Last stop in Japan – a beautiful city of Sapporo with its breweries and then an arranged visit to meet a legendary rod builder Yasuyuki of Kabuto Rods. I’ve been following an amazing craftsmanship of Kabuto rods for as long as I can remember myself and able to go and meet Yasuyuki
Couldn’t have asked for a better place to stay than Streamcollect fishing lodge. Sato, being a chef himself, certainly knows how to cook up a feast. Some nights we would pop in to a local grocery store and get some local meats and cook izakaya
For the second part of the trip I took a flight from Tokyo to Sapporo and after a 6 hour drive all the way up to the northern Hokkaido I met up with Sato from Streamcollect. After having some local soba noodles for lunch, we then decided to check out a few rivers in the area and see if
Back in November I did a thing and scooted over to Japan for a sightseeing and exploration type of holiday but also managed to fit a few days of fishing as well. First stop was Tokyo where the plan was to explore some cool cafes, restaurants and of course an incredible outdoor shops filled with Japanese
