Company trip was exactly what I did not expect from start to finish.  Will have a more detailed recounting of it tomorrow.  To bring you back, I’ll leave you with the details that there was in-car drinking on the way up and back, and this photo:

The Baddest Ass Board of Education in Soya

For now, am heading up to Wakkanai to meet up with some friends who flew in from Hakodate for a relaxing weekend up north.

EDITOR’S NOTES:

To answer the two questions recently asked by my Grandma in the comments.

From the “Drinking and Riding” post, “Charlie: Who is in the photograph? Love ya!”

• Those men in the car with me are co-workers who were also attending that night’s office party.

And from the “Japanese Relax Uniform” post, “Charlie: When do you wear a relax uniform? Love ya!”

• You wear a relax uniform usually as a hotel patron, or after you visit an onsen as far as I can tell.  I am unsure about the official Japanese name for it.  Does anyone know?