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rachelmanija and I met up with her friends from Henson, Halle and Julianne, and headed outside of Tokyo to Kamakura to see the giant Buddha, then Kita-Kamakura, to poke around the temple complex and cemetery.
The giant Buddha is a large bronze statue cast in the 13th century that has survived many disasters since then, including a tsunami that washed away the temple it was in. Which means that was a hell of a tsunami, since it's not really anywhere near the sea. It's hollow and you can go inside but I didn't, since it looked like that involved stairs, and my ankle doesn't like stairs much right now. (Rachel and I have engaged the so far futile quest for an Ace bandage, but can only find athletic tape. I've got it taped right now, but ti's driving me insane and I may rip it off soon.) Rachel and Julianne did, and reported that it was nifty.
Then off to the temple complex at Kita-Kamakura, where there's a shrine to the Buddha's tooth, among other things. We happened upon a few people practicing Zen archery and they let us watch, even giving us mosquito coils to deal with the mosquitos. After poking about some more, we happened upon the area of the temple where they serve green tea and small sweet biscuity-type things for 500 yen, so we indulged. You could hear the monks chanting faintly somewhere off in the distance as you sat and drank tea out of the bowl. Green tea is fairy bitter, and the extremely sweet biscuity things complemented it well.
Then we wandered off to the cemetery. Rachel and Julianne went in and photograhed away, while Halle and I hung around the vending machines at the entrance of the cemetery. Which is pure Japan for you.
Back to the New Koyo, conbini bento for dinner, and an early night since I'd gotten about three hours of useful sleep the night before.
rachelmanija and I met up with her friends from Henson, Halle and Julianne, and headed outside of Tokyo to Kamakura to see the giant Buddha, then Kita-Kamakura, to poke around the temple complex and cemetery.The giant Buddha is a large bronze statue cast in the 13th century that has survived many disasters since then, including a tsunami that washed away the temple it was in. Which means that was a hell of a tsunami, since it's not really anywhere near the sea. It's hollow and you can go inside but I didn't, since it looked like that involved stairs, and my ankle doesn't like stairs much right now. (Rachel and I have engaged the so far futile quest for an Ace bandage, but can only find athletic tape. I've got it taped right now, but ti's driving me insane and I may rip it off soon.) Rachel and Julianne did, and reported that it was nifty.
Then off to the temple complex at Kita-Kamakura, where there's a shrine to the Buddha's tooth, among other things. We happened upon a few people practicing Zen archery and they let us watch, even giving us mosquito coils to deal with the mosquitos. After poking about some more, we happened upon the area of the temple where they serve green tea and small sweet biscuity-type things for 500 yen, so we indulged. You could hear the monks chanting faintly somewhere off in the distance as you sat and drank tea out of the bowl. Green tea is fairy bitter, and the extremely sweet biscuity things complemented it well.
Then we wandered off to the cemetery. Rachel and Julianne went in and photograhed away, while Halle and I hung around the vending machines at the entrance of the cemetery. Which is pure Japan for you.
Back to the New Koyo, conbini bento for dinner, and an early night since I'd gotten about three hours of useful sleep the night before.
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