日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 16

上回提要
祭典日果然非同凡響.

起來的時候發現喉嚨好像有點痛....不過當時並沒有特別在意. 起來的時候還發現了另外一件事, 雨. 雖然說不是下的很大可是好像是算有可能影響到挖掘的雨量. 我們在吃早餐的時候Dr.Weber 就宣布當天的挖掘活動停止. Amanda 後來安排我們到香深的博物館參觀. 我那時候其實還滿興奮的因為我終於可以買到傳說中的白色戀人了~~~

倒轉到幾天前.....

那時候我有問Toshiko桑在船泊這邊是否有在賣白色戀人可是他那時候回我說因為船泊不是個景點所以沒有賣什麼特別的東西. 之後Takafumi跟我說香深應該有在賣.

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於是我們一行人就被載去了香深.

香深跟船泊比起來是在是大多了. 雖然也是只有一條主道路可是還是比船泊繁榮許多. 我沒記錯的話, 他們比不是稱呼他們的博物館為博物館而是叫鄉土資料館.

資料館裡面有許多介紹禮文島當地特色的展覽像是1:1比例的海豹標本.....沒想到出現在Tudor面前竟然是這種龐然大物....對我們來說資料館最大的特色是在於當地出土的繩文土器. 又些土器真的是超乎我香香的精稚尤其是以鯨魚牙齒刻成的雕像. 資料館也有介紹禮文島的發展歷史而且我發現了一件事.....原來柳谷老闆他的祖先就是開拓禮文島的拓荒者之一.文獻記載他們家是從青森來的. wow 好厲害喔.

Tudor can beat these guys up/Tudor可以在海裡跟他比摔角

神轎

Jomon Pottery/繩文土器

Yanagiya san's ancestor...probably

參觀完後我們分散為兩組人在香深活動. 我,陳小姐, Seung-wan, Ed, Daniela, Erin, 我們決定前往香深最大的神社參觀. 當我們到了事後, 我看了一下這神社的名字 欸? 嚴島神社? 這不是在宮島那很有名的神社嗎? 我們爬上了階梯到了神社本體, 我看到了專門給人洗手的水池可是不知為何水並沒有從"水龍頭"中流出. 那裡還有月蝕紀念碑....為什麼要在神社那裡立個那樣的紀念杯啊? Seung-wan開始抱怨說他很熱然後他問我說可不可以借他穿我的薄襯衫. 我是沒有什麼意見啦可是他在船的時候開始抱怨說為什麼衣服這麼小. 小姐, 你是不是忘了你是個女人. 你有胸部, 我沒有!

Eclipse Observation Monument

在我們會到約見面的地點前, 我們跑去民產店買了些特產. 有些人買了短袖而我則是買了一盒白色戀人. 我們約的地點就是在資料館前可是我們那時候才發現原來那邊有一個很棒的彩繪.

Shiroi Koibito/白色戀人

我覺得那張照片應該是我在日本最值得留念的一張吧.

我們一回到旅館的時候, 我就偷偷的把一個白色戀人餅乾遞給了陳小姐. 我跟他說我知道她也很想吃所以叫他不要跟別人說喔. (感覺好像有點了解為什麼Toshiko桑他們會認為我們是一對) 我也給了一個給Toshiko桑感謝他平常幫我們做的事.

下午的時候, 我真的開始感覺到我不太舒服. 我還是沒有放在心上就是了. 陳小姐還有一些其他人跑去久種湖散步. 我則是一個人到船泊鎮上一個小丘上的神社. 我在神社的時候一直看到一隻烏鴉在那裡徘徊, 烏鴉是在守護那個有點老舊的神社嗎?從小丘上可以看得到整個船泊而且還看得到濱中也就是我們的遺址所在點. 我回到旅館不久後, 陳小姐他們也回來了. 他們跟我說有看到一隻馬還有他的第五條腿!!!! 哈哈哈哈.

當天的晚餐感覺好像比平常還要更加豐盛也有可能是因為菜色有點不一樣. 有一道tataki, 海鮮沙拉, 手捲, 日式炸雞, 南瓜湯, 桃子. 我真的好喜歡吃tataki 而且有些人不敢吃生魚片所以我吃的份量可能有好幾人份吧~ 因為那時都是在喝味增湯所以以喝到不一樣的湯就覺得太好喝了!

吃完後, Toshiko桑就在大廳裡叫我們日文(果然是個好老師.)

後來有幾個沒看過的外國人走進旅館要住宿. 在禮文島看到外國人是真的很難得的事結果竟然一下就出現了3個. 原來他們在札幌有會議後來開完後就到處旅行然後就不知道為什麼而來到了禮文島. 他們之所以到禮文莊住宿是因為他們有去資料館問旅館的情報. 因為我們一群外人的關係所以資料館的人就跟他們說可以住在島上最多外國人的地方. 哈哈哈. 後來他們邀請我們去唱ktv可是我們這些人還真的沒有給他們面子, 我們沒有一個人去 哈!


