日本旅Spirited Away in Japan 番外篇 Side Story-3

Rooms
I don't think I had mentioned who live in what room so here it is!
Downstairs

Room1
Lindsey
Katherine
Nikki

Room2
Tom
Tudor

Upstairs

Room1
Me
Joran
Ed
Sean

Room2 (right next to my room)
Daniela
Erin Bird
Deidre

Room3
Ingrid
Katie
Big Erin

Room4
Seung-wan
Chen
Jess

Wait, there's also Amanda but......I never figured out which room she slept in.....There was even a short thing about that but that will be for another day.

Caterpillar
When we got to Rebun, it must had been caterpillar season since they were everywhere! On Rebun, the wind is very strong so it was pretty funny to see them crawl, it was like seeing a fast-forwarding of  regular caterpillar crawling. When they move their body shape becomes like this ---> Ω

Takafumi
Takafumi turned out to be somekind of a toy salesman from Sapporo. Don't know what was going on with the job, didn't want to ask.


Tudor
Tudor is a beast. Tudor could dig so fast and still not miss any potential lithics. Tudor is like Jesus. There was a hill besides the site and one day when we finished work, we just saw Tudor on top of that hill. It must had been only maybe 10 minutes since our work was done and he climbed that hill in that short amount of time. People go to the beach to swim sometimes but they never venture off far except Tudor. People were amazed by Tudor's awesomeness but he, himself was quite modest and embarrassed about it. Tudor is also a dad to a 1yr old daughter at that time and he is happily married to his wife. It probably must had been hard for him since we were without internet for a while... One time I said something like, "Tudor doesn't need to buy a plane ticket home. He can just dig his way back to Romania." Tudor is GOD.

Local Kids
Usually by the time we got off work, classes would be out (Japanese students got classes in July), so whenever we went into town, we would see kids. The kids were so polite as they would always politely hello to us. I like polite kids then I would get cruel reminder of my ill-mannered friends.


Pun-ya san
Pun-ya san is the local bakery owner and he was the one who delivered lunch to us. Whenever we saw him when we were working then it meant that lunch was close! He and Edelweiss were the symbols of our lunch.


Seals
There are seals at Rebun and you could see them when you look out to the ocean. They're kinda like dogs of the sea. They bark (right word for seal?) and they look like stones from afar but there were so many of them that they really couldn't be missed.

To Be Continued...

房間配置~~~~

之前一直都沒說過這個.

房間1
Lindsey
Katherine
Nikki

房間2
Tom
Tudor

2樓

房間1
Me
Joran
Ed
Sean

房間2(就在我的旁邊)
Daniela
Erin Bird
Deidre

房間
Ingrid
Katie
Big Erin

房間
Seung-wan
Chen
Jess


那.....Amanda住哪一間呢? 老實說我不知道欸~ 其是那時候我還被笑可是我真的不知道啊!!!


毛毛蟲
我們到的時候, 也許是因為是毛毛蟲即將要繁殖的季節或是什麼的可是反正在路上就是有超多的毛毛蟲就對了. 島上一般來說都是刮大風得所以當毛毛蟲在爬的時候會被風吹著爬. 其是有點像在看快轉一樣. 動的時候, 他們看起來像是希臘字母   Ω   一樣.

Takafumi
Takafumi 其實是從是玩具行的. 為什麼他會在禮文島呢? 是跟Toshiko桑一樣只是暫事再度假打工嗎? 我不知道. 我那時也不太好意思問因為連Toshiko桑也不太清楚. 

Tudor
Tudor挖東西真的很快. 他挖的速度可能是我們一般人的2,3倍吧而且他可以很確定的判斷出石器就連教授們都也很佩服他. 遺址旁邊有個小丘. 有一天收工後 , Tudor他可能只花了不到10分鐘吧?Tom之後也有爬上那小丘可是他說那 丘很難爬所以連他也覺得Tudor果然不是普通人. 有一次, 聽說他去游泳的時候面對面看到了一隻海豹結果是海豹被嚇跑(好啦這邊是我編的不過他真的有近距離遇到一隻海豹). Tudor是一個真正的男人, 一個堂堂正正的男子漢.

當地的小孩
我們收工時通常都是下午4,5點多就是小孩子在外面玩的時候. 當地的小孩子看見我們這些外國人的時候都會有禮貌/主動地跟我們打招呼. 有禮貌跟友善的小孩果然比我們這些愛說髒話的大人還好.


Pun-ya桑
Pun=麵包. Ya=屋. 我們平常吃的午餐就是由船泊鎮上麵包店的老闆幫我們送過來的. 當他出現的時就代表午餐時間就要到了. 


