mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote in message news:<c0083q$r3e$1@news.Stanford.EDU>...
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm currently in Hakodate freezing my gonads off, and about to head
> > across to Sapporo for the snowfest thingee to err, continue the
> > freezing. I'll be staying in Susukino for 4 nights and am thinking
> > about dropping in to
>  
> > http://www.ezo-beer.com/
>  
> > for at least 1 of them. Has anyone been there? Does it suck? If it
> > does, any recommended alternatives?
> 
> Haven't been to that place, but almost anyplace in Sapporo this time
> of year will be pretty drinking: that seems to be all these guys
> do in the winter. One really nice thing about Sapporo (other than
> Sapporans being friendly drunks) is that all the buildings, izakaya,
> etc., are built for WARMTH. Indoors in a Sapporo winter is much warmer
> than in Tokyo. 

So (to some extent) is Hakodate. Problem is that at least some of the
time I have to get outdoors, and most universities and Japanese
language schools can't afford premises that are located in places I
can get to through lovely warm underground shopping malls etc. The
rest of the time I'll spending drinking though. My Hakodate hotel is
nice - heated swimming pool below, not-too-shabby cocktail lounge on
the top floor with a cool (as in nice) setting and views.