Xiao Zun's impression of Xiao Zun

Otaru is such an octopus-like city. She is small and exquisite, but she also has everything. When I first arrived in Otaru, it was the end of 10, and the winter in Hokkaido was coming. In the off-season of tourism, the first snow hasn't come yet, and the cold and wet weather is brewing a bleak atmosphere. I found a bicycle rental shop by the pier and wandered around the canal. The trees on both sides of the canal lost all their leaves, leaving only bright orange fruits, which robbed the antique warehouses on both sides of the canal.

Otaru is a very European city. Its European style is very Japanese. Along the canal, I saw the cartoon Sushi Tong, which is said to be based on my wife's sushi. I also found Otaru's famous Yi Bei petty bourgeoisie (glass) workshop, as well as the Hamming Building, the Venice Art Museum and the classic cafe Haimao House, which were converted from warehouses. I drank a cup of coffee gently by the fire resistance, took out my notebook and unloaded my love, hate, sadness and joy since those days.

Otaru is full of museums and gourmet restaurants. On the first night, my friends and I chose a barbecue seafood restaurant called Canal Warehouse. We ordered a sea and land dinner for two people. We thought the price in Japan was very high, and everything was delivered. We were dumbfounded. In addition to delicious Hokkaido steaks, sausages and vegetables, there are dragon king crabs, nameless mussels, which are bigger than the palm of your hand, and more than ten kinds of fresh marine fish. We ate desperately, and finally, five or six fish looked at us helplessly. It's like dreaming that a person can get such a grand reception for less than 300 yuan RMB.

But sushi, if it is single, is expensive. Near the sushi hall, Hokkaido crabs are sold almost all year round. According to my experience, the bigger the better. The ugly hairy crabs have elastic meat and no fishy smell, which is much better than the dragon king crabs with long hands and feet and red and clear shells. In the inner area of Otaru, some shops also have ready-to-eat service. You can sit directly at the seafood discount store and eat hairy crabs. The kind Obasan will cut the crab open with scissors, so that you can eat crab meat conveniently and give you tea and coffee. That's my favorite way to eat crabs.

A salmon roe rice with transparent red pearls, hot and cold, served with fresh perilla leaves and dried kelp, is delicious in your mouth, just like a melody in your mouth. In this way, I stayed in Otaru for three nights, delicious food and beautiful scenery, and I couldn't think of any reason to leave.

The second time I went to Otaru, it was in the snowstorm in early October of 65438. It's only about 500 meters from Xiaozun Station to Xiaozun Canal, so it's difficult to walk. The snowdrift on both sides is one foot high and it is easy to slip. The Xiaozun Canal was also blocked by snow, but the scenery was the most beautiful. The gloomy sky, the misty lights and the white snowdrift are just like the scenes of filming, in which travelers stumble.

All museums, cafes, restaurants and sushi restaurants are closed, because it happened on the first day of the New Year, and the lonely Spring Festival was spent in hunger and cold. A year later, silence began.

In summer, I went to Otaru again, and tourists were everywhere, but the scenery and mood were not as beautiful as when everything was empty.

It takes a little imagination to miss summer in winter, to dream of snow in summer, to miss the off-season in peak season, to recall prosperity in loneliness, to yearn for the city in desolate desert and to yearn for the countryside in the city. This is the real life.