Another night in Sapporo

No trains to Wakanai because of heavy rain. Typhoon approaching from the Southern side of Japan, it's about Sendai now. We cancelled our hotels in Wakkanai and Rishiri Island. Booked Toyako onset (in the south) instead. Today, we are staying in Sapporo one more night. We are not doing much. Just enjoying hanging around the hotel room. We have a nice big hotel room on the top floor. This room is about twice as big as a standard hotel room with a separate sitting area.

The first pic shows a drain from the near by zen temple. Our new house will have a deck almost at level with the ground. I want to implement a drain/ditch that looks like this in the picture with a metal grid as cover to ensure that the house won't get flooded when it rains heavily.

The second pic is from Starbucks. Our snack.Baca selengkapnya