Kyoto Trip
Trip Start
Jan 27, 2008
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Trip End
May 31, 2008
Kyoto,
Japan
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Yesterday we went up into Kyoto. It was a lot of fun. We got paired up with a couple of awesome Japanese students and they shepparded us around a couple of places in Kyoto. We got to ride, and change, trains, about three of them before we got to the stop we needed. We went to the Heian-Jingu Temple (へいあんじんぐ ). It was a very pretty temple and there was even a ceremony going on it at the time.
We did all the normal temple tourtisty stuff. Purified hands in the water (which was poor planning. The water was freezing and the air was freezing. Only one of us had a hand towel). We also threw the 五円 coin (the rough equivalent of a nickel), into the collection box and clapped twice and prayed/made a wish.
We then went into the city and the arcade area. We looked at a bunch of the little shops and ended up at an arcade. We played the Taiko drum game and air hockey. Then in the basement we did some purikura. When you're doing purikura you go into a photo booth and take a series of about 10 photos. Then you go around the back of the machine and get to decorate the picture, sparkles, words, graphics etc. It was a lot of fun.
After that we went to get Okonomiyaki again. This time we got to make our own okonomiyaki. The waiters brought us bowls with the ingredients then we mixed the ingredients and the egg together before putting it on the stove top. Then we had to flip them over after the one side had been cooked enough. Mine was one of the only ones that survived the flip.
After that we took a series of trains and a bus back to Kansai Gaidai. We got back to the dorm around 9:30. It was a long, but extremely fun, day. Shinya and Itaru were awesome, they showed us all around, and honestly, kind of reminded me of a mansai duo. We all had a lot of fun.
