Take the Galaxy Train.

I had a wedding in Hanamaki over the weekend and snapped a few pictures of some of the snowy spots.

A Tanuki freezing its balls off.

 At the Hotel.

The hotel staff drove me to and from the station so on the way back, I snapped a few shots.

The pictures I took outside the station are similar to the ones in this post although with more snow.

Even the vending machines are cool!

The Galaxy Train travelling along the various constellations.

There is some interesting artwork inside the station.

I didn't have time to explore much further because my train was coming.

Next time I'm in that town, I'll have to revisit the Kenji Miyazawa museum. Only this time, I'll take some pictures.

Galactic Railroad.

I had an hour to kill in Shin-Hanamaki before catching a Shinkansen and wandered around outside the station. This town has a museum dedicated to Kenji Miyazawa, the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad.

 Railway to the Stars!

 Cool little jazzy courtyard.

This cool little vehicle taxis people around the city. Sweet!

 My Shink arrives and it's time to return home.

 I thought I had visited this museum once before but I must have neglected to blog about for I can't find an entry anywhere. I'll have to revisit this museum so I can inform you all.

I'm worn out by all the Star Wars stuff of late. I've revised a few recent posts, otherwise, all I have to offer today is some popcorn for you!

Some Random Crap From Morioka.

While I was in Morioka, I didn't buy too much but I occasionally had to enter a Conbini for a tea break or a pee break. While there, I usually felt obligated to buy something, so this is what I got. 7-11 has a huge Disney campaign going on right now and next month Disney Sea has the gang from Toy Story in a Monster-Mash-up and lots of crap to go with it. Right now, there's a lot of vintage characters at exorbitant prices to celebrate Walt's 110th birthday. I got a big "D" with a Donald.

There has to be a new Doraemon movie out for he's featured as well. Another crappy Key Holder (good thing I need some Halloween presents for the party next month.)

A couple of Monster Hunter characters and Nintendo has choco-eggs and coffees with characters right now. Apart from Donkey Kong, I'm not too interested in getting any more.

I was getting dehydrated and happened upon some NAIVE EVIAN water with these cute little cat post-it notes. Well, I was thirsty, so I landed all six of them.

When directed by my Navi to an empty parking lot while looking for a hotel, I had to stop for directions. I espied this little Schnauzer kit that you make with pipe-cleaners. It's beyond my capability of assembling, but I have a friend with a Crafty Canine that'll love it.

There was very little to buy at the Kenji Miyazawa Museum, still I needed some Omiyage for some work-colleagues so I bought a big box of Galaxy Railroad 999 cookies.

As a follow-up to my Halloween treats post, one of my roving reporters has added a "Bootiful" bounty. Furthermore, I opened up the Pretz and it comes with a ghost mask, pretty scary, huh?

Since this is mostly about Conbinis, I thought I'd share a picture of a Moth that I discovered on the window of a Lawsons. It was about the size of my hand and was either resting or checking out the porn!