Our last day in Sapporo.  We were on the bus by 0815 and on our way to Tsudome Site for another Snow Festival. 

This small festival was geared toward very little children.  There were lots of little slopes carved out of snow piles for children to safely slide down.

There was also some kind of snow carving event going on but I couldn’t figure out what that was about.  One person said it was local high school students.  Someone else said it was local businesses. 

Then there was this display of little snowmen created by local school children.

All in all an odd place to stop for an hour and a half on the hour plus bus ride to the airport where we had a two hour “free time” wait for our flight to Hiroshima.  Plenty of time for some local Sapporo beer with our lunch.

So, did you notice what a beautiful day it was?  Almost no wind.  Bright and sunny.  By the time our plane arrived in Hiroshima it was very windy and snow showers.  So windy, in fact, that it took the pilot three tries to get the plane on the ground due to wind sheer issues at the end of the runway.  Lucky for us, the third time was a charm and we landed without incident, grabbed our baggage and boarded the bus for the hour and a half ride down to Iwakuni.

Home at last for a delightful bottle of sake to go with Chris’ now famous cabbage salad with toasted sesame dressing and stir fried rice, onion and eggs.  Ahhh, what a life.