Okay! I was done. Since Sapporo is such a short train ride from Otaru, I didn't need to leave until the afternoon. I put the suitcase in a locker and hit the pavement on the other side of the train station, starting at a fish market right next to it.
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Hake. |
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Uni. |
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These are what I had the night before that are not shrimp. |
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Somebody speaks English. |
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Fanciful manhole covers. |
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Back at the canal. |
On the ride back to Sapporo, I made sure to sit on the sea-side of the train.
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Neither of these are my train. |
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They seem to be into ferris wheels in Japan. |
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Men at work. |
In Los Angeles I do a fair amount of gigs with J. Suzuki. I knew she'd be coming to Japan with the Percy Faith orchestra. As it turned out they were playing in Sapporo this evening at Kitaro, the great hall. I know a number of people on the tour. I met them at their hotel after their performance and a few of us went out for a bite to eat. Seb had told me that it was the beginning of the Sapporo Yosakoi Soran Festival. The streets were hoppin'.
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Lee Callet (with the Percy Faith Orchestra) being happy about getting into an elevator with young sword-wielding women. |
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Young sword-wielding women and men in the hotel lobby. |
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I hadn't eaten since breakfast, so I got a squid. |
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The squid merchant. |
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The hoppin' street. |
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J. S. had been sick, so she is wearing a mask. |
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Musicians from another land waiting for yakitori. (Kushiyaki really.) |
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Taxis waiting for fares who can hardly stand. |
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