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... and headed out the backside of the mall to discover a jazz festival! Though the singer we heard was pretty good, the set in itself was a little bland and we lost interest.
Though we had hoped to go the zoo, we missed the last bus out there, so we headed back to the hotel in defeat. After a few hours recharching and napping, we decided to strike out and the beer festival we had heard so much about. We found it ...

... been to. Unlike our small hotel showers, however, this bath had a sauna. I've been to several saunas, especially when I was Sweden. I enjoy them usually, but this bad boy was in a league of its own. The thermometer on the inside ready 90 degrees. Celsius. That's a balmy 195+ degrees Fahrenheit.
After the death-defying, stroke-tempting brush with the sauna, we headed home and beaded down for the night.

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 ...

I came to Sapporo last year with my friends. On the last day, I went to visit the Ainu museum in Shiraoi by myself. Since then, I got in the PhD program, and I am focusing on the indigenous issues. Ainu culture is such beautiful. I got so much interest in their culture since then. This time, I came to Sapporo to meet up with more people. Haruzo from Kimitsu had me connect with Nanako. She's a graduate student at the Hokkaido University. We talked on the phone. She ...

... and then caught the train to Tokyo. A very sunny and hot day there and ...

... from the 19th century complete with tiffany galore and stain glass. In the first room of the tour there was a figure of Columbus with a talking face projected on it. Flanking Columbus were models of his ships and the Indians greeting them (joyful day for those Indians eh cough cough). Did I mention there was a big tile water fountain in this room? The next several rooms housed nice china adorned with images of chocolate and chocolate making pioneers. By the time we reached the rooms ...

... Yebisu Black, I had 3.5 pints and Dave drank lots of ginger beer. Together with all the lamb we ate, I'd say we got our money's worth. Looking at the waitresses (excuse me if I don't use gender non-specific language), Mike spotted one he wanted a photo with. She was the head waitress it seemed because she was dressed better and kept running all over the place. We watched her for a while, waiting for her to stop running so that we could ask for a photo. When the moment ...