海豹
沒錯, 海豹. 禮文島有很多很多的海豹而且都離海邊滿近的. 其實早上大概5,6點的時候就聽得到他們在叫. 走在路上的時候其實也看得到牠們不過就長得有點像石頭. 他們對人其實還滿好奇的. 像Tudor在游泳的時候還會主動游到人附近.

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日本旅Spirited Away in Japan 番外篇 Side Story-1

為什麼要寫這篇呢?

因為老實說我那時候的日記真的寫的不是普通的爛. 明明就發生過許多事可是我當時腦殘倒沒寫下來. 所以我以後會不時寫一些番外篇來補充一些我日記沒寫到的東西. 番外篇裡的事大部分我都已經忘了是什麼時候所以我會盡量排在合理的地方.

番外篇開始

到了禮文島後, 我們第一天在吃飯的時候, 教授們就跟我們旅館內沒有網路. 跟週末放假的是一樣, 我真的記得活動簡介上說會有網路提供給我們...... 對我們來說, 島上唯一的對外資訊來源就是電視還有慢2天的讀賣英文報紙. 很多人在剛抵達島上時都用電話卡打了通電話報平安.....除了我以外. 我是這樣想的, 我不想花錢買一張幾乎不會用的電話卡而且我沒事我幹嘛要打電話回去? 我就是有事所以才要打吧? 像是斷了腿或什麼的. 不過對麼些人來說報平安是非常重要的事. 像Tudor在羅馬尼亞有他的家人和她1歲大的女兒, 那樣子的事我也絕對能體會. 不過當時的我是滿想跟新*小姐聯絡就對了......

平常在旅館工作的人如果沒記錯的話有6位.

前田小姐- 就是懂英文的那位. 有一次我好奇問她說為什麼他的英文那麼好而且沒有什麼腔調. 他說他小時候鄰居是美國人所以從小就有接觸到英文. 前田小姐事關西地區的神戶來的.

Dai- Dai我不是很熟.....我只知道他跟我同年次. 是個從東京來的背包客. 一路在北海道做自助旅行. 而他的旅行帶他到了禮文然後在禮文莊工作.

Ozaki Takafumi- 我不知道他名字的漢子怎麼寫so....我就用英文好了. 他是札幌人. 跟前田小姐差不多年齡. 好像聽得懂英文...可是都沒有聽他說過.

柳谷老闆- 旅館的老闆. 平常坐在櫃檯後面用電腦.

老闆娘- 很有元氣的歐巴桑. 早餐和晚餐的時候都忙得要死. 他要我們稱呼他為媽媽桑. 我跟陳小姐都對那個名字感覺有點怪怪的.....以後我會以媽媽桑來稱呼他.

柳谷老闆的大兒子- 我真的想不起他的名字.... 他跟其他人不一樣. 還有某種先天性疾病, 不過是什麼我就不清楚了,我不好意思問. 據說他很有畫畫的天分. 旅館大廳擺著許多他的作品.

其他

柳谷Shota- 老闆的小兒子. 看起來很健康的高中生. 有參加學校的羽毛球隊而且還有替學校比賽. 以後他會跟我們有跟多的互動.

團員部份

陳小姐- 我打從心底覺得很厲害的女孩子.

Joran- 不曉得從什麼時候開始發現我有在玩神奇寶貝 然後他跟我說他也有在玩而且聽他的用詞就知道他跟我一樣是個神奇寶貝狂熱份子. 很可惜他忘了帶他的ds. Joran也有學過一點日文.

Erin Bird- 原來他有學過日文啊 難怪他看起來聽得懂一些.

Tom- 懂很多東西的傢伙.

Amanda- 超搞笑的人. 只有從他嘴裡出來的東西都超好笑.

Daniela- 很活潑的女生. 嗓門也滿大的可是跟Seung-wan比起來還差一截. 故鄉在智利所以他會說西班牙文.

說一下禮文島本身好了.

禮文島有被叫花之島. 在島上有許多植物特有種. 有滿多極為特別的小花. 大自然是漂亮到沒話說畢竟人類在哪裡只是一個小小的點而已. 整座禮文島其實都是屬於一個國家公園所以我們不能隨便亂摘花. 在島上的人大部份都開車因為交通實在不是特別方便, 公車一個小時才一班而已. 嚴格說起來島上只有一條主要道路而且那條路還沒有環島.



番外篇 續


Why am I writing a "side story" ?

It's because my diary from back then was so crappy and I didn't record many notable things that had happened but because I had forgotten when exactly they happened so I'm just putting things in short stories.

Side Story begins!

