Tuesday, wednesday and Thursday.

On Tuesday we got up for breakfast at 7am had breakfast and then when back to sleep. After a long sleep in we settled in for a lazy morning of drinking coffee and uploading photos in the communal lounge room. Around midday we went out for a walk in the woods around the hostel. In the afternoon we up to our room to drink more tea and it started to poor down with rain. It pored and pored! I felt very sorry for the hikers that may be on the mountain and the people that we had met that were doing the overland hike ( a hike from Asahikdake to another mountain in the Dizetzuzan national park, it takes between five and eight to do). While it was still raining I went down to the outdoor onsen and got to sit in hot water while the cool rain fell down. It was a very pleasant experience indeed! 

Wednesday 

On wednesday morning we had to pack up and get the bus and then a train to Sapporo. After breakfast we went on another walk around the hostel until our bus arrived. After quite a bit of snoozing on trains and busses we arrived in Sapporo and hound our hostel. The wether was very overcast and rain was threatening even so we went out and spent the afternoon in the city in Odori park. The highlight of the day was going to a restaurant called the Iki Laboratory that as situated in the basement of a building. The food was terrific and the pis of reisitonce  was the mock meat that was made into Japanese dishes. Oh yum!! It was nice to sit down and drink saki and eat yummy food it felt very special. 

Thursday (yesterday, gosh I am nearly up to date!! ) 

We took at train and a bus out Moerenuma park that was designed by the sculptor Isamu Naguchi.  It was a very strange park with large man made hills and large sculptures.  The park was a tip that the Sapporro local government had targeted to turn into a green space once it stopped being a landfill sit. We rented some bikes and road around, walked up strangely shaped hill, went into a big glass building, looked at the wacky play equipment (I climbed on the equipment, David just took photos of them so you can have a look). We also saw the water feature that went on every couple of house. The strange part was when the water feature stated filling  up with water that was sloshing about, creating an interference patten. It was a very interesting park. In the afternoon we went back to Odori park and joined all lots of other people that were enjoying the sunshine and the grass. We then went a drank beer under the Sapporo radio tower. For dinner we went to a small restaurant/bar near our hostel where we were told that we could get vegetarian food. It was reminiscent of an Izakaya restaurant were you sit at the bar and get served food that is cooked in front of you. David and ai had a real feast! And David got to tast shoco for the first time, fermented potato alcohol. 

Anyway we are now in Tokyo and about to go get some food. 

All the very best,

Acushla.