Sunday, April 19, 2009
japan trip day 2
NARA DEER PARKFirst destination of the day is nara deer park...haha...can smell the 'animals' from far...lol...upon entering...we are greeted by a huge number of deers...which are not afraid of humans at all...and of course...they dun bother about us at all unless we are giving them food...
these deers are really trained...they will not snatch food from the store holder...even the food at the store there is like placed in e open..however as we approach the store...just approaching..not even taking out money...the deers will come around poking us...demanding for their food...so needless to say...in less than 10s after i bought e deer biscuits...it is gone...and after eating..the deers will roam away...in search of their next victim...lol..but they are cute in a sense la..haha
TODAIJI TEMPLE
well...as per the name...it is really a huge temple...and i really meant HUGE!!!
this shot contains of 16 pictures...
and this..contains like 20???...gigantic should be the right word to use...
a minature view of the whole temple..
nice weeping sakura trees...in full bloom...haha...nicest that i have seen in this trip i think...before entering the temple..we are supposed to clean our face and hands with the 'sacred' water...then offer a joss stick (not 3 in japan)...then there comes a super small hole which one can climb over to attain success...well...i dun dare to try...i wont want to be stuck that until our tour leader come and save me the next time he comes...lol...
KYOTO KIMONO SHOW
next up...we headed towards kyoto...near to nara acutally...saw the ultra expensive kimono...they are beautiful...but unaffordable..haha...
Lunch near kyomizu temple...i sorta like japanese lunch...rice..udon...they taste great to me...then cherry blossom softcone for me...nice in the hot weather...surprisingly...kyoto is damm hot when we are there...
KYOMIZU TEMPLE
was sorta disappointed when i visited kyomizu (pure water temple)....well..in my opinion..it is supposed to be more attracting...but when looking at it...it is just ok..yup...a temple lo...anyway...pictures seem quite alright la...
yup...there are japanese girls who wear kimono around in kyoto..on e streets...just roaming around..lol...they looked beautiful in their traditional costume...and u will only see someone wearing there 'causally' on streets of kyoto..
the love stones...which i also read about already in book...well...i think the real meaning of passing the test of these love stones are distorted by the ppl there le..perhaps too many ppl around playing le ba...but having someone to guide u through the path of it...so what's the meaning even if u can reach the other stone safe and sound???..it already defeat the purposes of exploring on your own and depending on the so called fate...everyone is walking with the help of their friend...and of course they can reach the point successfully...so what's the meaning of walking blindfolded???..just open your eyes and walk la...u can reach it anyway...lol...if i have a chance again...i will definitely go and try on my own..with no help of course...if not...serves no purpose at all...
TOYOTA CASTLE HOTEL
back to the hotel after a smelly dinner...lol...cos we are eating the japanese bbq thinggi...which is stinky and smokey...not very nice also...i rather eat seoul garden...at least they have smoke absorber???..aniwae...loves this hotel...cos the bed is big and comfy with 3 pillows...haha
actually...we reached the hotel quite late tt night...was stuck in a traffic jam on our way from kyoto to nagoya..it was like we boarded the bus at 3pm..and reached the dinner place only at 8+pm???...16km jam at the highway...so we are stucked in the coach for 5hours???>>.dots...i forgot how i managed to survive that...i think i slept for the first 2 hours...then after tt..our tour leader is entertaining us with his lame jokes and stories...which i cannot understand some of them...R21 jokes i think...dotx...but his stories are nice and entertaining la...makes the 3 hours pass fast..and i am glad to have him as our tour leader :)
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