So on Saturday I went with Mal, Euna, Emily, Katie and Eric to 北海道開拓の村-->Hokkaido Kaitaku no Mura-->The historical village of Hokkaido. Unfortunately no Japanese friends could go so it was just us foreigners.
Hokkaido kaitaku no Mura is basically a village that was put together using building from different time periods of Hokkaido's history. There were so old fashioned Japanese style buildings as well as many western style buildings that were introduced during the meiji period where Japan was introduced to foreign influences. It was interesting to see the clash of cultures in the architecture.
We could enter all of the buildings and see the different rooms. Many of the rooms had props and manikins to show what the rooms were used for and also to give an idea of what would go on in certain places. Not all of the buildings where houses either. There was an old factory, a boat house, post office, church, newspaper, candy shop, and various other buildings. Apparently in the summer and fall there are actually people that are walking around and you can learn how to do old-fashioned things like making sandals and trying on different clothes. Unfortunately we went on the off-season so there wasn't really anyone there. Anyway we had a lot of fun exploring the village.
After going to the village we went out to an Italian restaurant for dinner. I got a crab pasta that had a whole crab shell in it. I even got to pick the crab somewhat. It was really good. After dinner we met up with Ayami and her friend Risa and we hung out before it was time to head back home.
On Sunday Euna and Mal came over to my house again for lunch. My host parents through a yakisoba/okonomiyaki party. Otoosan made the okonomiyaki and we got to help make the yakisoba. It was all really good and a lot of fun. After lunch some of Okaasan's friends came over and we talked with the a lot. They had a lot of questions about Korea and America for us. They also brought cream puffs and Okaasan brought out cake and clementines so we had plenty to eat.
Monday was back to school. We had two quizzes and a speech draft due today. At the end of the semester we have to give a speech, in Japanese. So now we are preparing and we have drafts due every week. Then after lunch it was time for Japanese culture. Luckily after a fun day of school it was time for actual fun. Today for dinner I met up with Shun, Mal, Emily, Eric, and two of Shun's friends, Mai and Rippy. Together we went to a yakiniku, which was actually a restaurant that Shun used to work at. A yakiniku by the way is a restaurant where you can grill your own meat over a little grill.
The food was really good and we all had a great time hanging out at the restaurant. We got to try different parts of a pig such as the stomach, intestines, neck, and tongue and it was actually all pretty good.
a snow ball fight at some points as we ran around chasing each other with snow balls and frisbees padded with snow.
Tuesday night Mal came over to my house to help with the cram school. After that Mal stayed over to have dinner. We had a lot of fun and ate a lot of food. Otoosan also seemed to have had a good time. He really enjoyed talking to the two of us and even wanted to teach us how to play a Japanese board game, but unfortunately Mal had to leave. So we will the board game lessons for next time.
Today, Wednesday, was my day off so I got to relax. I went with Okaasan to Shin Sapporo and I walked around and did some Christmas shopping. We also went to an Italian restaurant for lunch.
Well, unfortunately time is running short here. I only have about three weeks left. My friends and I are going to try to do as much as possible in the amount of time left so we can enjoy Sapporo. So this weekend is probably going to be fairly busy.
Thanks for reading!
Stephen
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