Furano Station/Abu Travel Handbook
After visiting Hokkaido University in Sapporo (specific click: Reverse Roaming Japan Peking University), and near Odori, drinking some wine with local friends in the evening, the next day, Abu Travel Notes Editor will leave Sapporo and go to the next stop in Hokkaido, the legendary Furano.
Sapporo to Furano is easily accessible, you can take the train, you can also take the bus, the train is slightly faster, but the distance is more roundabout, the bus is slower, the route is shorter, and for tourists, they often choose the way the train goes, and when they get there, many people are more enthusiastic about the most famous Tomita Farm, a place with a large area of lavender.
Beautifully made floor plan of Furano Tomita Farm
For Abu travel notes, and the general tourists are a little different, travel is also work, travel routes are also somewhat different, in addition to looking at the scenery, the greater purpose of traveling around Japan, or is to step on the point, for more in-depth itinerary planning to do homework.
It is also for this reason that we chose to take a bus to Furano, and when we arrived in Furano, we did not choose the Tomita farm that outsiders have long known, but because of the Japanese national playwright Satoshi Kuramoto. The question we ponder along the way is, what would furano do without Satoshi Kuramoto?
Satoshi Kuramoto on the bus
We live near Kikusui Station (specific click: Sapporo Tozai Line) of the Sapporo Metro Tozai Line, and in fact, it is more convenient to take a bus to Furano from there, because it only takes one subway stop to Odori, and it is a few hundred meters walk to Hokkaido Chuo Bus Sapporo Bus Terminal.
Don't look at the bus terminal, but this station is not very big, it is a very low-key existence, and it is not as conspicuous as the sign of NHK TV across the road.
Hokkaido Chuo Bus Sapporo Bus Terminal / Abu Travel Handbook
Canteen Street/Abu Travel Handbook on the basement level of the bus terminal
There is a canteen street on the basement floor below the bus terminal, and during the waiting period, Abu Travel Notes went down to shop, the space below is not large, and it feels very deserted at the same time. After all, there are not too many tourists, there are only 5 shops to see, and there is a small art exhibition next to it.
We also just walked around, because before leaving in the morning, we ate the last meal of our own beef noodles at the homestay (specific click: Hokkaido "Fourth Ramen").
When you leave, it may be because of the passing bus, and there are not many people getting on the bus from Sapporo.
Bus to Furano, passengers are not many / Abu travel handwritten map
From the later train ride, and then compared with the bus experience, in fact, from Sapporo to Furano, the roadside scenery you can see should not be as spectacular as what you see on the train, but it may also be that along the way, we are all discussing Satoshi Kuramoto.
Earlier, Abu Travel Notes had introduced two of Satoshi Kuramoto's plays in recent years (specific click: The Conscience of the Playwright) - "The Land of Tranquility" and "The Moment of Tranquility, But Furano was associated with Satoshi Kuramoto's earlier "Love in the NorthLand", which lasted for more than 20 years.
Stills from 1983's "Love in the Northland"
Before the broadcast of "Love in the Northern Kingdom", Satoshi Kuramoto, who regarded writing as a god in the Japanese drama industry, had always been an alternative existence.
He first moved from Tokyo to Sapporo in 1973 because of television production and improper revision of the script, and in 1977, he moved from Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, to the more remote Furano. In Furano, he was not idle, in addition to close communication with local people, understanding the local customs and culture to create scripts, he also opened a free training of actors and screenwriters Furano Juku.
Satoshi Kuramoto, who lives in Furano
Every summer, Satoshi Kuramoto takes the students to the local farm to work as farmers, in exchange for their living expenses, and in the winter season when they can't work, he will give free lectures and teach everyone the writing experience, and it continued until 2010, when the school was closed because "it was impossible to recruit students".
Satoshi Kuramoto's "Love in the North Country" was broadcast in 1981, when it was the golden age of Japanese television, the wave of urbanization was coming to an end, and many urban people were homesick.
