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Volcano~
... the budget it had, and just something to see at night in such a rural place.
The next morning, we visited the bear farm. There are several bear farms nearby, and quite a few in Hokkaido. Recent news had a feeder killed by a bear. Definitely not this farm. But the bears were too lazy. They just sat there not moving waiting for tourists to throw right INTO their ...
They did their very best to welcome us.
... is deafening and the sight amazing. The patrons in some kind of religious trance sit in front of their slot machines pouring small steel ball bearings in one end and watch as they transit the machine until they exit at the bottom. ...
Poroto Kotan: The indigenous Japanese
... Then again, it’s meant to be for tourism, so I’m not sure if there’s a whole lot to celebrate, doing performance after performance for the sake of visitors. I wonder if there are any large scale Ainu celebrations these days…
After the exhibits, I visited the Ainu museum which has a lot of English translation and is quite informative about a lot of aspects of Ainu culture, including beliefs in life, death and afterlife. Like many ...
Go to a Hot Spring Resort When You're Tattooed??
... postcards...now I have to find my stamps. There was supposed to be dancing at 8:15 but I was starting to get lazy again. I had been up and down the road too many times and I didn't really want to do it in the dark because there were no sidewalks. I felt guilty that I had missed a special cultural event....demon festival especially. But I just luxuriated with my green tea, book and the sound of running water outside the window
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