Fukuzumi

The Mennonite guest house Fukuzumi in Sapporo is a comfortable lodging with a dozen guest rooms and a spacious lounge. Mr. and Mrs. Asai are the gracious hosts.

I first visited Sapporo in 1967, then travelled to Furano and on to Obihiro, Kushiro and Nakashibetsu. We returned to Sapporo by third-class overnight train. The sleepers had six bunks per compartment. I climbed the wooden ladder to the top bunk and fell asleep to the rocking motion of the train, like that of a small ship in choppy water.