Friendly and kind Japanese !
Today, July 22 is the 7th day in Hokkaido, we were leaving Wakkainai for Asahikawa. It was an exciting day too.
We left Wakkanai city at about 8:00am to visit the northern most part of Japan - Cape Soya (Soya Misaki).
We took a wrong turn, instead of right, we turn left after leaving our hotel. We noticed it when we realized that the sea supposed to be on our left side, instead, on our right!! However, it was a blessing in disguise!
We saw fishemen drying seaweeds (kelps) in one of the houses along the shore. We stopped and went down to see ... they are friendly and invited us to try out - to dry the sea weeds.
As we do not understand Japanese, we tried to use signs and writing to express ourselves. Thanks to the friendly Japanese family, we have the opportunity to see how seaweeds are being processed.
Finally we made it to Cape Soya, the northern most point of Japan!
We have lunch picnic at one of the park along the way.
After lunch, we continued our journey south. We saw many hay bails along the way and were curious to know how it was made.
We stopped by a field and noticed a tractor was driven to collect hay and made into bales...
The owner was so friendly and came down to talk to us ... alah... Nippon go wakarimasen (do not understand Japanese), we resorted to signs and writing to communicate.
Mr. Togashi Sakae was so kind, invited us to his another farm to show us how hays are being cut and making the bales.
He was so friendly to offer us cold drink after arriving at his farm quite a distance across the road.
We thank him for his kindness and friendliness .... going out of his way, sacrificed his precious time to show us the farms and hay bales making.
We spent more than an hour with him and sadly have to say goodbye to continue our journey toward Asahikawa.
We exchanged Email and promised to keep in touch. (More pics in Facebook)
善良及热情的日本人。
今天是我们在北海道的第七天，也是充满探险喜乐的一天。我们离开稚内，南下回到旭川。
我们今天将会到日本最北的国土 - 宗昌岬。
在离开酒店的时候，我们错误的转左，而不是正确的转右。走了一段路，才发觉到海应该是在我们的左边，但现在却是在右边！走错了！不过，塞翁失马，焉知是福。
我们见到了一家渔夫，在海边晒海草，就进去观看。主人家非常友善的欢迎我们，还邀请我们亲自动手，试试晒海草的滋味。
糟糕的是我们都听不懂日语。凭靠着对日本语的几句防身，加上手语及书写，我们还算能够做一些基本简单的沟通。谢谢这家渔人，我们对海草及其制作过程有了了解。
我们终于来到了日本最北大国土，宗昌岬。
如以往般，我们找到了一个环境舒适的公园，吃我们自备的美味午餐。
午餐后，我们续程前往旭川。途中，我们见到一捆一捆的乾饲草，很想知道及看看它是如何制成的，就停在一家大路旁的牧场。
主人非常友善的停下来，看看我们究竟想知道什么。他还特地到带我们去附近他另一个牧场，看看饲草是如何收割的。这也是依靠书写及手语才能沟通的。
热情的主人Mr. Togashi Sakae（找不到华文字）带我们到他的牧场之后，还请我们喝冷饮。
我们非常的感激他的友善讲解，大家第一次近身的看到乾草的收割及制作的情形。
我们在那里逗留了一个多小时左右，然后就和荣先生说再见了，我们互相交换电邮，希望能够时常联络。
我们每人都留下一个美丽的回忆。（看更多的照片Facebook）
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