www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Continued...but there will be no more sequel. Maybe just prequel. That evening when I was crossing from 7-Eleven, I noticed that the wind was very strong and they have predicted the the typhoon was passing through Hokkaido. Halfway across I felt the force of the wind which held me back and I had to struggle to get back to the hotel. Later that night I recorded the sound of the wind that whipped through. This reminded me of what I have already knew that in life often times circumstances and situation are beyond you. You will just have to accept and get on with it. Lavender On the way to a fairly new New Prince hotel in Furano after having our lavender ice cream we stopped by a shop that sells all things lavender and more. You see lavender oil is said to have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties that can heal bug bites, minor burns, relief pains, toothaches and sores. So some of us tried a sample of one very interesting product - the "lavender peeling gel". J...

Continued... Over buffet lunch I tried a cheese soup for the first time. Hokkaido is famous for their milk and cheese.  We were given each a slice of rock melon. When other tour groups came and saw this I overheard them saying that they must have this rock melon too. Unbeknownst to them, only Chan Brothers has this in the package.  We were moving to the waterfall. Yamashita-san would be alert to wild life along the way and he would slow down or stop for a moment so that we could gaze at them.  This one should be the Ezo fox which is widely distributed in Hokkaido. This is a mountainous area with wild life. Later we spotted a deer roaming freely.  Hokkaido deer is known as the Yezo sika deer. At last at the waterfall.  And the water that rush below. You could spot some deer resting or foraging along the river. As we were in the mountainous area, the tempera...