When we first got to the island. We were told that there wouldn't be internet available for us to use. I thought it was okay since I wanted to do other things too. So our only 2 sources to the outside world were tv and the English Yomiuri Newspaper that arrives 2 days slower than the regular Japanese paper. When we got onto the island, a lot of us used phone cards to call family. I didn't. I didn't bother to call because there was nothing for me to call, it wasn't like I was hurt or anything. I wasn't about to spend on something that I would hardly ever use. It's important for some people though like Tudor since he has a little daughter back in Romania and I didn't think he brought a phone card so he must had been worried sick about his family. Hmmm....I did want to call Ms.*F though.......

Usually, there were 6 people working at the hotel.

Maeda san- She can speak English. If I remember correct it's because she grew up in an English speaking environment in Kobe.

Ozaki Takafumi- I think he understands English but he never ever spoke it in front of us though. He's from Sapporo.

Dai- I didn't get to know him that well....what a pity. He's from Tokyo and is on a trip by himself across Hokkaido.

Yanagiya san- The hotel owner. He usually sat behind the counter using the computer.

Yanagiya san's wife- Super energetic, hyper even. She's always super busy around breakfast and dinner time. She wanted us to call her mama san. She always welcomed us back with "okaerinasai!" when we got back from the dig. I will refer to her as mama san from now on.

The elder of the Yanagiya sons- I forgot his name. I am so sorry.... He is different from others, he has some sort of disability but I didn't want to ask about the specifics.

Others

Yanagiya Shota- The youngest in the family. I think he's in 2nd year of senior high. He plays badminton for his school team and actually competes for them too. He would have a lot of interaction with us in the future and someone would want to have a lot of interaction with him.

The others from the fieldwork

Chen- I really think she's different. How? I don't know exactly but it's a good kind of different.

Joran- I forgot when but he found out I play Pokemon so he told me he plays Pokemon too and by the terms he used, I knew he's a Pokemaniac too. Too bad, he left his ds in Holland. Joran also understood some Japanese.

Erin Bird- Erin studied some Japanese before. Sometimes, Erin is a pushover.....sometimes.

Tom- He knows a lot of things....mostly boring things.

Amanda- She is soooo witty. It was like anything that came out of her mouth could be some classic lines.

Daniela- She's a cool and fun person to hang around with. She's pretty loud too but not at Seung-wan's level. Daniela knows Spanish because of her Chilean background.

Some notes on Rebun Island.

Rebun Island's other name is the island of flowers. There are lots of unique species of plants on the island. The whole island along with Rishiri Island are part of a national park. Everybody drives on the island because out of necessity.  The bus only comes once every hour so you have to know how to drive. There is only really one main road on the island and that road doesn't even go full circle hahahaha.


End of Side Story 1 To be Continued....

日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 5

 前情提要

終於.....終於拿回到我的行李了! 我也遇見團隊其他的人了(有另外一個台灣人喔)

故事再開

我們在船上找到了位子(其時也不算啦因為只是榻榻米地板)然後我跟陳小姐聊了起來. 當跟我說他也是念考古的. 我問他是在台灣念台灣那一所大學. 他說他是台大人類學系畢業而且跟我一樣是不久前才畢業的. 我跟他說既然他是台大畢業的, 那她一定是高材生嘍? 他很謙虛的回我他並不是什麼高材生. 嗯, 我喜歡這個謙虛高材生的回答. 我跟他就這樣聊了至少30分鐘吧.我也問了他英文聽跟說應該都還可以吧. 他說大致上都了解, 只有一些用詞聽不懂而已. 果然是一位高材生.可是我當時真的覺得這個女生好特別喔. 同一時間, 我也認識當時坐在對面的Ed. 我看他再讀漫畫我就開始跟他聊起來了. 我記得那時後又一個瘦瘦高高的女生也坐在我們附近, 所以我也禮貌性的跟他打一聲照呼. 碰巧的是他也叫Erin不過一看就比波特蘭Erin還成熟. 以後我會稱呼他為Big Erin.

 Edward Middleton- UofA 2年級學生. 是一個很喜歡讀漫畫的人. 所以我們也有些話題可以聊. 跟別人不一樣的是, Ed並不是念考古的. 應該說他還沒決定要讀什麼, 他想念歷史可是也想念考古. (這些都是我跟他聊天時發現的)

我跟陳小姐/Chen and I

雖然我覺得我跟陳小姐有滿多話題可以聊的,可是我就是一個不喜歡在同一個地方待太久的人於是我跑去船胛看. 我看到許多人在餵海鷗...喂喂,學校不是叫我們不要亂餵小動物嗎? 他們都是在桿欄前把手伸出去然後自然就會由海鷗飛來吧食物給刁走. 在那邊我也認識了Tom. 我記得他email的自我介紹. 我記得他寫的真的很長...長到我沒有把它讀完(哈).

