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My friend took me to the Moerenuma Park (http://www.sapporo-park.or.jp/moere/en glish.php) where a famous Japanese-American architect/designer, Isamu Noguchi designed.
He's famous for those Akari series lights (you can see these at IKEA often).

I heard this place was just for garbage dumping... and the city of Sapporo decided to have a nice park here.

We had a nice lunch at "Yuuhi ...

... flown back to Tokyo, I began to explore the areas around Sapporo a bit more, starting with a day trip to the onsen town of Jozankei. This was quite a scenic area with plenty of snow covered mountains, and I got a great view of it all whilst relaxing in a steamy rotemburo. In fact, I had the whole bath to myself for the duration, so there were no old men's dangly bits to detract from the idyllic surroundings...always something of a bonus! There are many snow ...

We're in Sapporo now and it's absolutely amazing. However the hostel is charging ten yen per freaking minute to use the internet - which adds up to roughly $10 AUD an hour. So there won't be any further posts until we reach Tokyo again in another three days.

Missing you all,
Tom and Rachael

We're in Sapporo now and it's absolutely amazing. However the hostel is charging ten yen per freaking minute to use the internet - which adds up to roughly $10 AUD an hour. So there won't be any further posts until we reach Tokyo again in another three days.

Missing you all,
Tom and Rachael

... area. Oddly enough we chanced upon Matt and sat down to eat with him. I ended up eating some meat on a stick and a crepe. I had been waiting all day to eat one of the crepes I had been eying all day. I can't say my eagerness was warranted. After dinner, we spent a short time at the hotel and made plans with the girls for the night. Not having anything particularly pressing to do, the guys left the hotel in search of the local nightlife. We ended up ...

... kept thinking of the "punk" band, No Use For A Name. This music couldn't have been more different. They opened with a really sludgy, good riff, a la soundgarden, but from there it went downhill into generic alt-rock territory. So far, 0 for 3. Took a break for a while and then made the trek to the other side of the grounds to see detroit7. They are led by a female guitarist who plays lefty, like hendrix, and can really make her instrument scream. There were a lot of straight-ahead ...

... Park. In Sapporo, I paid a visit to not only the festival venue, but also Old Government Building, the Clock Tower and Sapporo Olympic Games venue. I also visited a glass-making factory in Otaru. I went there with my uncle and aunt and it was the first and last time to travel with them.