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| Edit: I had written proper descriptions for these pictures, but apparently they didnt post. addingthese now from manila. This is Helen pondering the tokyo train system - and this crazy twisted map doesnt even include the subway lines. |
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| Helen and I with the bronze buddha at Kamakura. who was a name, but i forget it. According to Helen like most relics, this supposedly washed ashore and ws found by fishermen. Also on display are his giant sandals. |
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| Helen and I at Hakone Temple. or is it a shrine? Anyways, this is where she got married!!! So pretty up there, even with all the rain. And this is one of the many places in Japan where I bought temple charms I cant understand. |
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| Continuing on with the post camping pics, this is an illicit picture of the onsen at the Prince Hotel in Hakone. Helen and I were the only ones there on our way out, so I snuck best into the baths to take a quick picture. Not a very good one unfortunately, as I was kind of nervous that a Japanese person would pop in and be angry. So many rules at onsens - but so worth it. |
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| FInally, this is the three of us at the kaitenzushi place after camping. delicious, but definetly ate way too much. Though this pic is from before we really started eating - you can tell because there isnt a gigantic stack of plates in front of us. The sushi was fab, and surpringingly they also had a decent cheese cake for dessert. |
I think I was wrong about the Daibutsu (the big Buddha). I was just reading that apparently, the house around it got washed away in a typhoon, but the statue might be the same one as always. The Kannon at Hase dera was the one that was washed up on shore... So many temples and shrines, so many details to get mixed up...
ReplyDeleteBy the by, we got married at a shrine. You can tell because shrines have those torii gates, while temples have normal, non-torii gates.