25 June 94 -- Saturday Remembrances from Foreign Visitors to Hakodate, Hokkaido People/Books -- Blackiston, Japan in Yezo (or something) -- Isabella Bird, Unbeaten Paths -- A.H. Savage Landor, Among the hairy Ainu Hokkaido has image of northern frontier (kind of like Alaska, I guess.) One prison on Northern tip has romantic image. Hokkaido was always expected to be taken over by Russians or British. Higher divorce rate in Hokkaido than rest of Japan "shows we're more individualistic" perhaps that's why don't have all traditional families? Or is it the non-traditional ones are more likely to host students...