"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
it's about learning to dance in the rain."
- Vivian Greene
"I don't think we conquered Everest, I think the mountain relented."
"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
"...even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve."
- Sir Edmund Hillary
"The only trips I regret are the ones I never took"
- Paddy Pallin
「山に対して優勝することじゃなくて、自分自身のことに対して優勝することだ。」
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Hokkaido Historical VilliageHouse showing elements of the western architectural style popular in the early Meiji period (reign of Emperor Meiji 1868-1912), and the Japanese style preferred in the latter half.
Hokkaido Historical Villiage - Shimauta Post OfficeModern postal services started in Hokkaido in 1872, and the first post office was founded in Shimauta in 1886. The post office master's residence was in a seperate building.
Hokkaido Historical VilliageFishermen's lodging in the Aoyama family's complex. The Aoyama family moved to Hokkaido in 1859 and started a fishing business catching herring with set nets around Otaru.
Hokkaido Historical Villiage - PondThe structure to the right of the pond is a storehouse built originally (1887) on the
coastline of the Sea of Japan. Half of the storehouse projects out over the water so that boats can go ashore under the storehouse and cargo can be directly loaded and unloaded through the floor opening.
