What an amazing and unforgetable experience I've had here! Especially with me, one who's so dedicated to chocolate that bursted out crying right at the moment the tour guide just said "Why does chocolate make people so happy?" 😂 I purchased a Premium Factory Ticket and was provided with a ticket with time that I should show up for the tour, a guide book and an infamous Shiroi Koibito cookie indeed (which I noticed that had the two mascot cats Pirumi and Purumu on the pack instead of ice crystal like of normal packs). I've wandered around the pretty fairytale-like garden for a while before the ticket timed, and it was like the most magical garden in the world. Such a snow wonderland, and the mountain from afar did make me feel like seeing the symbolic Rishiri mountain of Shiroi Koibito for real. Really nice decorations, both out and inside. Then I went in for shopping a little and ended up buying some candies at Candy Labo for my colleagues, the candies were so well-made that you'd hesitate to eat! After that was the Factory Tour, in which I was guided by a story-teller to go around the "castle" finding out chocolate's history, made interesting by the character Ishimitty. Not only watching explanation videos but also observe the real Shiroi Koibito cookies-making chain from above a factory! The tour fulfilled my expectations and after that comes lunch! I grabbed mine at Entrepot, the restaurant was all crowded with people wanting to taste its famous curry dishes. I've ordered Hokkaidō Ezo venison leg steak curry - a special limited dish for this season only, and that tasted like heaven! Also not to miss the best part of this park - chocolate, I had snowman hot chocolate drink with marshmallow at the ice-cream house and white chocolate-flavoured popcorn at Brighton. The chocolate drink was really hot it melt my poor snowman bar even before I was able to take a picture so if you want a snap, better do it fast! The popcorn was unbelievably delicious, who would jave thought popcorn would go THAT well with white chocolate? Wish I'd bought more 😭 And there's also free photo-taking by the staff at the garden, don't miss the chance! Just a little walking from the train station and you'll reach this heaven on earth ~