.

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Lets put it in perspective

Coronavirus impacts PattayaOne hell of a difference don’t you agree?

Thailand on march 11 2020 cancelled visa on arrival for 18 countries.

On Wednesday March 11th Donald Trump announced the United States would ban all travel from Europe for 30 days.

Thai Airways suspending all Italy flights to and from Italy following the Italian government’s decision to lock down the country to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Thailand update September 11 2020

Coronavirus impacts PattayaThe figures are excellent, they may resume flights etc before Xmas.

Businesses close in Pattaya

Coronavirus impacts PattayaBurger King on 2nd Rd has closed it’s doors as well as 2 other branches, beach Rd & Central Fesival.

Coffee shop at the Bay

Coronavirus impacts PattayaAnother one bites the dust.

Closures in North Pattaya

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It will take years to recover.

Covid booster jab

Coronavirus impacts Pattaya

It only took 35 minutes to get the booster at Royal Garden Plaza in Pattaya on January 6 2022.

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Niseko Ski Resort Japan

February 13, 2020 by David Herd

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

Niseko Ski Resort Japan is the most famous and popular of the all of the Japanese ski resorts, offering a variety of accommodation, fantastic restaurants and modern facilities to complement the epic mountain.

Mt. Niseko-Annupuri

Niseko Ski Resort Japan Not a bad view. 🙂

Coronaviris

Niseko Ski Resort Japan As you can see my friend Hamish Elton is in contact with the Coronavirus. Hamish took all the photos for this blog, but it seems he spent more time in the wonderful restaurants than on the slopes. 🙂

See what I mean
Niseko Ski Resort Japan

Hokkaido is like a crab-lovers fairy-tale with its coastal waters containing some of the biggest and  most delicious crab in the world. Famous hairy crab, snow crab and king crab are abundant, and each morning in the markets of Hakodate and Otaru, buyers and sellers trade the best crab available. Many of these crabs are purchased by Niseko restaurant owners, and within just a few hours, could be on your plate!

Hokkaido is famous for seafood

Niseko Ski Resort Japan Make sure you take your platinum credit card. 🙂

Komagatake Single Malt

Niseko Ski Resort Japan This will help keep you warm in the snow.

Single Malt Komagatake Limited Edition 2018 is a blend of "nicely aged" whiskies that have spent at least 3 years in either a Bourbon cask or an American White Oak cask. Unlike the Double Cellars and Yakushima Aging releases, the Limited Edition 2018 is aged entirely in Shinshu.

Ezo Seafood Oyster Bar

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

Salmon roe is another Hokkaido favourite that you simply must try in Niseko. Often marinated or soaked in soy sauce to add a rich, savoury element to the flavour, the 'popping' sensation when eating Ikura is a fun experience when dining with friends. You will commonly find ikura served with uni in a rice bowl or salad.

Little girl, big crab

Niseko Ski Resort Japan She had to struggle to get it out of the tank. 🙂

Team Hamish

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

On the final night the mob decided to have Indian food instead of seafood, I can't imagine why? 🙂

Magic mountain

Niseko Ski Resort Japan
Mt. Niseko-Annupuri really dominates the landscape.

The team from Healthcert

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

They provide medical and Patient Education: In collaboration with universities and other teaching institutions, Min focus is to teach GPs how to diagnose and treat various medical conditions.

Steak Rosso Rosso restaurant

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

These Hokkaido scallops look good enough to eat. 🙂

The main course

Niseko Ski Resort Japan

TripAdvisor rating is # 19 of 252 Restaurants in Kutchan-cho.

Niseko Prince Hotel Hirafutei

Niseko Ski Resort Japan Very close to the snow with an Onsen on the bbalcony. A short ski to the main lift. Hamish stayed here & was very pleased with cleanliness& location. Get an excellent room discount through THIS LINK.

Niseko Ski Resort Japan
Niseko Ski Resort Japan

Thanks for visiting my Niseko Ski Resort Japan photo blog.

 For an excellent room rate sround $80 USD at the Niseko Grand Hotel just use THIS LINK.

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