This week was just a few small trips. The weather has changed.It cooled slightly to about 28 C, and it has become generally cloudy with a couple of days of very heavy rain.
On Thursday morning about 7 students met at the school at 5:45 am for a tour of the Central Wholesale Market. This is where the food comes in from the countryside to be bid on by brokers and then distributed to stores and restaurants. We got there early to be able to see the bidding take place, and we were given a guided tour of the huge facility.
That same day, in the afternoon, I joined some students on a tour of the Asahi Brewery. It covered the basic brewing process, and showed the machines for putting bear into kegs and cans at amazing speeds. And, best of all, there was free samples afterward.
Yesterday, I took a bit of time on my own and went to the Hokkaido Shrine, in Murayama Park. It is a new-looking building.
Generally, since Sapporo was built starting in the 1800's, it doesn't have the historical or spiritual feel of other cities like Kyoto. On the other had, the parks are large with a lot space and trees.
Today I went on a day trip with the school. It was supposed to be a trip to Josankei, a hotspring town about an hour from Sapporo, where we would do some hiking before going to the hotspring. However, the heavy rain has caused some landslides there lately so that trip was cancelled. Instead, we went to a large bath house in the city.
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