Blogs from Nara, Japan, Asia - page 8

Kavin junalla Narassa. Tuli kuvattua vaikka olikin sadepaiva. Nukuin pitkaan, melkein yhdeksaan, ja kun satoi, ei oikein huvittanut lahtea liikkeelle. Olin unohtaa hostellin lainasateenvarjon bussiin linja-autoasemalla, mutta asiasta huomautti minulle nainen, joka oli noussut kyytiin samalla pysakilla, japaniksi siis. Olin asemalla Kintetsu-yhtion lippuluukulla klo 11.55. En ottanut 1100 jenin lippua klo 12.05 lahtevaan, vaan 610 jenin lipun klo 12.55 lahtevaan junaan. Odottaessani kavin syomassa asemalla 1850 jenin aterian: munakkaalla kuorrutettua riisia, kahvi, mansikkaleivos. Paasin Naraan vasta klo 14. Sain asemalta hyvan kartan ja neuvon siita, missa kannattaisi kayda. Kiersin puiston. Nakyi paljon peuroja ja koululaisia ja muutama temppeli. Ensimmaiseen eli Todaijin temppeliin maksoin itseni sisaan 500 jenilla. Sisatiloissa kuvaaminen sujui kohtalaisesti, kun sain tukea puup... read more

I found about The Takenouchi Highway. First, goodthing about this place is that we can know about Nara's buddhist culture. We are go in spring. Spring is good season travel to Japan. So we can see Spring flower. Japan is famous for Spring flower. And we can see sumo traditional match in March. Second, badthing about this place will be language. Because Japan peoples are no good English speakers. And meal problem. Japan peoples are usually use chopstics when they eat meal. Therefore inconvenience for a foreigner. Makes better thing about travel is learn about Japanese language. This will be makes better in travel. So we can speak a little with Japan people. And another thing is prepare about Japan's temples. Because It makes difference know travel and do not know travel. Forgot thing about this ... read more

On Saturday I went to visit Asuka in the Nara prefecture as part of my Japanese History class. Leilani came with me even though she's not taking the class, and we had to leave the seminar house at 7:30 in the morning! I had only gotten 5 hours of sleep, if even that much, the night before so I was really tired. I wanted to go back to sleep so bad! We met my professor at a station a few stops away from Makino and then we all took the train to Asuka. I didn't realize how far away Asuka was, so I was surprised by the hour long train ride! I don't think me and Leilani spoke one word the whole way down though. We were both so tired, I think I fell asleep for ... read more

My last full day in Kansai ended with Chiaki, myself, and one of Chiaki's friends going all the way out to Nara for the day. Nara is about an hour train ride on the Kintetsu Line from Kyoto Station and is full of temples from the Nara Period of Japanese history. Chiaki bought a guide book and everything and planed out our entire day on the train ride down. We headed straight for Todai-Ji after leaving the station with the other tourists, foreigners and Japanese alike. We grabbed some kasurate; which is basically fried dough in the shapes of Hello Kitty, Pikachu, and Anapan Man, some tamako senbe and some shika senbe, for the huge amounts of deer that are in Nara and set out to feed some. Nara is famous for it's deer and how ... read more

Day Trip to Inari, Kyoto - Fushimi Inari Shrine... read more