The foliage at Hokkaido University campus/Carlos Pueblo
After a long trains ride from Hirosaki, Aomori to Sapporo, Hokkaido, I selected to visit the old Hokkaido Governor red brick office and its garden as well as the University of Hokkaido campus. Both are very beautiful campus with the great history in the background. I compare the Governor's building to the current day Taiwan 's President office building in Taipei in order to see how important of the Emperor to think Taiwan a\in compare to Hokkaido at that time. Secondly, the University was one of the Imperial Universities like Taiwan University back to time period before the World War II. I have visited both places many times in my life.
Unfortunately, the red brick building is under re-innovation with a large color covered in the front of the building. No one can get in to visit the current day museum. The actual governor's offices are behind the old building. You can see many young workers with neat suits and dresses coming in to work. Gardens are on both sides of the path in the middle of a low wall surrounding with tall trees of aged more than hundred years old. Pounds with the locus and ducks floating on. I was pleased to identify the poplar tree. The gingko and the maple leaves were changing color.
We continue to walk toward the University campus. There were many visitors of the foliage. I believe that is because Hokkaido is the first in Japan to have leaves color changed. We followed the crowds to an avenue to a side gate by the medical school and hospital. Japanese have a fantasy of the avenue which they call Namikimichi with plenty of songs to describ
e them. The scenery has reminded me of my visits of Colorado mountain towns when I was younger than now. The fall color of Sapporo is amazing.
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