Our reporter James Pritty, who lives in Sapporo, recommends interesting places to visit along the way from New Chitose Airport via Sapporo to Otaru. He witnesses wild salmon spawning, visits a facility where you can experience winter sports year round, and savors the fresh seafood of Hokkaido. And a viewer sent us a video and photos from his trip to Izu in Shizuoka Pref. He talks about Pacific saury, a fall delicacy, and the free guide who showed him around Ito at the tip of the Izu Peninsula.