Saturday was nothing special. I went to the used sports
equipment store to see if I could find some hockey sticks for the purpose of
teaching my friend's daughter to play some street hockey. Sadly, there was ONE
hockey stick in the entire store, and it was jammed in an umbrella stand behind
the store's front door, so I'm not even sure that it was for sale :p
On Sunday I went to Moerenuma Park with my labmate and her
family. Moerenuma park was designed by a sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, who had the
vision of making a park that was designed like a sculpture. I think he
succeeded, because I've never seen a park anything like this!
The park was really beautiful. I can't say much to do it
justice; there's a giant glass pyramid with an art gallery inside (including
some exhibits for the Sapporo International Art Festival!)...
... a mountain...
... a tiny beach....
... a tetrahedron (?)...
... a crazy fountain...
... a water play area...
... and a huge hill that is designed to look like an Aztec
temple!
There were also beautiful views of the city...
... and hawks...
... and fungus...
... and also a million helicopters and jets???? There is an
airfield nearby, and I assume that this must be the source of the helicopters
that I see on a day-to-day basis. But I think there must have been an airshow
or something because there were seriously tons of jets zipping around in
formation.
Unfortunately, because it was such a beautiful day, we all
got a bit too much sun and we ended up with some red noses by the end of the
day.
On Monday we went on an adventure with a bunch of people from the lab! First we went to a little farm in Eniwa (about 30 minutes away) to pick some haskap berries!
Haskap berries are sour and taste a little like raspberries. They were really good!!
We ate lunch as a picnic in a park nearby.
Next, we played some golf! It was sort of a cross between real golf and mini golf, because the course was MUCH bigger than a normal mini golf course, and there were no amusing obstacles like windmills. The balls were also much bigger (about the size of a squash ball), and they were heavier than a normal golf ball, so it definitely took a bit of getting used to, but it was really fun!
Finally, we stopped for some ice cream at a little dairy.
You could buy some timothy hay for 100 ¥ to feed the cows at the dairy. The cows were pretty stoked about this. One of them tried to eat my friend's daughter.
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