A library-filled morning…

I got up, ate breakfast, and checked out of my Sapporo business hotel early enough to make the 30 minute walk to the Hokkaido University main library, where I had on the previous day asked to have Chiri Yukie’s notebooks (volumes 1 and 3) prepared for me by 9:00. I got there on time, received my requested books without incident, and spent until 12:00 making copies, taking notes, and taking pictures of the necessary materials.

Unfortunately, the two kamui yukar that I was particularly interested did not seem to be in these books as I had previously been informed. However, I did find other Ainu chants, nursery rhymes, and songs. I think that these pages will still be very useful to my thesis.