I know some of you are wondering where I am off to next! Well, back to Japan on Tuesday. This time we are spending 3 days in Tokyo and then flying to the northern island of Hokkaido for 10 days. The quilting there is interesting by all accounts, by the Ainu indigenous people. It rather looks like the Hawaiian method and altho the designs are dissimilar. The island's proximity to the Russian archipelagos is a big influence. A quilter has given me some places (stores) to visit in Sapporo and we shall keep an eagle eye out in the
3 other towns/cities we visit along the way. The island's other attractions are flowers (cool weather ones - tulips etc, some cherry), seafood, national parks, cranes and other birds in the Kushiro Marshes. DH and I are traveling by train utilising the rail pass. I've been practising 30 Japanese phrases to get us through shopping/restaurants etc. English speaking will not be as wide spread as on Honshu, but that said, Japanese students all seem to learn English these days, so we shall turn to the youngsters in the street.Sayonara!
Bronnie