Over 10 million "Genghis Khan" served!

"DDR" dude in Noboribetsu

Our hotel on the edge of hell.

Dad falling into hell.

Dad in Hell (a.k.a. - the "bolcano")

Jon gets training on how to use the Ainu mouth harp... (ask him to play it for you)

Ainu hut...

Hokkaido squirrel... check out the ears!

Jon and Doug paddle an Ainu canoe. Ainu are the native Japanese that were pushed north to Hokkaido.

... the crater lake above Noboribetsu

... doesn't this bear remind you of Grandpa Vell?

... and a snooze

see... everyone likes a spa in Noboribetsu

Jon's new best friend ... a grizzly (with a similar appetite)

I think Jon would have felt quite at home with his buddies...

up to see the bears!

Jon and Doug riding the big tram...

Jon "Bear" Marinaro

riding the little tram up to the big tram

Jon with huge Oni guarding entrance to volcanic cauldron.

Jon and Dad with Oni pair

Jon and welcoming Oni

Dad and reading Oni

Oni - dad

Oni - Jon