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In Wakkanai and some of the towns I passed through enroute to Asahikawa, I saw many roadside planters full of attractive flowers.
Caught sight of these peonies at the roadside, beside cars and lorries. These were the most brilliant "roadside" plants I chanced upon throughout my Hokkaido trip.
Written Jul 27, 2004
Residential areas are one of my favourites when travelling overseas. Not only can you see how the local people live, you may also chance upon many surprising finds.
For me, that's their small, well tended gardens.
Written Jul 27, 2004
This hardresser was actually situated on a quiet sliproad near the Wakkanai Youth Hostel where I was staying.
I was attracted by the large cutout of the scissors.
Written Jul 27, 2004
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Wild seals in the winter habor.
In Bakkai fishing harbor, there is a lots of wild saeals (over 200) living winter season. They called harbor seal, Japanese said GOMAFU (spotted like sesami grain) AZARASHI (seal) BUT! I call them...
The guide books amused me when they mentioned that Wakkanai sounded much like the slang for "I don't know" in Japanese. The reality of the joke starts setting in when travellers I met in Hokkaido...
This picture is the best one I had for explaining why I decided to even start this journey at the first place. The desire to step on my feet and stand proudly on Cape Soya, the most northern land of...
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