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Previously
Matsuri was pretty cool~

I woke up to find my sore was a bit sore but oh well it was probably nothing....or so I thought. It was raining so we were waiting for any announce on whether we would still be digging or not. As expected, Dr. Weber announced that the dig would be canceled for the entire day. We thought we had the entire day off but Amanda then told us that she would be arranging us to go to the local museum in Kafuka which was fine by everyone. I had been wanting to go back to Kafuka for a while now because I wanted to buy Shiroi Koibito, a kind of white chocolate cookie.


Rewind back to few days ago...


I asked Toshiko san if Funadomari had a place that was selling Shiroikoibito. She said Funadomari isn't a tourist spot so I wouldn't be able to find it in town. Takafumi said I might be able to find it in Kafuka tho.


So we ended up spending the morning in Kafuka.


Kafuka Museum is a small municipal museum but nonetheless, it still has a lot of information on the development of Rebun Island. The exhibits include contemporary Rebun culture all the way back to Jomon period.


There were some pretty interesting artifacts such as several bone tools as well as some finely crafted bone figurines. The exhibit's section on the early development of Rebun Island made me realize something.....Yanagiya san's ancestors were some of the first people who came to Rebun Island! So in a way...Shota's family are bunch of trailblazers.

2 floors/有兩樓哦

Bone Figurines/骨制雕像

fish bones/魚骨

 

After the visit, we split into two groups. Ed, Seung-wan, Chen, Erin, Daniela, and I went to see the jinsha in Kafuka. The jinsha has a monument for an eclipse observation....what a weird reason to build a monument. When we were there, Seung-wan was complaining about the weather being too hot. She asked me if I could lend her my shirt. I said sure but then when she was putting it on, she was like, "Why is this so small? I can't button the shirt? Is this a girl's one?" No, Seung-wan. It's not a girl's clothes. You have boobs while I will have man boobs in the future but that was why the shirt was small. When we left, we saw two little girls, probably sisters and like kids from Funadomari, they politely greeted us. We were going to a Buddhist temple but it was closed and wasn't the way we imagined it as it was super new. 

From Seung-wan's camera/Seung-wan的照片

We got back to the dock and bought some souvenir and I finally bought my Shiroi Koibito! We sat down on the dock and saw a painting that says, "We <3 Rebun." I took a picture of it and it was probably the best picture I had taken in Japan.

I <3 Rebun too

Shiroi Koibito/白色戀人

When we got back, I secretly gave Chen a piece of Shiroi Koibito. I knew that she wanted to try it too from our past conversations so I just decided to give her one. I also gave Toshiko san one too for her hard work of taking care of us.

After we got back and ate lunch, Chen and the others went on the hiking trail by the lake while I went to the jinsha in Funadomari. The jinsha is located on the hill at the end of the town center on a hill. The bottom of the hill was where the kids started their matsuri parade. From the top of the hill, I was able to see all the way to Hamanaka where we were digging. Just an awesome view. Everyone returned by late afternoon and they were telling me about a horse they saw and about the horse's giant 5th leg hahahaha.

The dinner was fabulous and it was nice to have non-miso soup for a change. We had a creamy pumpkin/squash soup~ The tataki was nice too because I'm a big fan of any tataki.

After dinner, Toshiko san taught us Japanese in the lobby. Such a good teacher~

At night, a bunch of foreigners showed up at the hotel! Oh my God......foreigners, well new foreigners.... Turned out they were had a conference in Sapporo then after that they started traveling and they somehow ended up in Rebun. They came to Rebun-so instead of other hotels because they were asking where they could stay in Rebun and they happened to have asked the staff at the museum. So the staff naturally just told them where the biggest concentration of foreigners were on the island. They later went to sing Karaoke~

To be Continued...

日本旅Spirited Away in Japan Episode 14

5點準時起床.

