Sapporo Oak Hotel

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Today we were unable to go to the lavender fields like we had planned, so we improvised. Sapporro being the beer capital of Japan, we headed to the beer museum. Fascinating though it was, we were still below Japan's drinking age and therefore felt a little left out of the festivities. The beer museum was adjacent to a crazy huge shopping mall and we needed some lunch, so we decided to head in. We grabbed some ...

... at a deli in the train station and headed the park we had heard was beautiful.
Sitting patiently and eating our doughnuts and such, we noticed we had several guests. About ten billion pigeons and four or five NASTY, ENORMOUS crows. After trying fervently to kick these pigeons, we noticed we had drawn a crowd of giggling school girls. They were none too subtle about staring at us and ...

... also how the Japanese did in Asia and Pacific during the war. We should keep remembering how cruel those were, but again, not to blame, but not to forget for our future.
There are still many wars and violence going on in the world. Japan and Japanese people really should take this role to send the message out to the world, "war is not the answer, violence wouldn't solve anything in a long run".

... 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 ...

... climbed to the top of the Sapporo Tower using the exterior stairs (we only did it because the line for the elevator was so long - it was so windy and freezing) 7. ate amazing Indian food at my favorite restaurant in the city - great nan and curry and the nicest Indian people 8. taught 2 friends how to ski for their very first time on a huge mountain covered in fresh powder 9. watched the Japanese National Ski Team practice on the huge ...

... a little more at the shopping. Being the follower that I sometimes am, I went along and ended up with a frothy milk tea in my hands. The walk to the river didn't last too long. My comrades could not find a way to cross the highway to get to the river and to be frank I just wanted to get back to the hotel. A small party went back to the hotel while the rest of the troop revisited the park. The lesson for the day can be easily summarized. If something sounds like it ...

... looked like fun. Their routes are really sandbagged though, much harder than the rating would imply if you've climbed in the states. My final morning there I went over to the botanical gardens to have a stroll and a look around. They have very limited hours and close at 4 during the week so I never had a chance to check it out...While I have been known on occasion to be less than enthusiastic about my various employments I still have a great love for all the green ...