This humanistic TV series, which depicts the life story of a single father in Tokyo, Blackboard Goro, returning to his hometown with two children quickly caused a huge response in Japanese society, not only establishing his status as a national screenwriter, because of its worldwide influence, the place where the return to the script took place in Furano, was also known to more people.
Lavender view from Farm Tomita
What is more interesting about Abu Travel Notes is that after more than thirty years, what kind of existence is Satoshi Kuramoto and his works in Furano? Another question that puzzled us was whether Furano had made it famous as a Tourist Destination in Hokkaido because of Tomita Farm or Because of "Love in the North Country".
After all, the Lavender Garden at Tomita Farm, which was opened in 1903, was printed on the Nippon National Railways calendar in 1976 and became famous for attracting tourists to visit. On the timeline, Tomita Farm became famous earlier than "Love in the North Country", and to this day, Satoshi Kuramoto's drama and Tomita Farm have also earned Furano a worldwide reputation.
Abu Travel's notebook of this Furano trip was defined as coming looking for Satoshi Kuramoto's answer.
The ubiquitous "Satoshi Kuramoto card"
First of all, to reveal the discovery of this trip, that is, a poem by Du Fu, a poet of china's Tang Dynasty and a small editor of Abu Travel Notes:
"Ercao's body and name are destroyed, and the rivers and rivers are not wasted."
This is a poem praising the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin, luo Bin wang, combined with the whole poem situation, this poem can be roughly understood as, not to mention the endless attack and disdain of the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" by the impetuous literati now, even if their flesh and fame have long disappeared, the works of the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" will still exist for eternity like the rivers and rivers that flow day and night.
In Furano City, Abu Travel Notes found more Satoshi Kuramoto and various contents related to "Love in the Northern Kingdom", while Tomita Farm only exists in the local guidebook.
"Love in the North Country" in the Furano Shop / Abu Travel Handbook
This is not to say that Tomita Farms is bad, but it is to say that Satoshi Kuramoto and his works have a wider influence in Furano because it is everywhere. Tourists who come to perceive the beauty of lavender only go to the farm, compared to the farm, the influence of a strong cultural product, is more long-term and subtle.
Coming out of Furano Station, because I was hungry, I waited to go to the new Prince Hotel shuttle bus on the mid-level, and there was still a while, so I went to a restaurant near the station, which is very popular in the local area.
Just after finding the door of the store, the wind of "Love in the North Country" is blown across the face, because there is a stone wall, which is the stone house style built by Goro in his later years in the play, and on the wall, there is also an inscription of a large pair of Kuramoto Satoshi, it seems that the relationship between the owner and Satoshi Kuramoto is not ordinary.
Inside the restaurant near Furano Station / Abu Travel Handbook
Satoshi Kuramoto's inscription/Abu travel handwriting
Compared to the layout, the food in this restaurant is not much to recommend.
Its dessert, cantaloupe with sake, tastes strange, red bean ice cream is too sweet, may not be Chinese appetite, as for the staple food, I still can't remember what I ate at that time, in short, I am not very satisfied.
The New Prince Hotel is a comprehensive resort hotel, but also the most advanced hotel in Furano, it has a lot of experience items, sleep at night is also very comfortable, this next special write a detailed article, here first said its souvenir shop, but also met a variety of Satoshi Kuramoto.
In addition to the poster of "Love in the Northern Kingdom" on the wall, Satoshi Kuramoto's works are all available, and even the suicide note of the elderly Chalkboard Goro is also sold as a commodity.
Chalkboard Goro's Suicide Note/ Abu Travel Notes that were sold
Hat worn by Chalkboard Goro / Abu Travel Handbook
There is also a goro Aonan Man Miso/Abu Travel Handbook
In the clothes area, there are also clothes and hats worn by Goro, which are not expensive, and Abu Travel Notes also bought one, but it was later lost on the train.
In addition, there are various foods that sell the "Love in the North Country" sign, such as snacks, and a miso sauce called Goro Qingnanman.
