冒険
イモ （ポテトじゃないｙｐ
うそは嫌いだね！ーカダジ 次回に実を教えてくれくれ
鎌倉, Kamakura
Kamakura is both a Japanese city and era, rich in history and religion. Buddhism and Shinto are the two religions whose temples and shrines can be found in this area. We visited a few as well as some other interesting sites. I'll post a copy of the "speech" I wrote to read during class on Monday for my presentation. You'll be more entertained, though, by the bunches of pics I got. Get ready for some things you may have expected to see from this tourist's perspective!
Flowers - The first two temples we went to, 円覚寺 (Engaku-ji) and 明月院 (Meigetsu-in) were full of flowers. I took a lot of pictures of them and some of them are really pretty.
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Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
円覚寺
Kamakura Station - much more rustic
Street in the city
Gate of the first temple
Temple entrance
Same gate from the top of the stairs
Traditional roof seen from inside the temple
Interior Gate
Inside a gate
Building
Where people go to pray
Throw in some yen, and pray
A cave in the distance
Statue
Some really old trees I bet - seeing the trees was a good reminder of how old the place was
Pond plus koi
A symbol of Engaku-ji
Just a pretty picture
Another building
A lot of statues
It's that symbol again heh heh
Kirin
Restricted area
Large side view of a gate
明月院
Explanation
Small statue
Top of the shrine
Another good picture at the top, showing what it looks like up there
UA & CU students
Incense burning in a pot
A rock garden
Looks like bamboo
Look up
It says "don't vandalize these trees"
Look up again
Traditional dress lady
鶴岡八幡宮 (Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine)
Cool tunnelish type thing on the road
Handwash station before going in
Some torii out front
A building
Looking down from the top
Front view of the famous shrine
Cool tree
A couple being married Shinto style, I think?
大仏にて (To the Big Buddha)
Street sign!
Lunch (cold seaweed noodles)
PACKED train going to the Big Buddha station, Read culture journal article for more.
The Big Buddha
Pic with me from far away
Closer up
Compare
His sandals
Yuu in front
Inside of him, can't really see
Side/up view (don't you wish you hadn't given me a sketch copy of photoshop now alex)
The beach
Down the beach
原宿, Harajuku
今日、冒険として東京に行ったよ～ Today, as an adventure, we went to Tokyo on our own. First we stopped at the Tokyo Dome, a baseball stadium, to buy a present for my host mother. She loves the Tokyo Giants. There was a cool amusement park that had a rollercoaster with a pretty funny twist, a dancing fountain, and lots of other stuff. We just looked at most of it and went on.
Suidoubashi Station
Amusement Park at Tokyo Dome
Some water in Tokyo Dome City
The rollercoaster from far
From a little closer
Go
View outside of the park
The interesting twist of that coaster
The dancing fountain
On to Takeshita Street, a place well known for its clothes shopping venues.
日本の服について, about Japanese clothes
Some of the stuff Japanese men wear is crazy by my standards, but there are quite a few things I think are very cool. I ended up not being able to shop really any though, CAUSE JAPANESE STORES HAD NO SIZES FOR FAT AMERICANS LIKE ME! Well seriously, the largest sizes were like a US medium :( I saw a few things I definitely would have bought loved and worn, but the size thing ruined it all! :( I was sad.
So I ended up with a few gifts, a 和の漢字があるｔシャツ and a lot of pictures.
Takeshita Street from above
From inside
NB
Crossin tha street
From above
Around where we stopped and ate
CHYEAAAAAA LETS GO
Supposedly a gym
明治神宮, Meiji-Jingu Shrine
Gate at the Harajuku entrance
Walking on the inside
Taken from a bridge
Look up!!
Up! - flash looks funny on these two
Apparently sake was stored in these
At the shrine
Vertical view of gate
The shrine
Where you throw your yen and pray
I love lamp
Where we then ate! - I had noodles enhanced by okra, seaweed, and egg.
Cool lookin schedule
On Monday I have a 7 o'clock in Tokyo. Tuesday night gonna be on David Letterman. Wednesday back to Tokyo for an interview with an investment banker.
