Goats and Curry

We didn't get to sleep in this morning, instead we were swept off back to the Kindergarten school for the morning with Akamine-san to meet her friends and show them around. After bonding with the ponies and feeding them little bits of my apple, we were off again, this time we were going to a friend of a friend's restaurant in the outskirts of Sapporo, which actually turned out to be in the forest. The restaurant specialized in goat's milk products, especially bread and cheese, which is what I had for lunch. After we ate, we went on a tour to see the building behind the restaurant and house, which we discovered housed all the goats they milk, as well as chickens, bunnies, and storage space for wheat. The restaurant, run by a husband (also a an architect) and wife team, produces all the food for their restaurant, including vegetables, cheese and bread on site, so they only use seasonal ingredients. 

We left the restaurant and headed to a park that Takano had designed on top of a mountain offering a view to the entire city and the ocean beyond. From there we drove an hour to an onsen that was high in the mountains, and from the hot pools outside there was an amazing view to the snow covered valleys. The onsen had a curry restaurant, and as I was ordering I was very surprised to see a whole kitchen full of Indian men speaking perfect japanese while shaping Naan bread. It was very sureal. But I have to admit, I don't think I've ever had better Naan!