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| June 9, 2008 — Sapporo, Japan A morning tour of Sapporo, highlighted historic buildings, such as the city’s symbolic Clock Tower. We visited the bustling Nijo fish market and went off to Moerenuma Park, designed by sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Completed after his death in 2005, the parks and greenbelts that now unite urban Sapporo reflect his innovative “landscape of dreams” vision. I guess the site had been a garbage dump on our last visit to Sapporo in 1994. Our birders were having a great time but then it helps if you can see birds. We were taken to the Sapporo Brewery for a Ghengis Kahn (and Joan thought she had escaped) then with time on our hands we did a nostalgia tour of downtown Sapporo. The electronics at Camera store interested me but with every amplifier playing a different tune and the sound getting louder as we went up Joan copped out before we got to the floor with the Wiis. It was hot and humid and our department store hop was cut a bit short Tonight we enjoyed a welcome dinner & briefing, and our last overnight at the Sapporo Grand Hotel. |
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