Finland

[ Aug.2015 ] We spent one weekend in Helsinki in Finland. This was my first visit there, although I have been to Lapland in the far north of Finland. I was not very much interested…

[April, 2006]In Tampere in Finland, there is the Moomin museum. I wonder if you can remember the animation with the song ‘ Hey Moomin, turn around…’ . The original story was written by a Finish…

[April, 2006] This is the last photo of my Finish holiday in 2006. I just remembered that at the airport in Tampere, because we were using the cheap flight which was so strict about the…

[April, 2006] We came back to Tampere where we started this journey. There are a lot of chimneys there and very severe sort of image there. But on the other hand, there were also many…

[April, 2006] From Inari, we went to Ivalo, which is a little bigger town with an airport to ride the dog sledge. I was astonished when I was told ‘You drive’ by a man who…

[April, 2006] This time we took a sled pulled by a snowmobile. In the forest, there was a small wooden church surrounded by deep snow.

[April, 2006] These are reindeer those Sami people keep. Reindeer are necessity for their lives.

[April, 2006] This photo was taken while riding the reindeer sled. It was slow most of the time, but towards the end it started running and I was nearly thrown off. That was a great…

[April, 2006] After wearing the boots made of reindeer fur, we went out to ride the reindeer sled. This couple were our hosts and she looked much older than him.