Hokkaido Life: Day 8

10 Km... Never again I said... yet a few months later.. here I am. 

A life lesson for you folks! Never say the phrase: "I will never do that again." because once you say it... you tempt every god or demon or whatever it is you believe in to prove you wrong! During my fundraising I did a 10k run in Bolton to raise funds (£400+) and vowed at the end while gasping for breath that I would never do a 10k again... well now here I am at the start line ready to do it all over again. Though I've been told I can walk this one so it should be all good!

We were picked up in the morning by a man known as Sasaki-san who would be our walking partner for the 13km around the lake. Sasaki is a very outgoing guy who is convinced that I am allergic to girls because of my love of Anime. I should explain that Otaku's are given a pretty negative image in Japan as being nerdy boys with no life outside their bedroom. While I only fill half that category, it seems to amuse Sasaki to no end xD I should stress however it's only banter and that he's not being malicious or anything! He's a really funny person who perhaps likes beer a little too much ;)

I had my camera while walking around the lake and during the walk we got the chance to talk to some of the high schoolers who were also taking part. I wish I could tell you their names but the amount of names that have been thrown at me recently is just too many to remember. They were very energetic though and I managed to learn quite a few games from them. During the walk though I managed to take a lot of pictures of the lake which was great. However; not much else happened really. For the most part we talked with people but short of posting a transcript on here, there's not much too report on,

For the final KM, Sasaki-san decided we should jog which pretty much nearly killed me and my partner after 12km of walking constantly with no breaks. However at the end of the march was the best prize you can imagine.. a cold drink and delicious beef for a BBQ down at the beach. I have never been so hungry in my life and I gorged myself at the BBQ. The meat was lovely and we sat in these really tiny chairs that are able to hold a massive amount of weight surprisingly. Though this rather large man to my left was slowly sinking into the sand :') 

Delicious!

After the BBQ we had Ice cream which Sasaki-san kindly paid for before leaving us to return to whatever it was he needed to do. We spoke to our host Erika-san as she had been helping out with the BBQ area and we were introduced to Miki-chan. Miki-chan is an absolutely adorable little girl who was very shy but curious. She was desperate to ask me and my partner questions while hiding behind Erika-san. She asked us various questions about us such as our favorite color and if we had girlfriends but the best question had to be the one she was too scared to ask: "Why are you white?" Me and my partner broke down into laughter after Erika-san told us she wanted to ask it. She was seriously cute!

Afterwards my partner went back to the house and went to bed but I couldn't be bothered with going back home at only 2pm so I went to take a few more pictures of the local scenery. Whilst out I was called over by one of the towns people who owned the coffee shop across the road and she invited me inside to have a drink and something to eat. We spoke a long time about England and her English was very good. I drank orange juice and had the nicest vanilla cake I have ever had but the best part was that it was all for free! I insisted that I should pay but she refused to accept it.

Afterwards I headed back home and found my partner passed out on the bed in his room which was pretty fun to look at. So for the evening I made dinner and heated up some left overs that we had been left from the previous welcome party. Today was very tiring and I crashed out in bed and well asleep pretty quickly after eating. Thankfully the next day will be free but I do seriously need to clean this house properly!

Thanks for reading!!!