Part 7- Dori Won't You Blow?

On Sunday we woke up early to go on an bird watching boat tour in the Tokachi river. Still pretty tired after barista-ing till late Saturday night, I pulled on my regular three pairs of pants, 2 sweaters and 3 pairs of socks and headed to the car and slept on the way there. Once at the meeting place, we piled into vans with the other bird watchers and headed to the place where we would put our boats in the water. The was in particular for eagle watching, as this area attracts two species or really big eagles from Russia. I didn't understand anything that our guide said which was pretty frustrating, but we were lucky enough to see two eagles quite close, as well as several interesting ducks and cranes by the water's edge. 

As soon as our tour ended we dashed off to the Otofuke band's quarterly concert at the Tokachi ecology park and centre, also designed by the firm, including the interiors and building concepts. The place was overflowing with children and so accordingly the band played songs from popular anime songs, featuring a woman dressed in high socks, a fuzzy white poncho, marching around with an umbrella. They also played bizarre versions of Western songs including "I've been working on the Railroad" with Dinah won't you blow substituted with Dori won't you blow (a japanese gilr's name).