Hokkaido Photos 2

This is the second place I stayed at, Chise Gardens. This is the house I lived in. You can't really see it from this photo, but it's being built in the traditional Japanese style, with huge beams. The wood they used for the beams was very old, possibly more than 100 years old. It had been reused (in houses) three or four times.



Here is my little shack inside the house. Home sweet home. It seems strange to look back on it now but I was sad to leave it. I had made myself quite warm and comfortable there by the end of my stay.

This is some of the wood I cut. There's a whole lot more pile up behind it.

This is the farm seen from the house.


This is Yuteisan, the Mt Olympus of Hokkaido (the top is almost always covered in clouds). The photo doesn't convey how impressive the mountain is.