Tengu is a god-faced god with a very long nose. He is believed to bring good luck and drive away evil spirits. I don't care what them Japanese say about Tengu god though, he sure is some ugly creature. Doesn't the long nose remind you of something?....
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------May 2nd, 2007, cloudy
The last night in a new place is usually the night for shopping souvenirs . While wondering along Tanuki street, I stumbled across a Ainu craft store. Ainu is the only Aboriginal tribe still in Japan. They mostly reside in Hokkaido. I really liked the things they sell at this store, reminded me of Aboriginal craft back home.
One extremely interesting thing I found while shopping was this thing in the picture. Can you guess what it is? If you have a good Japanese dictionary, you will see it just means a ball of algae. And yes, they are just balls of algae. I asked a friend why these are a tourist feature in Sapporo, she told because because they have lots of them.....But why? they are not really cute, and they don't move.....
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------May 3rd, 2007, sunny
Our last meal before leaving Hokkaido was Sapporo's feature food- Genghis Kahn Grill. Genghis Kahn Grill is lamb barbeque on a dome shaped grill (thus the name). You can see in the picture all the vegetables are on the side absorbing the grease from the lamb. I think it is such a great idea to cook the vegetables and everything is so yum yum yum.
Overall, I would say I had a good trip, and am glad that we got to see a lot of other things we were not expecting to see. Goes to tell sometimes careful planning might not work out!Here is a picture of my feeble attempt on my first blow glass!
2 comments:
Are the balls of algae for food?? and I miss my white Addi.. hahaha
I don't see why you can't eat them, but I wouldn't....What Addi lah, it's MINE!
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