Hokkaido 23 Feb 2018 (Day 1)

My first time to Japan this year, second time to Hokkaido in my life.

A busy day without birds, first taking HX 696 to go to Sapporo then ANK 4875 to Kushiro. When we arrived Kushiro airport, it was already 5pm. Some crows were seen but too dark to be identified.

a decent flight from HK to Sapporo

Crested Ibis was once extinct in Japan and now reintroduced, still a target on my Japan list but not in Hokkaido

the breakfast

ANK 4875 is the much smaller 737-800

a size comparison

Hokkaido in winter

and Red-crowned Crane everywhere even the first day is about to end

Three things you cannot miss in Japan - birds, seafood, ice cream