餵食中/Feeding time

Tom Dougherty- 從馬里蘭州來的美國人. 目前在夏威夷大學就讀碩士. 他念的是語言學然後曾經在琉球大學念書過. 他對愛奴語有相當程度的研究而這也是他來的原因. 

走著走著, 我也遇到了另外一個團隊隊友, Tudor.

Tudor- 從羅馬尼亞來的考古博士生. 說的英文帶著濃厚的腔調.一開始真的有點聽不太懂可是過一會兒就聽習慣了.

再航海過程中, 我們也經過利尻島. 買過白色戀人的人應該都知道那白色封面上那座被雪覆蓋的山吧? 那座山就是利尻山. 真的是座很漂亮的山. 不久後, 我們也抵達島禮文島的香深市的香深港. 

利尻山/Mt. Rishiri

我們到的時候, 已經是傍晚了. 下船時, 我看到了許多民宿特地到港口來迎接訪客, 當然我們的也不例外只不過....我們的是.............教授! 我是怎麼知道的呢? 因為他是那邊唯一的白人. 不過我們旅館還是有派另外的人來接我們啦.


我們一群人總共分成兩批搭車因為實在是太多人了. 我們有停在一間便利商店前因為教授說我們住的附近沒有便利商店所以要買東西就要趁現在. 我知道我待的地方是一個鄉下地方可是聽到這句時還是有點被嚇到. 我買了一些巧克力和洋芋片. 而且我也見識了日本果然是高消費的國家..真的都好貴喔.....


到旅館一路上的風景實在是好漂亮.可是我發覺這邊真的跟我想像的一樣鄉下. 欸? 我們好像剛經過了一間便利商店. 我想到的同時, 我們也抵達了我們的旅館. 禮文莊.

Hotel Rebun-so/ 禮文莊

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Last time on Spirited Away in Japan...

I finally got my luggage back. What an ordeal!

Anyways, back to the story

稚內再見!/Bye bye Wakkanai!

Our group sat down on the tatami floor and brought our luggage on it but then the staff came and reminded us very kindly that we shouldn't put them on the tatami. I sat down and started chatting with Chen, this is what she prefers to be called in English. She said she had just graduated from National Taiwan University. I complimented her saying she must be very smart. She politely said no. So modest! I asked her why she was so surprised about me being there. She replied saying that she had asked UofA whether any other Taiwanese people had joined the project and they said no. I told her I applied using my Canadian passport and I even mentioned that in my introduction but then she said she forgot to read them. I had fun chatting with Chen but I also chatted with the guy who sat across from me. He was reading a comic book at that time. His name is Ed. Since, I actually knew the comic he was reading about so we had some conversation topics. Ed had came to Wakkanai, a few days before us. I asked him what he did, he said he did nothing. LOL Like Ingrid, Ed is an undergrad student who goes to UofA.  At the same time, I met Erin. Erin is a few years more "mature" than Erin of Oregon. Big Erin, as some of us would call her in the future, is a graduate student from UofA.

Even though I was having a lot of fun talking to Chen, I decided to go out to the dock and see the ocean. I saw a lot of people feeding seagulls, including Tom. Tom is an graduate student from Maryland. He goes to University of Hawaii and had studied at Ryukyu University. Oh and Tom lacks hair. I met another team member while I was on the deck. His name is Tudor. Tudor is from Romania and his accent is really really heavy. At first, I couldn't understand his English so I just nodded and said, "oh", "yep", "Um hum", "I see." I was able to understand him after some time but he definitely had the coolest accent there.

Tom餵鳥中/Tom feeding a seagull

When we were getting close to Rebun Island, we passed by Mt. Rishiri. I think it's called the Hokkaido Fuji because of its resemblance with the actual Fuji from Shizuoka.  In around 30minutes or so, we had arrived in Rebun Island's biggest city/town, Kafuka.  There were many different hotels that had sent shuttles to pick people up from the port and ours did too....in the form of a professor. We stopped at a convenient store because the professor said there wasn't any convenient stores nearby. After hearing that, I jumped at the chance. I bought over 2000yen of candies.  Yes, I like candies :) 

香深港/Kafuka Port

On the way to the hotel, I was paying to the scenery of the island and it really amazed me to the natural green outnumber the crazy made-up colors by man. Hmmm? Wait, was that a convenient store that we just passed? Right after I had that thought, we arrived at our hotel, Hotel Rebun-so.

To be Continued...