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... were a quite underwhelmed. Once again, probably due to a lack of our own intoxication. Oh well, we had fun anyway singing the "irish drinking song" game from "Whose Line Is It Anyway."
The night ended back at the hotel, and we just decided to take it easy. I think we're all getting pretty tired of living out of backpacks and sleeping on trains. Speaking of trains, we have an early one tomorrow so goodnight all!

... We found it funny at first, but it quickly became awkward and then rude and then just plain obnoxious. We wandered further down the park.
And stumbled upon the coolest playground equipment in the history of the human race. First we found a super slick black marble slide, and next we found a huge hill of concrete made for running up and sliding down. Several small children found us quite ...

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 ...

... feeling like this ritual is like a beautiful art with a full of everyone's wishes, hopes and appreciation. This is how they have done it for a long time. I, as an outsider, just come in and see this ritual, and I scream "this is cruel!". I think that's not right. I mean, Ainu people have appreciated the existence of bears because bears bring them food, fur to protect from cold weather, and medicine. To appreciate what they can have for their living, they celebrate ...

... ski. Enfin, Otaru est connu pour son aquarium renomme que nous avons visite ! On a pu y voir pleins d'animaux et de poissons exotiques pour nous; gros crabes (vivants et non sur des etales), pieuvre, poissons divers et surtout des gros animaux tels que des lions des mers, otaries, phoques et un gros morse, jouant avec les humains (ou plutot l'inverse).

... on par with something like Butchart Gardens in Victoria (after all, the gardens are also used for research) but was certainly an oasis of green and calm in a sea of buildings. There were numerous types of gardens from tropical plants in the greenhouse, to a rose garden, to the Canadian Rock Garden, to displays with various shrubs and trees. We saw an incredible variety of plants and insect life. The gardens are a ...

... and Thespa Kusatsu. It felt very American, possible due to the announcer who spoke only in English with a strong American accent. The game was very much a family affair and there was no yobish behaviour. The game finished 3 - 0 to Sapporo and was quite entertaining although it should have been more. All the fans waited after the game to applaud the players. We took the opportunity to get away quick and get the subway home. Another early start, and a trip to Tokyo beckoned.