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Today is the last day I can take pictures of the trains early in the morning. I walked to depot of Sapporo tram.
This sign says "Open Depot Festival was canceled, due to pandemic"
Sapporo Streetcar 240 series
Sapporo Streetcar 1100 series
Sapporo Streetcar 210 series
Sapporo Streetcar A1200 series
Sapporo Streetcar 3300 series
Sapporo Streetcar 250 series
There was the other train spotter around the depot. I went back to the hotel by tram. The section I boarded was from Densha jigyosho mae to Chuo kuyakusho mae.
From the hotel, we went to Shiraoi Station by bus and Limited Express "Hokuto". The purpose of visiting the station is to go to Upopoy, the National Ainu Museum.
Shiraoi Station
Platforms of Shiraoi Station
Timetable at Shiraoi Station
Building of Shiraoi Station
From the station, it's possible to walk to Upopoy. But, bus service to Upopoy is also available. So, we boarded bus for Upopoy.
The bus
Entrance of Upopoy
After entering the facility, we saw the museum of Ainu. I knew that babies are named with bad or dirty words to discourage bad gods to kidnap the babies.
Almost all of the letters in the museum are written in Ainu language, Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese
Statue of the man named "Bronislaw Pilsudski" researching Ainu culture after he was sentenced to live in Sakhalin amid suspect of cooperating with murdering plan of Russian Empire.
Mascot of Opopoy, "Tureppon"
Then, we ate deep fried chicken, noodle, and small castella.
Some of them
After the lunch, we entered Cise, meaning "House" in language. In the first Cise, Ainu language lesson oriented for children was held. My daughter enjoyed the lecture. At the second Cise, music instruments specific to Ainu were played.
Cise
Ainu language lesson was held here
Fireplace in the middle of the living room of Cise
Finally, we went back to the hotel by the following route. At Sapporo Station, we ate soup curry, which is a kind of curry specific to Hokkaido.
I ate dinner at Temma soup curry restaurant
I ordered seafood soup curry
Din Tai Fung, Chinese restaurant headquartered in Taiwan seems to open in the station building "Sapporo Stellarplace"
Shiraoi→Limited Express "Hokuto"→Minami Chitose→Airport Rapid→Sapporo→bus→Hotel
JR Hokkaido kiha150 series (100s) in Minami-Chitose.Sta
