This is one of the most famous landscape
in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
This building was used as the government
office of Hokkaido island
long time ago. Today it is preserved as a
small museum.
The building is modeled after the statehouse
in Massachusetts, USA.
Sapporo Station.
This building is very new, and some parts
of its inside are
still under construction.
Huge department store will be opened in March
right next to it.
Young people like my friends say they are
happy to have
a nice huge shopping mall in the city, but
old people like my parents say they are confused
because
their familiar old places become unfamiliar
all at once.
I felt I am like one of those old people,too.
Every time I visit Sapporo, where I lived
for eighteen years,
I feel a little sad and confused because
the landscape
of the city changes so quickly, so dramatically
: (
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