Today after I woke up, I showered (about damn time), and went to the Sapporo Beer Musuem (I should note that last night was the first in 2 days that I'd slept in a real bed). The city's easy to navigagte; it does the grid thing, and the subway lines use romanji. The Beer Museum was good enough- it was free (if I'd had to pay, I would have been sad), but all the signs were in Japanese, so I mostly wandered around looking at the displays. There was a great one of 'how to make beer' that was a series of diorama. Little elf-monkeys were making the beer- cute. I hit the museum store, too (natch).
I wanted to visit the Salmon Museum, but was afraid that by the time I got there it'd be closed. So I tried to find Hokkaido University, failed, and then decided to visit the fish market. That was probably my favorite part of the city. The TV tower (I'm not sure what exactly its purpose is) is there, and a lot of malls, etc. After seeing the fish market, I came back, as my feet were killing me.
I want to write more about the non "What I Did, blah blah" things, but right now I should go to bed. So here's my list (for later): jet lag, lack of Japanese skills, other people practicing English on me, the side of the road thing (driving and walking), squat toilets, homogenity and me standing out, the trains/subways, Dice-K, being alone, why I like long train rides, door locks, and the benefit of the doubt that comes with being foreign.
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