trying to put a tent up...failed! (how am i supposed to get inside the tent, i just don't know. but i had a good laugh!)
second try, woohoo! (after 4 hours of trying and figuring out!)
bye, bye oarai
the ferry to hokkaido. a whole lot cheaper! sunflower ferry
economy accomodation
the lobby
the restaurant
of course, the pachinko place!
and the vending machines!
and the onsen (great great great treat after a day of walking and catching local trains!)
hello tomakomai, hokkaido
glass blowing (?) in otaru
stacey and the shop's owner who'll put our photos up on her website
otaru
canal
canal again
canal again and tourists
hokkaido crabs are mostly imported from russia
glass stuff
stacey and her earrings
the domino's pizza staff who drove us to our youth hostel when we got lost
INO's place...the best and cheapest place to stay in sapporo
the kind ojiji who gave me a bottled of iced coffee for free (every 22nd of every month in furano is curry day! yey!)
this adorable kid!!!!
biei
oyako bara (mother and child rose)
the tree of ken and mary. (some people named ken and mary named the tree. the name was forgotten so biei folks just call it the tree of ken and mary)
I LOVE BIEI 岳の町 hills' town
sunflowers
spot the non conformist
this is the seven star tree. the tobacco company used this tree in one of their psoters
oyako tree from afar. the parent and child tree
cow chow
this goat is NOT going anywhere
mild seven trees! try to figure out why they name the trees as such
the viewing deck
apparently, they grow the tasties potatoes in japan so it is just natural that calbee potato chips has its factory here
suh (a korean girl i met at ino's YH) and i in biei
furano youth hostel...the best youth hostel i have ever been in. cozy rooms and free breakfast and dinner for only 3,660 yen all through out the year!
oooohhh lala!
expensive soaping!
fountain and sapporo tv tower
sapporo art forest
二人。。。寂しい(two people...lonely?)
sundial
i dont know what this one is
reflections on a pond
(you're not supposed to take pictures of me, give me that cam!)
a woman walking into the world (flashing)
the day i became a bird (i left my legs on the ground!)
you're my chair, i am yours
a yucatan woman (is fat and has only one breast?)
a woman's mind (is...?)
a moment of movement
a girl stretching out her legs (why does she have to be naked???)
a woman in summer (because of its terrible humidity and heat in japan goes half naked !)
a woman with a cock (haha, transexual...sorry!)
dancing in the wind
a couple in the sky
rivafilia in the picture!
the only solo pic of myself in the entire trip
intellectual suppression
wig
hokkaido temple
the walk was very peaceful but constantly interrupted by the cawing of the crows
hokkaido temple's gate （北海道神宮）
leaves change their colors in hokkaido quite early
prayers
sapporo tram
cable car going to mt.moiwa
sunset on mt. moiwa
sapporo at night and the moon
sapporo at dusk (it was FREEZING!)
sapporo tv tower
sapporo obon festival dance
young and old, traditionally dressed or not, ANYONE can join the dance !
bibaushi
nakafurano
tomita farm
lavender ice cream tasted like mint vanilla but only it's purple
shirogane falls
hiking alone was a little bit scary
and i was always shouting and clapping to...
scare hte bears off!!!!
to flash or
not to flash
furano youth hostel
asahiyama doubutsuen...MANY PEOPLE!!
ペンギン館
watcha lookin at?!
hey look, these strange people are here again
hey, hey wazzup wazzup!
just pretend they're not there
this penguin was sleeping while standing!!!!
you just wait till i get out of here!
caged! (i don't like zoos!)
caught red handed
you suck the life out of me!
i understand how this polar bear felt...
caged again
people...stop flashing! ( asign that tells people to not use their flash while taking phtos)
the vertical tank
jelly fish
i woke up for this???
yeah, pretty mean of them disturbing our sleep
can anyone please give me some ME-time
these cranes are endangered in japan
stop staring or i'll kung fu panda kick you
what's an entrace wicket?
on my way to asahikawa airport
bye, bye!
tired, broke but intensely happy
Nakafurano YH jiji
