Today, we hit 3 temples over in the Kamakura region. And since I’m feeling lazy, I’m just going to post some bullet points about them for now:
- Hasudera: MASSIVE Buddha
- Great pictures thanks to cooperative sky
- HOT, HOT walk to Buddha
- Temple 2: Japanese shrine (maybe Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine?)
- BLOODY MISERABLE HEAT and stairs on walk up to temple
- Gorgeous scenary
- Rest area near top with excellent apple juice
- Rest area overlooks the city area and the ocean
- saw some hawks/falcons/eagles flying from rest area, very cool
- Got a picture of a couple of ladies wearing kimonos outside temple, really like the design of the white one with blue flowers
- Temple 3: Japanese shrine 2 (maybe Hasedera?)
- Massive and beautiful
- heat started to go down a bit
- saw shrine maidens wearing traditional grab, but didn’t get a chance to ask them for a picture
- had a small museum area with various things of interest: sword, arrows, bows, scrolls, vases, kimonos
- Shopping on way back to hotel
- bought small something for Mom, K and Grandma D.
- helped pick out omiyage for K-san.
- ate dinner with AWelkin and Bryon again, this time also with Y, an old friend of AWelkin’s
- nice itlian place, had salomn cream penne, very nice
- got back to hotel late, tried calling Ariesna but got no answer
- UPDATE
- This morning had e-mail from Ariesna that she’s been having a rough time (smashed her hand) but other than that she’s ok.
- Also, I had some bizarre dream last night. Don’t remember much, but it seemed like I’d had it before and it seems there was some odd ball drug use going on in the dream. As I said, it was bizarre.
