Canadian Gardening: Trip to Japan, 1 by ViolaAnn

ViolaAnn wrote:
A picture collage from Otaru showing a picturesque canal formerly used to access warehouses, a bridge across that canal - note how intricate, a view from an observation deck showing old and new buildings and the surrounding mountains, and an old warehouse. Otaru is quite conscious of its history and has many historical markers on buildings with the information in five languages - Japanese, Chinese, English, Russian and Korean. There is a ferry from Otaru to the Russian Island of Sakhalin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakhalin