so today we wet out to noboribetsu, 登別, where we got to see the hell valley, 地獄谷. it was a sulphur onsen and the smell of sulphur smells good to me. haha! the view was totally pretty, it's a little like the sulphur valley i saw at hakone. well, i really loved the pictures taken today. noboribetsu is a quiet town, and the pace of life is slower which i really like. like wat i told anto, i could find inner peace here. yeah and we went to the oyunuma, お湯沼, where we could put our legs in the hot water. not too sure if it's suphurous. but well, it was comfortable,  気持ち!!! and took a couple of photos over there. 

きれいな景色

so we spent about half a day at these areas that we had very little time for the ninja town! and we paid 2500 yen for just a 1h visit as it closes at 5pm! but it was still fun as we got to catch a show! and anto was the part of the performance! haha. and i threw a small tip after the show ended as this is what olden japan is like! ppl throw tips wrapped in a white paper after the show has ended. and the ppl there called us, 仲間, meaning very good friends! haha somehow i like this word!

at the ninja 村

yeah and after we're back in sapporo, we went to ramen yokocho, ラメン横丁, to have very nice chashuramen! gosh! it was really good and there were so many ppl! i think they sell like 10,000 bowls a day! wee! am really satisfied today~ and i learnt some new words like 半額, meaning half price!

and so, we'll start driving tmr to sounkyo! the highlight of the trip! and also, during this trip, anto let me realised the importance of general knowledge, i shall better myself when i'm back! be more abreast with current news!