Dean and Sue Zemke | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JAPAN

Winter 2007-2008

Asahikawa has had 601 cm (19.7 feet) of snowfall for the 2007-08 season.

Asahikawa's Winter Festival

sculpture: 262 ½ feet long x 65 ½ feet high x 131 feet deep (80 meters x 20 meters x 40 meters)

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If the sides of the church aren't cleared, the snow will break the windows. If the
shed roof isn't cleared, snow will crush the shed. Church roof also needs to be cleared
or it leaks.

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Another visit to Asahikawa's Asahiyama Zoo with the famous penguin walk.

Trip to Honshu (main island) Fall 2007

Imperial Garden Moat (Tokyo): Tokyo Tower and view from it:

Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge: Tokyo's Ginza Shopping District:

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Mt. Asama viewed from Karuizawa and Onioshidashi:

Saku Baptist Church: Karuizawa:

Karuizawa's Ryugaeshi Falls: Shiraito Falls: Japanese Macaques:

BWM Japan Missionary Fellowship:

James making washi paper: Drying washi paper:

Hikone Castle: View of Lake Biwa from Hikone Castle:

Sunset over Lake Biwa:

Fall 2007

Church Work Day September 22, 2007 - Replacing wood supports on entryway, painting, getting entryway ready for winter:

Finished work:

Japanese Traditional Dance and Kimono September 30, 2007:

Electronic Flag Man

Signs such as this electronic flag man are great entertainment (and fine warning devices too!).

Japan Professional Baseball

The Hokkaido Japan Ham Fighters played a game in Asahikawa on September 1, 2007. The game lasted 12 innings and sadly they lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-5. The stadium, which seats 25,000, was full. We enjoyed watching the game with the Minks family, missionaries in Nayoro.