カラオケはいつですか (When's karaoke?)
うそは嫌いだね！ーカダジ 次回に実を教えてくれくれ
鎌倉, Kamakura
Kamakura is both a Japanese city and era, rich in history and religion. Buddhism and Shinto are the two religions whose temples and shrines can be found in this area. We visited a few as well as some other interesting sites. I'll post a copy of the "speech" I wrote to read during class on Monday for my presentation. You'll be more entertained, though, by the bunches of pics I got. Get ready for some things you may have expected to see from this tourist's perspective!
Flowers - The first two temples we went to, 円覚寺 (Engaku-ji) and 明月院 (Meigetsu-in) were full of flowers. I took a lot of pictures of them and some of them are really pretty.
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
円覚寺
Kamakura Station - much more rustic
Street in the city
Gate of the first temple
Temple entrance
Same gate from the top of the stairs
Traditional roof seen from inside the temple
Interior Gate
Inside a gate
Building
Where people go to pray
Throw in some yen, and pray
A cave in the distance
Statue
Some really old trees I bet - seeing the trees was a good reminder of how old the place was
Pond plus koi
A symbol of Engaku-ji
Just a pretty picture
Another building
A lot of statues
It's that symbol again heh heh
Kirin
Restricted area
Large side view of a gate
明月院
Explanation
Small statue
Top of the shrine
Another good picture at the top, showing what it looks like up there
UA & CU students
Incense burning in a pot
A rock garden
Looks like bamboo
Look up
It says "don't vandalize these trees"
Look up again
Traditional dress lady
鶴岡八幡宮 (Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine)
Cool tunnelish type thing on the road
Handwash station before going in
Some torii out front
A building
Looking down from the top
Front view of the famous shrine
Cool tree
A couple being married Shinto style, I think?
大仏にて (To the Big Buddha)
Street sign!
Lunch (cold seaweed noodles)
PACKED train going to the Big Buddha station, Read culture journal article for more.
The Big Buddha
Pic with me from far away
Closer up
Compare
His sandals
Yuu in front
Inside of him, can't really see
Side/up view (don't you wish you hadn't given me a sketch copy of photoshop now alex)
The beach
Down the beach
原宿, Harajuku
今日、冒険として東京に行ったよ～ Today, as an adventure, we went to Tokyo on our own. First we stopped at the Tokyo Dome, a baseball stadium, to buy a present for my host mother. She loves the Tokyo Giants. There was a cool amusement park that had a rollercoaster with a pretty funny twist, a dancing fountain, and lots of other stuff. We just looked at most of it and went on.
Suidoubashi Station
Amusement Park at Tokyo Dome
Some water in Tokyo Dome City
The rollercoaster from far
From a little closer
Go
View outside of the park
The interesting twist of that coaster
The dancing fountain
On to Takeshita Street, a place well known for its clothes shopping venues.
日本の服について, about Japanese clothes
Some of the stuff Japanese men wear is crazy by my standards, but there are quite a few things I think are very cool. I ended up not being able to shop really any though, CAUSE JAPANESE STORES HAD NO SIZES FOR FAT AMERICANS LIKE ME! Well seriously, the largest sizes were like a US medium :( I saw a few things I definitely would have bought loved and worn, but the size thing ruined it all! :( I was sad.
So I ended up with a few gifts, a 和の漢字があるｔシャツ and a lot of pictures.
Takeshita Street from above
From inside
NB
Crossin tha street
From above
Around where we stopped and ate
CHYEAAAAAA LETS GO
Supposedly a gym
明治神宮, Meiji-Jingu Shrine
Gate at the Harajuku entrance
Walking on the inside
Taken from a bridge
Look up!!
Up! - flash looks funny on these two
Apparently sake was stored in these
At the shrine
Vertical view of gate
The shrine
Where you throw your yen and pray
I love lamp
Where we then ate! - I had noodles enhanced by okra, seaweed, and egg.
Cool lookin schedule
On Monday I have a 7 o'clock in Tokyo. Tuesday night gonna be on David Letterman. Wednesday back to Tokyo for an interview with an investment banker.
カラオケはいつですか (When's karaoke?)
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