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10:31:40
This is me trying on a Jinbe. I think I looked a bit stupid.
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11:45:32
A random and unnecessary picture of Chie using the computer.
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12:20:08
A very interesting bridge in Shizunai.
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12:24:23
Another somewhat less interesting bridge in Shizunai. I think this must have looked better in real life - the sea is just on the other side of the bridge.
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12:38:09
This is in Shizunai's little Ainu museum. Here we can see a traditional Ainu boat.
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12:43:03
I've been interested in the Ainu for some time, especially since having read a book on Japanese history which described the people as caucasian. So I was keen to see some pictures of them.
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12:44:20
Another boat.
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12:45:13
Another picture focusing on the decorations of the first boat.
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12:47:44
A bear!
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13:24:32
Outside the museum, a monument to a famous Ainu hero.
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13:24:43
Same again.
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13:28:30
Some views over Shizunai... it was very misty!
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13:29:43
You can just about see a train in this - the little train we'd be getting on the next day.
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13:31:11
That "interesting" bridge from earlier.
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13:44:26
A traditional Ainu house.
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14:08:21
Shizunai is famous for two things: horses and Sakura. This road in Shizunai apparently looks really magnificent in Spring when all the cherry blossoms are out.
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14:10:52
The landscape around here was very English, which I really liked.
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17:42:22
Taken on the Taniguchi family's farm, where they breed horses.
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17:45:00
Chie was a little frightened by the horses!
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20:34:05
Later on after dinner we had a bout of fireworks...
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20:34:25
Not particularly great pictures though!
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20:36:51
This one of Koki-san and his son Ryoto is quite nice though.
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20:39:20
More fireworks...
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20:40:18
...and more...
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20:43:36
It got very smokey after a while!
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20:46:52
Yet more fireworks.
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21:10:57
After the firework display we had a few rounds of Jenga(!).
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21:40:10
This is the Taniguchi family outside their house. Note Katsuki-san here doing a very Buddhist pose - he had been teased earlier that is (new?) haircut made him look like a monk.
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21:40:27
Another family photo with me and Chie having swapped places.
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21:40:46
Same again but with Katsuki-san having swapped places with me.
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