Foot and Fire

One of the things we enjoyed in Japan was the stamps upon arriving at the train stations. Some stamps are in plain sight after the gate but some stamps have to be asked from the train attendant or officer manning the gate booth.  Eki is the japanese word for it but I failed to use that word as when I say stamp with a gesture of a fist over an open palm, they easily understand me! Stamps are available for ordinary train stations but there is no stamps for shinkansen or the bullet trains. The Japanese would cross their arms each time to tell you "No."  At first, I was able to label the stations we were in but later, I got a few unlabeled ones. We uncovered that not only do train stations have stamps but also the Information Centers, and some of the sites itself.  Sometimes, we just enter a building and our moods lighten up every time we see a stamp.  We did not take the Hakodate Ropeway because we wanted to explore its vicinity at night but we w...