A was attending the lecture in the Agricultural Department while I was wandering in the Historical Village. The time I promised to see her was at 5 o'clock. I'm not good on geograpy around Sapporo and so I had to leave the village early enough, but I couldn't. I was so interested in the papers and books that were displayed in the storage room of the old clinic. An anatomical drawing of bulbus oculi attracted my attention. It was primitive, but I felt the tireless efforts of the medical student. The medical charts, prescriptions, bills for medicines, , , all of them were from 70-100 years ago. It was fantastic for me to look at them directly, and not by pictures.
Anyway, I started for Hokkaido University. My car was in good condition and the navigation system worked very well. I reached the meeting point just in time, but she wasn't there. I was afraid that she might be lost. It's because she is terrible with directions. I tried to call her, but the cell phone was shut down. Finally I had to wait for about 1 hour to see her. She seemed to have been talking with members of staff of the university. As soon as I saw her, I yelled at her, "You should call me if you are late."
At any rate, we started for Jozankei Spa, but the traffic conditions were terrible in the rush hour. We got to the hotel at 7:00. Our hotel was the Jozankei Spa Hotel, the biggest and oldest in this area. We took the cheapest room, but the dinner was good. Japan is a small country, but I'm happy to enjoy hot springs everywhere in the country.
We went out for a walk early in the morning. The air around here was cool and comfortable. Jozankei Spa has a legend associated with Kappa. There were some sculptures of Kappa from place to place. The photo shows one of them. I expected that A would be delighted to see it, but she was too old to be happy to look at it. I felt a little bit sad. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_%28folklore%29)
Our hotel is located on the riverside of Toyohira River. There was a walkway around here, but we didn't walk, because of being hungry. I wished I could have stayed a few more days here.
It's early in the mornig. There was no one on the street and the shops were still closed.
The next G8 will be held near here. We were going to call at the hotel that is supposed to be the conference site and take a coffee break.
(Vocabulary)
call at sth 〈列車・船などが〉 ＜場所＞に停車［寄港］する, 立ち寄る
(KW: 定山渓ホテル 定山渓温泉)
Comments