First Week of Classes - Something Something Tokyo

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July 11th 2014

Published: July 11th 2014

Hey everybody, sorry it's been a while since the last post! I've officially made it through my first week of classes here. Five more to go! Things are moving at an incredibly fast pace, but also incredibly slowly. It reminds me of the first few weeks of college, where everything was new and you didn't take any experience for granted. And at the same time, because you're always busy, the actual da... Read Full Entry

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Japanese Deity

Markets!

Obligatory Temple Picture!

Pretty garden near the temple

My Rabbit

After the temple sightseeing, we went to a Japanese candy shop. We got to participate in a candy making workshop! We practiced twice with old sugar, and then each made one from the edible sugar! It was incredibly fun, but incredibly difficult. You get the sugar at about 90 degrees Celsius, and you only get about a minute or two before it cools too much for you to manipulate it (which is still way too hot to comfortably touch). My practice rabbits looked like creatures from the lagoon, but the one the counted actually turned out well!

Sup

God knows how I'm gonna bring this home...

Campus

The building in the background is where I have my summer courses!

Greeeeeeen

yayyyyyyyy

Pathway to Zen Temple

The pathway to the temple I wrote about in my post!

Damn

The entire area was only a few minutes walk from a huge train station, but you could barely hear any sounds from outside the temple area. It's beautiful.