Yes, it’s sayonara time, unfortunately. Today we went to Asahikawa (opens new window) & had the best ramen (opens new window) I have ever had in my life. It was called ‘chashu shouyu ramen’ & is basically slowly cooked pork in soy sauce soup. I tell you the pork was sooo tender it melted in your mouth (mmmmmm). We also went to Asahikawa Zoo which was interesting, especially the collection of animals from Hokkaido.

Its been a fun trip, & has been interesting seeing the way others in the world do things differently. It does make this world an interesting place to live.