My third journal entry

I continue with day three and day four of my trip to Japan, Hokkaido. On day three, we went to Ainu village, and on the right is the statue of the first leader of Ainu village. The Ainu village is one of Hokkaido's better Ainu Museums where Ainu culture and lifestyle is shown. This culture is soon fading so the japanese government has took measures to instill this culture to the youth. The Ainu are a people with a cultural and racial background which is different from that of the ethnic Japanese. They have been populating Hokkaido, northern Tohoku, the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin, but today only a small population remains mainly in Hokkaido. After being introduced to the village we proceeded to having a steamboat lunch. After lunch we went to see the brown bears, the fiercest wild animal in Hokkaido at Noboribetsu Bear Park. The bears were not really wild as they had been kept in an enclosure so they were not as fierce as those from the wild. Actually they were quite qute as they begged for the apples we were holding and waving at us. After that we proceed to the hotel to rest and sleep. On day four, it was relatively short as we had to take a four hour long journey to sapporo city where we would continue to be on day 5 and 6. By the time we reach sapporo city, it was time for lunch and at 2pm we were given free time to walk around and explore around. After that, it was time to head for the hotel. I will continue day 5 and 6 in the next entry.