When checking in at the hotel, the front desk also specially sent a leaflet of Abu Travel Notes, which said that the next day, at the Furano Drama Workshop, which was not far from the hotel, there was a reader meeting of Satoshi Kuramoto. At that time, I sighed that it was really Satoshi Kuramoto's ubiquitous Furano.
Satoshi Kuramoto's recent work "The Land of Tranquility" / Abu Travel Handbook
Went to Luxiang and lost Satoshi Kuramoto
On the second day in Furano, look at the hotel's signs about nearby tourist destinations, and the location of "Love in the North Country" is in Luxiang, just to the east.
As a result, Abu traveled down the mountain, rode around Furano City, and then returned to Furano Station and boarded a minibus to Luxiang.
Although there are not many people who go to Luxiang, since it is a filming location and is promoted by the local tourist attraction, the traces of "Love in the North Country" are everywhere.
The most typical is that after arriving in Luxiang, eat noodles at a local noodle restaurant near the minibus station, the store can not only see Goro's wall calendar, go to the bathroom, enter the door and find that even if it is a toilet, the walls around it are also plastered with various posters of "Love in the North Country".
Goro Wall Calendar/Abu Travel Handbook on the wall of the Luxiang Noodle House
The walls inside the restroom are plastered with stills/Abu travel notes
There are different periods in Luxiang, the house where Goro lived, due to the limited space, this piece of content is also put into detail later. Let's talk about the reader meeting of Satoshi Kuramoto when he returned from Luxiang on the same day.
Although Abu Felt Cold when he wandered around Furano City, later that day, when he arrived at the Furano Theater Workshop, he found that there were still quite a few people going, and the aisles were full of posters related to Satoshi Kuramoto's works and his works for sale.
At that time, Abu Travel Notes had not yet seen Satoshi Kuramoto's latest work, "The Land of Tranquility", but this noontime drama had already been broadcast in Japan, so there was a poster of "The Land of Tranquility" on the wall.
Poster in Furano Drama Workshop / Abu Travel Handbook
Question paper/Abu travel handwriting diagram
Because we wanted Satoshi Kuramoto's signature, we bought a copy of his work, organized the meeting, and sent a question paper with a pencil, which could write out the questions to ask Satoshi Kuramoto, and then entered the venue, and found that it was almost full of people.
This is a very regrettable meeting for Abu Travel Notes. Because Satoshi Kuramoto didn't appear until about 9 o'clock two hours later, he also appeared as the showa goddess, Yakusa Chikao, who died just a few days ago. For the previous two hours, film clips related to her work were played.
Although the Japanese in the movie is not very easy to understand, the Yakusa Chikao in the lens is indeed brilliant, even if there is no language, you can feel that she is acting with emotion. Later, after watching "The Land of Tranquility", I found that the elderly Yakusa Chikao was equally elegant and charming, but at the time of Furano, because the day was too tired, I did not wait for them to appear, and the editor left the scene early.
Leaving the scene early, I missed the relationship with Satoshi Kuramoto, and it is likely that I will never have such an opportunity again, at least I will not see Yakusa Chikao himself again, and it must be said that this is the biggest regret of Abu Travel Notes's travel in Japan over the years.
That night the theater workshop was almost full of people/Abu travel handbooks
At that time, I didn't think there was anything, but now, especially after watching "The Land of Tranquility" and then watching "The Moment of Tranquility, I regret it, because he is definitely worth waiting for 2 hours and asking for a signature, and this year's Satoshi Kuramoto is 84 years old.
Finally, how do you assess Satoshi Kuramoto's impact on Furano City?
Abu Travel Notes feels that Satoshi Kuramoto and his works are all-encompassing compared to the Tomita Farm that exists as a scenic spot. Although there are not many Chinese tourists who go to Luxiang to punch in at present, there is no shortage of European and American tourists, and various tourist souvenirs derived from "Love in the North Country" can be seen everywhere, in other words, it is the soul of Furano City.
Without Satoshi Kuramoto and his work, Furano would have been just a well-known tourist destination like the high mountains of central Japan, and that would be all.
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5, Hokkaido "fourth ramen", I made it myself
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