Can't believe that I have stayed with Morinoki for 3 weeks.  Time goes by so quickly.  I finally got the will to pack everything up.

In the past 3 weeks, I have been spoiled by the beautiful little town and the warm hospility.  I won't forget the places that I have seen in Otaru.

Snap shot of Otaru Street


祝津展覧台


小樽築港


和楽ずし


道に会った猫ちゃんたち


運河公園


天狗山


掃除機に嫌いのhug


and the warm hospility that won't show in the photos.  I had such a great time here.

I saw a movie called 南極料理人today.  It was so funny that even if I don't understand much of Japanese, I still laugh a lot.

Movie intro-- http://nankyoku-ryori.com/

It is about 8 men work in south pole and their silly living stories.  I like the part that they can't wait to run inside to get food and warm up.  I recall the days working in a farm in freezing days.  We count down minutes to get inside.

Morinoki is so cozy and I feel totally like home.  Whenever it is my last date, I just don't feel like packing up yet, so I extended my stay here again.   If it is not too cold in winter and I don't have to worry about money, Otaru is definitely a good place to settle down.

I finished building a trial in the small garden in Morinoki.


According to Masaki san, he will keep it as it is.  If that is the case, I am no longer a tourist that stoped by, but leave something to memorize (show off?).  I only took photos of places that I have been to but never really did something nice to one place, so it feels good.

The wheather is good, so Masaki san worked very hard to clean up the small pond.




It rained a lot in the late afternoon and we got to see rainbow.


The day goes by so quickly.

A few days ago, I translated one introduction about Hokkaido travel magazine from Japanese to Chinese (tho' my Japanese is bad).  I was confused by the term "soup curry" and Masaki san showed me what it is today.

Soup curry, as photo, is is the most famous food in Hokkaido.  It becomes so famous that people open new soup curry shops around Japan. 


I was totally confused when the food was served.  Japanese people eat soup curry by soaking the rice into the soup first.

I ate them all up including the soup.  Japanese people actually drink up the curry soup, which is amazingly tasty.  I can't imagine one day I would drink a soup made by curry but it tastes goood.


今日、正樹さんはそばを作りました

準備中です


まじめにそばを作ります


そばできました


若鳥、てんぷら、cakeも買いました。






おいしかった、やっばりおいしいものが一番です。

It has been raining for a few days and I have got a good excuse to be lazy, but not today.  Since the blue sky finally showed itself, I also felt like eating ice cream again. Yummy~~


I also went to Otaru Park, which located across the street.  The park is colorful and this should be the Hokkaido Flower.


I also wondered around Otaru small streets.  This was an masion for an rich man in many years ago.


I like houses covered by vine.  It has a feeling of antient days.




There is also a shop with animal head hangers to decorate houses.  I left the shop with a creepy feeling.


It is always good to walk around when the wheather is good.

今日は小樽桜祭りです
私は今日Miss小樽と一緒に泊まったんだから、6:30前にこの祭りに行きました、Miss小樽を見にいきました、面白そうですから

祭りの屋台はなんが少ないです




最初は社長さんたちと高校生一緒に短いすしを長いすしに作りました


そして、そのすしを切りました (どうして??)


Miss小樽の時間です!!

ほんとに綺麗ですなあ〜〜〜

踊りもあります



皆元気そうです

祭りの店は少ないですけど、私はたこ焼きを発見しました。

日本地元のたこ焼きです、おいしかった〜〜

採用になりました!
今日は小樽Bineで晩ご飯を食べました.  The building itself was an old Japanese bank, which became a famous restaurant in nowadays.


It is to celebrate I don't have to worry about money.  My only wish in working holiday is to go around Hokkaido and now I don't have to worry I will run out of money before I finish travelling around Hokkaido.  One more thing is to celebrate the new job offering to Kit and the chance to get rid of stationing in China.

Cheers!


Their famous dish is spaghetti but I have had enough spaghetti, which I cooked for myself almost everyday ever since I came to Japan, so I chose pizza as the main dish.

It was good.

It is beautiful inside the restaurant.


 

I also visited the old exchequer, which looks like a restaurant now.


but you can still tell it once played an important role in the bank by the double doors it has.


One of the good elements in travelling is good food.  I enjoyed those good dishes!

I have to confess that I have been lazy these days.  I haven't set foot out of this house for 3 days and start to wonder how I managed to do so.

Blame it on the cozy seat.  I cannot help but to sit on it for almost whole day.


blame it on the couch that enables a good view of the mountain.


Blame it on the small cafe corner.


and collections of comics.

With all these, why bother going out for fun?

The only thing that I did in these 2 days is that I finished JLPT level 2 test.  I have been putting books away since I came to Japan, focus only on playing around, but somehow I made progress.  I still think it is difficult to speak and write Japanese but I am glad that I am and will make progress.

今日は大雨でした、どこも行きたくなかった
その時には petと一緒には楽しいです

もりのきは3つ犬があります、大人気な犬たちです

Hugは楽しみに寝ています


可愛い、やさしいPeg


道に迷いな顔をしてなLog


私もいつもPetと一緒に住んでいました、猫でした
彼たちは今楽しみに寝ているかもしれません。(絶対)

Pumaみたいな猫ちゃん、でもそうなに太くない。


小捲と同じなPrideが持ているな顔


寝てなかったら、ごろごろしているかも


やっばり、Petと一緒な生活はうれしいです。


 WHOOP it up!

Working Holiday
on Otaru Project

小樽でちょっとお手伝いをしながら、長期滞在しよう!

エクスチェンジヘルパーです。
数時間の宿の仕事と宿泊代の等価交換(?)。
仕事の合間に小樽を十分に堪能できます!
外国人もOK!ワーキングホリデーの方にもオススメ
WHOOP is “Working Holiday on Otaru Project”.
The meaning is “Let’s long term stay while working as a exchange helper in Hokkaido Otaru. “
The MorinoKi helper is to exchange your hostel charge for work several hours at the hotel.
Good for long stay traveler, and Working Holiday Maker.
more information >>>

 もりのき本館

The Otarunai Backpackers' Hostel MorinoKi
The Otarunai
Backpackers' Hostel
MorinoKi
おたるない
バックパッカーズホステル
杜の樹

〒047-0028
北海道小樽市相生町4-15
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