Adventures in the northernmost city in Japan

	Here's Carlton and Forrest pre-filming. We were all German prisoners in a Siberian prison for a docu-drama thingy. Basically, a lot of standing around and a bit of hair-cutting of the Japanese prisoners.
	And here's post-filming. No, we didn't get guns in the movie, but they were lying around, so how could we resist? That hat was way too tight... I had to take it off whenever they weren't filming to restore circulation to my scalp. The guy to my left is Ryan, one of the JETs in Wakkanai, who apparently can't grow facial hair.
	The rest of the costume was none-to-pleasant either. The boots were too narrow and thin, so my feet froze. The pants and coat were coated in this annoying dust-like spray to make them look old. It worked, but it stained everything (especially our hands) and smelled like reindeer urine. The gloves were kinda nasty too.
	Here's one of two night-life streets in Wakkanai, complete with Taxis lined up and waiting for patrons. Similar to most such streets across Hokkaido, and probably all of japan.
	Had a hell of a blizzard the next morning. These are the "Roman style arches" Wakkanai is apparently famous for. They aren't exactly what I'd call spectacular.
	This sculpture marks the northernmost point in Japan (on the penninsula to the east of Wakkanai). It was, understandably, deserted when I stopped by for some pictures.
	A statue faces towards Sakhalin, the southern half of which was lost to Russia after WWII.
	I cleared some of the snow off the inscription to get a better shot.
	Just so you know I was actually there.
	During better weather, you can see Sakhalin out that way. As it is, you can still catch a glimpse of the beginnings of an ice floe. Or maybe those are waves. I can't tell.