Managed to sleep until 7:00 am this morning,  which was nice after so many busier days.   Got ready and headed down to breakfast.   This buffet was a lot less chaotic than the one in Hakodate.  Had a sashimi donburi, a piece of fried chicken (quite popular in Hokkaido), a fried fish bite, a hashbrown shaped like a character and a custard with some blueberry sauce.

Afterwards,  decided to make use of the car and explore a few areas that would be hard to get to without on.   Went to Rokugo Forest and Goro’s Stone House,  which is apparently where a popular Japanese show was filmed.   Walked up a small hill through the forest to get to the house.   Was nice to be in the shade as it’s warm today, around 32C.

Then drove to the Furano Cheese Factory where they make cheese and ice cream and gelato.   Had two pieces of pizza for lunch that had onions,  tomatoes and mushrooms on it as well as a zero percent beer as I’m driving and they apparently have a zero tolerance drinking and driving law here.

After lunch,  decided to get a small cup of asparagus gelato and soft serve.   Definitely tasted like asparagus but it actually went well with the soft serve,  which had a slight cream cheese taste.   They also had pumpkin and corn flavors as well as blueberry.

Walked around a bit and then headed back to the hotel to do some wash.

The hotel has free washers and dryers for $1.  There’s even a women’s only set of washers and dryers if you’re concerned about some pervert stealing your underwear!  You can monitor the washer and dryers from the TV in your room

After finishing some wash,  decided to hit the onsens in the hotel on the top floor.   They have the women’s and men’s areas and three private bathes for people that don’t want to be in the public area or for families/couples that want to bath together.  I checked out one of the private baths first as it looked quite nice but then decided to go to the women’s one as wanted to check out the sauna as well.   Glad I did as,  on addition to the large indoor bath,  there was a patio with a rock mineral bath as well as a couple of pot bathes.  Was nice to be in the air and looking at the mountains/hills around.   Afterwards,  they have free ice cream bars.

Relaxed in the room and enjoyed a Sapporo Classic, which is apparently only sold in Hokkaido.

Checked out the hotel rooftop deck to see the sun starting to set.

Then headed out for dinner to a yakiniku (grilled meat) place near the hotel.   Ordered the sirloin waygu and some lamb as well as the Hokkaido corn and butter.   Was very tasty!  Enjoyed another Sapporo Classic.

Back to the hotel to relax and pack up as checking out tomorrow to head to the mountains.