Sports day in Japan
Our first stop in Hokkaido – sushi in Hakodate!
Who’s that at the front part of that train?
Hokkaido scenery.
Zen doing his Singapore schoolwork on a train.
Having a Sapporo beer in Sapporo.
Family pic in Sapporo.
Grainy sunset
Zen’s name in Kanji – Dai Zen (“big zen”)
Zen’s name in Kanji again – Chu Zen (“medium zen”)
New Naruto’s famous fried chicken!
The former Bank of Japan building in Otaru, once at the heart of “the Wall Street of Northern Japan”
Otaru architecture
Sleep train, part 1
The Asahikawa zoo seal tubes, with a distorted view of Naoko and Zen on the other side of the glass.
The penguin path.
Chimpanzee dome.
Sleep train, part 2
Trains and flowers
Bikes!
Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt
Asahigawa hotel
Simon and Garfunkel, Peter and Naoko.
The famous Lucky Pierrot hamburger joint in Hakodate
Hakodate hills
“Sorry, we’re closed.”
Hakodate buildings
What is a “Maison Excite Seegull”?
Last meal in Hokkaido – donburi!
Mine was with ikura and uni – salmon roe and sea urchin!
The Hasegawa shop’s famous yakitori… which is actually yakibuta (i.e. the grilled chicken is actually pork!)
Zen with Evan and Lauren in Yokohama.
Motorcycle alley in front of the red brick warehouses.
On the boat.
At the Softbank Hawks vs. Yokohama Bay Stars game (Softbank won)
Ramen!
Snackfinger!
Kyoto industry and agriculture.
Sleep train, part 3
With Yuki and Kazuo in Himeji.
With Masonna in Osaka
Matt, Kazuo and Yuki in front of Namba Bears
The Bears toilet.
First band of the evening: Yamashita
Doburoku Kyodai
Mondo Diamond, from Kagawa
Masonna with the Mondo Diamond go go dancers
See ya later, Matt
Hangin’ out on the Dotonbori.
Tags: Hokkaido