Under Construction

July 17th, 2006

It's been a little more than a week since I got back to Poultney and I amongst most of the people who live on the Main Street have been waking up to the sound of drills, bullodzer, concrete mixer, people shouting at one another everyday. Yes, they are rebuilding the straight and beautiful sidewalk and setting street lamps up along the side of the road. I indeed wish to see the finished look before I leave at the end of the summer.

Beautiful slow evening

Detroit Metropolitan International Airport
is a hub for Northwest Airlines. I flew over from Tokyo and had six-hour layover there at the airport. The departure terminals are huge with lots of stores and all kinds of restaurants, cafes and bars. It wasn't too difficult to kill some hours there. Besides, the sunset at around eight o'clock was so exquisite that I could just keep watching the western-sun-lit terminal for hours.

Summer in Hokkaido

July 1st, 2006
Poplars

As blindingly bright days continue in Hokkaido in early July, green is so "blue" and bright out and about.
Rows of Poplars never fail to make picturesque scenes.

A town with an atmosphere

June 30th, 2006
Otaru

Otaru is an old port town 50minutes away from Hokkaido's capital, Sapporo by local train. The city is almost over populated by the tourists who visit to see the town's picturesque scenes with a canal and the Victorian style street lamps. The glassware is really popular and famous here as well.
However, the best is the near-by beach. On the way to Oraru, you can see the real clear water and the beach from the train. For a split second, I wanted to live there for real.