Russians in Otaru

Between Sapporo and Mikaly's town is Otaru. It's really Mikaly's nearest big place, and he spends a lot of time there. I had heard it was really beautiful, and thought I wanted to get there in the daytime, we didn't arrive till it was after dark. Being so far north, you can actually take ships to some of the Russian Islands that are pretty close, so Mikaly took me to show me this cool Russian/Japanese/English sign, which he could read too!