4 15 HAKOGATE, JAPAN PICTURES

As I said, our first stop was the trappistine convent.

 

I wish I could say this is what it looked like today.  It was snowing so hard, the pictures are not very good and everything is grey.  Nothing has bloomed yet.  This is a picture of a photo in the museum.

I just couldn’t resist.  Only in a squat toilet country would you see this sign.  See, I’m still doing a survey of toilets.

This device on the wall, makes flushing sounds so no one will hear what you are doing.  In the past the Japanese would continuously flush the toilet to cover their sounds.  In the 80’s when Japan was very wealthy, some places put in noise machines, and heated seats and……

this control……wow.

The sink has soap, water and dryer.

I never did get to play pachinko here.  I have my own game at home.

Here we are at the top of the tower

There is a clear spot in the floor of the tower and all the “children” were looking down.

 

Looks cold doesn’t it?

 

The flags flying at the tower are of koy(sp) fish, which stand for strength.

Fresh huge crabs and scallops. Huge.

Japanese fairies that live under leaves. Saw them at the museum.  They were the only thing we could take pictures of.

When we got back to the ship we were surprised by a show.  We were entertained by 31 six year olds.  It was delightful.