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Day 3
... to capture on my camera. We drove through a
large agricultural region afterwards, which had many cute-looking
scarecrows (there are a shitload of crows in the places I've been so
far!). We took a quick pit stop just outside of Asahikawa and grabbed
a snack at a mini-market.
Shortly after our pit stop, we arrived in Asahikawa. We had a hard
time finding parking because we weren't really sure where we could
park until we passed ...
Lavender fields...
After a pleasant two hour train journey from Sapporo we arrived in Furano. There we checked into a nice Youth Hostel and went for a walk to enjoy the countryside. Where it's all about skiing in winter, during spring and summer the big draw card is expansive fields with perfectly aligned rows of lavender and various flowers. And even though we're not too much into flowers, this was really quite beautiful. Impressive was also the amount of tourists here. We haven't seen many ...
Shower me with flowers
... always pleasing. Rain kept bothering us along the way. We had to look for cover at the Fuda farm. My dad's sneaker lost its sole and I lent him my sandal.
Besides looking at the flowers, what could we do? The hills at Furano and Mei look okay, countryside, natural view, refreshing if you work and dwell in big cities.
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Bathing and Catty Wompass !!
... nightly Canada vs. Japan basketball game. We Canadians may have height but definitely should stick to being lumberjacks and mushing dogs! The behaviour of the children is one of the major differences that I noted at this camp when comparing to camps I have been to when I was growing up. In Japan the kids didn't even have to be monitored when going to bed and were everywhere on time. If I remember correctly, my counsellors had to move kids like ...