2012-12-26, 20:18 | Link #1081 | |
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
Join Date: Jan 2009
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I was in Higurashi land for a day.
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It's good I didn't use some shitty pocket digital camera
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2012-12-27, 20:01 | Link #1082 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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So, related to the comments made previously.. it's snowing here in Eastern Canada but thick walls and heat do a decent job. My friend living in Shizuoka is freezing her tiny little butt off cause of the thin walls and lack of heating at her apartment..
That said, it's not like she was caught unprepared, she's been there for three years but is just one of the things she dislikes..
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2012-12-28, 06:31 | Link #1084 | ||
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Back to more interesting stuff, Oedo Onsen Monogatari was amazing, and today Kamakura perfect (I wish days were longer to visit more temples and shrines, as well as go hiking on the eastern side; not to mention warmer to swim): Album from the two western hiking trails, which are quite easy (all things considered)... one hour each, without any hard climbs. The thumbnail is the view of mount Fuji from the mountaintop of Kenchou temple. Kōtoku-in(高徳院) home of the second largest Buddha statue Zeniarai-Benten(銭洗い弁天) wash your money here, and after spending them expect to get it back in multiple amounts... or so they believe Jōchi-ji(金宝山浄智寺) cute little temple and cemetary devoted to the god of happiness (Hotei, which I misread as hotel, and almost skipped it) Tōkei-ji(東慶寺) monastery for the abused women in the middle ages, which Europe had none Engaku-ji(円覚寺) houses the souls of those who fought the Mongols in the 13th c. and has some national treasures, which are uninteresting, compared to the temple complex itsel, IMHO Kenchō-ji(建長寺) the most beautiful temple complex I have visited thus far, with its peak offering a wonderful view of the whole city, and Fuji-san Unfortunately, dusk was faster than our feet, so the eastern side of the city, seashore and Enoshima, will have to wait for some weeks TODO: Ise, Nagoya, Inuyama, Gifu, Matsumoto Quote:
That said, if she is living in a traditional room with a lot of space and/or high ceiling (unlikely in cities, since they are crazy expensive) and is not aware how to stay warm, I see that happening |
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2012-12-30, 14:22 | Link #1086 |
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Thought I would upload a couple pictures of one of my favorite meals in Japan. This was at Hase-dera Temple in Kamakura. A beautiful Buddhist temple over Kamakura bay. Anyways I stopped at the temple restaurant and had Powdered Matcha which came with a little biscuit & sweetened potatoes..amazing.
This was my second favorite meal in Japan. My first was at Fushimi Inari Nishin Soba (Herring Soba) which I can only describe as wow. Sadly I didn't think to take a picture of it. People always say Japan is expensive but I found meals at temples/shrines to be extremely reasonable and godly tasting. Spoiler for Food:
The temple was really beautiful (although in my rush to get to Enoshima I think I missed the important statue that was at this temple). The only other thing I saw at Kamakura was the Great Buddha which was amazing but there have been other recent pictures of that so I won't re-post. Spoiler for Temple Images:
edit: Also my camera re-sized all but my first couple pictures to 640X480. I have no idea how this happened (must have pressed something without realizing) but does this mean I can't get them back to higher quality? I mean this is convenient for posting on web but I thought larger pictures were better right? edit: I have so many places to post pictures so here are more food pictures (although the first two are repeats from above) http://kirarakim.livejournal.com/402753.html
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2013-01-03, 01:42 | Link #1087 |
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30 temples and shrines, 9 gardens and parks, 6 castles, 2 imperial palaces and comiket... not bad for the first 30 days, though I have missed a lot.
Some trivial stuff I skipped mentioning:
Well, this is more like living in Japan, then visiting (since I decided to try and stay here), but I guess the list could help most visitors too |
2013-01-03, 06:30 | Link #1089 |
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I wasn't planning to, but after staying here I am seriously going to try to, despite being hard to.
My plan was to stay here for 3 months, then 1-2 months to S. Korea and NE China, then back here for 2 more months, and I added 1 month to Philippines because a very good friend of mine is moving there permanently. Ageha is a very popular dance club meat market, that someone tricked me into going, and then complained because he didn't score |
2013-01-03, 11:27 | Link #1096 | |
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Actually, it's better to apply for the guided tour with the imperial household agency. During the public appearances the place is packed |
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2013-01-03, 11:56 | Link #1097 | |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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My friend said he got in right away though and even got some good video of the emperor's speech.
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2013-01-14, 23:06 | Link #1100 | |
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