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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan odekake

... went to the US to study.

During the war, Isamu was set to a concentration camp.
After the war, he submitted his design for the Hiroshima Dome Museum, but his work was denied because he was "American".
One side he was accused to be Japanese, and the other side he was denied because he was American. I can only imagine how he was thinking of his own identity.

However, he ...

... government has begun to have cultural consideration in decision-making and projects. This whole dam incidents became a trigger for the movement. Now, there's a museum showing Ainu traditional lifestyle, culture and people. I watched the video of 'Kumaokuri (gods (bears) sent off)". It was like when I watched the bull fights in Spain. At the beginning, I felt disgusted killing an animals... but after learning why they do this, seeing how they do this, I ...

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

... The temperature that day was -1C, not so cold, and I did a stupid thing by placing my hand on the snow with hand gloves off to test how cold it was, within a second, I felt dumb and a horrible pain on my hand.


MOUNT MOIWA
(last day of the trip)
Mount Moiwa is one of several forested, small mountains surrounding the city of Sapporo. There is an observation ...

... fishing. Next, we walk into the bigh home we first saw upon arrival. It is a beautifully restored home that once served as a place for entertaining. Dr. Kawamori treated us to tickets to take a tour of this home. What a special place, there is tatami room after tatami room, some with altars in them, others with a tea service set up, some with cushions and little tables set for dinner. The floors of the hallways were a rich dark wood that has been polished to a shine. On several ...

... 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.