Daibutsukan Nara

... lumihuippuisine vuoristomaisemineen, mutta silti kadun ettei jääty Gerossa. Siinä paikassa oli jotain todella kiehtovaa ja mielenkiintoista! Varma kohde ensi kerralla...

Pari tuntia käveltiin ympäri Takaymaa, jonka jälkeen haettiin kunnon matkaeväät kaupasta ja hypättiin takaisin Nagoyaan menevään junaan. Se oli siinä. Olipa melkoinen pikavisiitti tämä, mutta pelkkä junamatka jo teki reissusta todellakin vaivan arvoisen! Tämän junareitin voi ilman ...

Pääosin matkustuspäivä oli tämä keskiviikko, mutta ehdittiin sentään jotain muutakin.

Ja huhhuijaa! Eilinen kiipeily teki näköjään tehtävänsä ja melkoinen työ oli saada itsensä revittyä sängystä ylös. Lihakset aivan jumissa! :-)

Lähdettiin kuitenkin reporankana laahustamaan hotellilta kello 09 jälkeen kohti Kagoshiman asemaa ja kello 10 kiidettiin jo junassa kohti Osakaa. Ilma oli tänään hiukan sateinen ja sumuinen, joten ei olisi ollut mikään ...

... You weren't able to see much from the outside except for the palace wall.

On the way to the palace I learned all about the X-Man ...... yes, the comic book. Jordan is a big fan. In return, I told him all about the original Planet of the Apes movies (all five of them).

Oh, forgot to say that we stopped at Mcdonalds for breakfast and Starbucks for coffee.

We also stopped at the International Manga Museum. Unfortunately ...

... pilares que soportan el templo tiene un agujero en su base, por donde los padres intentan que pasen sus hijos. Por lo visto, quien lo hace consigue un rinconcito en el paraiso. Yo lo intente, pero solo me cabia la cabeza.

En Nara, cogimos el tren que nos llevaba a Koyasan. Llegamos por la noche, pero el hostal nos impresiono. Teniamos una habitacion muy grande para las dos, estilo japones. Eramos 5 en el hostal ...

... Japanese hip hop on an open mike night in a very small bar in Shibuya. We came across it by chance and it was the friendliest place, where all the audience (10 people?) were really welcoming and played along, singing with the girls. Great stuff. We were also lucky enough to find a cool small concert venue, where we just sat down, listening to a few bands playing mainly not too good rock and roll, but still, we had a great time...

Yesturday we visited Nara. The ancient capital of Japan. There are hundreds of deer! They fallow you around and if you want to you can feed them. Dad fed them and got bit in the ass because he wasnt fast enough in feeding them! I discovered that I am extremely scared of deer! I know it sounds silly but those things are freaking scary man! We also visited a temple with an Immense bronze boudah. It was HUGE!

... Japan. Another bit of interesting information... Buddhism and Shinto have been widely influenced by each other. This is why their religious building are difficult to distinguish; their chants sound remarkably similar etc. In the same vain, LP comments that for most Japanese people the 2 religions are inseparable; they live as if they belong to both religions. Finally, the 60-year-old tour guide trainee told me that the material used to cover the roof was ...

... lovely b*th w*ter th*t h*d h*d been there *ll evening. Ailbhe w*s * bit t*ken b*ck by this, especi*lly in * youth hostel. I decided to w*it til the l*st min. I he*ded for the b*th time *ction *t 20:55, with 5 min to sp*re i h*d * quick rinse in the shower on * se*t, *nd decided to give the b*th p*rt of "b*th time" * miss. N*r* is defintely * pl*ce to visit in J*p*n - it h*s *lot to offer. Actu*lly, the whole K*nsei *re* h*s * lot of offer. N*r* is sm*ll ...

... ou ailleurs.. j ai decide de voir plus les jardins que les temples.. donc elle m a fait une liste de parc et jardin.. pour 2,5 jours que j ai a leur consacre.. apres j ai lu dans le lonely planet et j en ai selection quelques un et rajouter d autres.. j en vient au titre.. spring, summer, fall, winter.. ou printemps, ete, automne, hiver.. c est un filme qu j ai decouvert dans ma DVDptheque de plainpal... car l hiver... quand y a pas de neige pour skier.. et qu il fait nuit a 18h.. le ...

... To the left, you see a rock garden, and then you can follow a path of the grounds winding you through just incredibly beautiful gardens and natural landscape. It's just wonderul here. From every angle, you can see another peaceful, eyecatching view. And we are glad we came first thing this morning, as the sunlight is still muted enough since it is not directly above, creates a much softer picture. We think we are lucky to see it now, thinking it is more ...