Remembering our mission to Hawaii last December !

 by Kazu

As I posted before, I visited to Honolulu, Hawaii twice at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. The former was a business jaunt and the latter was for pleasure with my wife.

 The direct flight from New Chitose International Airport to Daniel Inoue International Airport arrives in Honolulu at around 10 o'clock in the morning. The convenient flights for Hokkaido citizens are provided by Hawaiian Airline

 If you are lucky enough and afford to get "early check-in" service, you can take shower and have a rest on the bed after stretching your body. Before that and after checking in the hotel, I jogged around Waikiki beach and the Diamond Head under the sunshine.

Sleeping Hotel Tsuruga Mizuno-oto !

by Kazu

This is the building of Hotel Tsuruga Mizuno-oto that was closed under the state of emergency in Japan. Nobody could be seen in the hotel building but some staff must be in the building for maintenance.

On the lakeside, there was a very nice park and there was stairs from there to the boathouse near the lake. There was no noisy tourists around the building and the park.

The atmosphere was so nice but it must be too tough for the industry of tourism including hotel industry. The world changed and so did our lives.

What was wrong on this globe. Greed ? Communist party ?　Most of us have goodwill but God may give them or us punishments, I think.

Lakeside Shikotsu 2020 !

by Kazu

Morappu Camping site of Lake Shikotsu was so calm that only the sound of winds and waves could be heard on the pier. The water of the lake was very clear and transparent. 

Some anglers were enjoy fishing in the lake, wearing long boots that covered even their waist. No fish had lived in this lake originally but a person released baby red salmon and they　became kokanee.

Some souvenir shops were open around Hotel Tsuruga Mizuno-oto that was closed. We walked around the area and bought ice cream. Grilled corn, fried potato, fried noodle, fried cheese were sold there.

Lake Shikotsu 2020 !

by Kazu

The state of emergency was extended to the end of May, 2020 because of rampant of Wuhan virus from China. So the popular destinations in Hokkaido are still calm even in the midst of May.

I visited Lake Shikotsu with my wife for stress relief. Cocooning in the house under the state of emergency seems to have brought enormous stress to the citizens of Hokkaido.

Some people were there but in comparison with usual May, very few tourists were enjoying the scenery surrounded by mountains. The economic damage to Hokkaido was huge.

Cherry and Japanese apricot blossoms !

by Kazu

I am so sorry for my inability to take photos with high quality. I am not so good at taking photos and pointed out about it by my wife always. The real cherry blossoms and Japanese apricot blossoms are much more beautiful than these photos.

Different from the order of blooming flowers in main land of Japan, cherry blossoms bloom a little bit earlier than that of Japanese apricot blossoms on the premises of Hokkaido University.

Japanese apricot blossoms are fully flourished now in Hokkaido University. They are not along the main street on the premise and beside the western street along the experimental field. Please visit there and smell the aroma.

Cherry Blossom in the night!

by Kazu

My wife and I took a walk on the premises of Hokkaido University in the night. Beautiful cherry blossoms were blooming in the air in front of the Faculty of Medicine.

The aroma of the blossoms were also so nice like in the world of dream. Nobody was there other than us.

The season of cherry blossoms was not so long in comparison with usual year, I think. Thanks a lot of the deities of this island !

My Happy Birthday Party ?!

by Kazu

It was the birthday cake served in the restaurant in Brazil for me. It was a surprising gift from other delegation members from Hokkaido including the Speaker of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly Mr. Noritoshi MURATYA and other representatives.

Before it was served, I was trying to pick up the foods from the food counter of the buffet-style restaurant but an officer of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly urged me to stay on my seat.

I was confused but as a result, the chocolate cake was served to me. I really appreciated the goodwill of other members of the delegation. We shared the chocolate cake. To be honest, I felt not so good before the dinner but I was so energized with the chocolate cake.