當天挖掘時, 多了一件很....吵的事. 還不到12點的時候, 挖掘現場旁邊的住宅傳出了陣陣的大笑聲. 一開始還不覺得有什麼大不了的, 可是他們一直在笑..一直一直. 所以大家很合理的推理出他們上午就在喝酒. 原本以為午飯後他們就回去睡午覺還什麼的可是並沒有, 下午的時候他們也還是繼續喝酒. 忘記是誰說的不過由於隔天有祭典, 所以大家已經開始於所準備了(準備就是喝酒). 他們也好像注意到我們這群外人*在後院不曉得在種菜還是在挖什麼的, 其中幾位走到我們這裡來看我們到底在幹嘛. 他們看我們在做的事也很感興趣, 他們還邀我們收工時去神社跟他們一起喝酒. 教授他們當時是覺得有點不妥因為他們已經滿醉了, 誰知道他們會對我們做什麼事. 我那時候是覺得不會怎樣啦只是覺得酒駕好像不太好ㄟ.... 收工的時候也因為ㄠ不過他們於是我們也被般被逼迫的去了一趟神社. 雖然其中一位說可以載我們一些人去可是大家都已經知道他已經醉的臉紅通通了.  Tomoda老師倒是很給面子, 他就坐在卡車後面載貨地方跟著他一起走.

 

大廳/lobby

 

開會/briefing

要出土的陶器/pottery

神社是在一個在山丘上靠海邊的地方. 而神社拜的是狐狸所以就當然是稻荷神社啦. 我們到神社的時候已經有幾個人在那裏喝酒吃東西了. 他們也很好客的招待我們就怕我們不吃不喝. 其中一位酒駕先生問了我一些問題, 像是大家是從哪裡來之類的. 我跟他說我是台灣人, 他還跟我說台灣是個好地方, 我問說他有去過台灣嗎? 他回說沒有. 哈哈哈哈, 我想也是. 他還問我了我那個最漂亮的可愛女生是誰然後他是從哪裡來的. 我跟他說那位是英國來的Jess而且才19歲而已.  他還跟我解釋說鰻魚的骨頭也可以吃......老兄......這在台灣也有啊. 他跟我說他叫Shuu. Amanda說Shuu桑是當地小學的PTA會長. 我聽到就傻眼. PTA會長還酒駕??? 要走時, 我們一行人也拍了張照片做為紀念. 我覺得是這趟旅行最有fu的照片之一. 要回去的時候, Shuu很好心幫我們指揮倒車可是他差點害我們掉下小坡...他也沒有緊張或有歉意, 還是一樣嘻皮笑臉的跟我們說再見. 我只能說Shuu桑, 你醉了.

Jinsha/神社

神社上的view/View from the Jinsha

food/吃的

回旅館後發現網路已經搭好了. Dr. Weber在晚餐的時候跟我們說雖然他知道我們都很想去看祭典不過因為要趕工所以就沒辦法了. 有點小失望不過至少在神社度過了難忘的一天.而我當天的日記就以我邊喝可爾必思邊寫著日記結束了.

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Got up at the usual 5am.

What was different about the dig that day was that there a bunch of loud drunks at the house next to us. When we were doing our usual digging, we heard loud, loud laughter. We thought it was kind of strange but we didn't pay much attention to them until we realized that they hadn't stop laughing in the whole morning. The inevitable conclusion was they were drunk even before noon. It was either Tomoda or Kato sensei who told us there was a matsuri (festival) the day after so they were just preparing for that....by getting drunk. Even after lunch, they were still drinking and laughing. I noticed one of them looked at us and soon, they all came to check out what we were doing. They invited us to go drink with them after the dig even though we had our doubts, for example, they were drunk and they offered to drive us there. Right..... They really insisted so we couldn't say no so we went after work. 

corpses/屍體

Todo Island/海獅島(todo=海獅)

We went on our usual van but Tomoda sensei rode on the back of those drunks' truck. Sigh.....he did that just for us lol. The shrine is located at a small hill by a small dock. It was a fox worshipping jinsha called, "Inari Jinsha." These kinds of fox worshipping shrines are located throughout Japan with the center being at the one in Kyoto. We got invited into the shrine where they had food and beer. One of the drunks introduced to me as Shuu. Amanda said Shuu is the PTA president at the local elementary school. I was like wow.....PTA president was DUI. He was asking me where about where we were from. I said I was from Taiwan then he said Taiwan is a nice place. I asked him had he ever been there before and he said no. LOL He also asked me who the "cute girl" was. I said that girl's name was Jess and she was only 19. So before we left, we took a group photo which I think it's one of the best picture that I have. So, Shuu was giving us directions for backing our car but I think he was too drunk to give us the correct direction since we almost fell from the little hill. It was cool tho for him......since he was all smiles

Tom drinking. Daniela smiling.

Amanda&Shuu

local kids/當地的小孩

By the time we got back to the hotel, the internet was set up. All of us were really looking forward to the matsuri but Dr. Weber said we still had work to do so going there was out of the question. We were really disappointed but at least we had a great day. I ended my diary of the day with this sentence, "Now hanging out in lobby doing nothing except this and drinking calpis."




To be Continued 

日本旅圖片/Pics-1

Stuck at lunch without my diary. So I will be posting pictures.
沒日記所以先po圖片

Wakknai/稚內

墳墓/graveyard