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Just started this blog to try and remember all that we've done so far. It is day 10 here in Japan and the weather has been very hot and humid. It has been so hot that Skyler said that he wished the outside would have airconditioning! We've spent almost everyday going to ...

... is supposed to take one's rubbish home with them, not look for a public bin. Right then. We'll hold onto the serviette. The next discovery in Otaru is not directly related to food, but did occur after a couple of bottles of yummy catnip water (we LOVE it!) There weren't a great deal of public loos in Otaru and we couldn't find the Golden Arches, so we had to make do at a 'canal terminal'. Yep, there it was...the squat dunny. Nope, still can't do it. I'll hold thanks.

... of them playing, I hope it works and you can hear the traditional style music  .  There is also a beautiful mountain that is located in area and there are amazing views of it from the park  .  Finally there were strange ducks swimming in all the moats that surround the castle grounds so I took pics of them, I've never seen a duck as pretty as they were so if someone can figure out what they ...

... few gaijin, and English speakers were not common. Check out Hirosaki Castle for cherry blossoms if at all possible... even in pouring rain and cold, it was gorgeous, rivaling what we saw in Kyoto... but it's NORTH (nearly same latitude as Minneapolis). AND surrounded by or IN mountains... Plan for life, because damn, it comes at you fast and cold... but it's a small price to pay for the spectacular beauty.

... if this is a Japanese translation issue, but wet, cold and miserable as we were, this sent Chuck and I into peals of laughter. This made it very difficult to remain some level of composure as we toured his house, with reverent Japanese looking at their beloved writer, and all we could think about was "well, these stairs are steep enough, he could have tried pusing himself down these, that would have done the trick..." We are sick minded people, and need ...

We carried on our travel in Tohoku (North Honshu) by stopping in a nice and small valley called Tono. This is a place famous for all its legends about small malicious water spirits (Kappas) and other mystical stories. We stood there enough to enjoy the valley by bicyle. We then headed further north to Morioka where the cherry blossoming had just started ...

... vapeur rajoute un petit air mystique... un repas gastronomique tres fin avec divers poissons (cru et cuit) fruits de mer et autre racine de lotus, le tout arrose de sake chaud, paracheve notre sejour dans ce petit paradis des sens ! (pas donne cependant... ;-) note : une subtile odeur de souffre nous a suivi durant toute la journee du lendemain...

... that. We saw the hotel from the train window so we knew we would not have to go far. First impressions of Aomori was that it was fairly small, quite typical Japanese city. Not too much going on but nice enough. We happened to meet an English guy, Rob who is building an English pub in the town centre, it seemed a small kind of town to try it and start one, but maybe the Japanese will go for the full English breakfasts that will be on offer. We certainly would have ...

... Tokyo, but only Daiei had a driver's license and drove all the way. It is one of the biggest festivals of Japan. The floats and rhythmic dancers called "haneto" were impressive. However, we were so stupid that we had not reserved a hotel. As a result, we slept outside without a tent and blankets, although it was still cold in the summer of Aomori.

On the next morning, we visited Mt. Osore ...