Sunday, September 15, 2024

Hokkaido Day 5 (11 Sep - 18 Sep)

Saba fish cooked in miso soup is supposed to taste good no fishy smell

A field of cosmos

Omagari Kohan Enchi



white, pink, and red cosmos are blooming





Flowers surround a mound 












Egg station - Sunny side up, scrambled eggs, tamago, hard boiled eggs and soft boiled eggs

French toast and pancakes

Kiwi, Banana, Grape Fruit, lychee, oranges, pineapples

Pastries and bread corner


Balmuda Toaster 😎



Hotel staff bidding us goodbye

Pumpkins for 380yen

Corn keychain


Rest stops are super clean


Zero magnetic field



Abashiri Prison merchandise 



Snow fairy






The outdoor museum where 25 historical buildings of the original Abashiri Prison are conserved and exhibited was opened in 1983




網走刑務所

To guard against Russian invasion, the inmates were also forced to construct the first road to Sapporo.


Most of the prison was burned down in a 1909 fire, but it was reconstructed in 1912





Known as a self sufficient farming prison


Offers a glimpse of life in a Japanese Jail














1200 prison inmates were mobilise to build the central road between Abashiri and Asahikawa. They built 163km of road in just 8 mths. They were responsible for reclaiming farmland and building road and railroads through Hokkaido.

Only prison museum in Japan


Wooden penological buildings designated as important cultural properties and the story of how Abashiri Prison contributed to Hokkaido’s development





Inside of the original prison cell

Among prisoners are members of Yakuza


The Brick Punishment Chamber - a pitch black chamber with reduced rations

Built in 1910 and moved to current location in 1991

Solitary Punishment Chamber - an unruly prisoner would be confined here for seven days with only rice water and punishment could be increased to include reduced light deprivation



Preserved buildings from the Meiji Era (1868-1912)







 

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