The town of Hakodate is a small port known for its seafood and summer festival involving thousands of people performing the ika odori (squid dance). The squid seems to be the city's unofficial mascot, popping up everywhere I look. There are real ones swimming in tanks in front of seafood stores, plastic ones with googly eyes in the windows of restaurants, and adorable cartoon ones adorning street maps and signs for local businesses. Our program even offers a culture class in squid cookery, though I admit being a bit too squeamish to sign up for it.
If you learn to cook squid, maybe you could whip up some for a return Light Fellows meeting? =) You'll love Hakodate. Thanks for capturing shots of the localities.
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