Monday, October 6, 2008

Images of Hokkaido

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Morning market in Hakodate


alive and kicking - 1.67 kg


cuttlefish ... hot and tasty!


Russian Orthodox church in Hakodate


Hakodate temple roof


Russian Orthodox church in Hakodate (2)


night view of Hakodate


climbing to Usuzan crater


on the path to the volcano


Usuzan volcano with rainbow


Usuzan volcano, overlooking the eruption path


dinnertime at the hotel


Toyako Lake


The chocolate factory in Sapporo


Sapporo: Dr Clark is remembered for three words

"Boys be ambitious" -- the full text of the parting exhortation by Dr William Clark to his students at the Sapporo Agricultural College is rarely quoted and is in fact unknown to the majority of Japanese. These three words have been lifted from their surrounding context and have come to be understood in the sense of personal ambition, which is entirely different from the original intention. Here is what Dr Clark actually said: "Boys, be ambitious ! Be ambitious not for money or for selfish aggrandisement, nor for that evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for knowledge, for righteousness, and for the uplift of your people. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man ought to be."(click on photos to enlarge)

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