A warm family in Yokohama + temples in Kamakura + busy & bright Shinjuku = a great day!

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March 17th 2007

Published: March 17th 2007

After 2 days in the Mitsui conference and 2 days of exploration in Tokyo (refer to my previous posts), Mingxian (my applied chem junior who had done a 6-month internship in Japan last year) decided to visit the family of his former supervisor on the 5th day. The family invited Mingxian and me for lunch in their home in Yokohama. The family was very friendly to us. The father of Mingxian's superv... Read Full Entry

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Lau Chau Sang

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Born in Hong Kong and currently living in Singapore, I am a guy who loves travelling. Like many "travelholics" at TravelBlog, I'm so addicted to travelling that once I stopped travelling I will have withdrawal symptoms. Hence, to cure my addiction, I have to go somewhere at least once every 2 months. (I must admit that it is an expensive addiction. Haha. But at least addiction to travel is healthier than addiction to drugs/smoking/drinking...) I started using TravelBlog when I was doing my internship in Canada in 2005. (For older photos before my Canadian internship... full info

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Kencho-ji 9

The oldest Zen garden in Japan, behind the Hojo hall

Enno-ji

The entrance of Enno-ji, a temple dedicated to the King of Hell (the temple was closed when we passed by)

An open-top tunnel linking North Kamakura and Central Kamakura

An art museum & a cafe

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu

The guardian shrine of the Minamoto clan is one of the most popular attraction in Kamakura

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu 2

A flight of steps behind the main shrine leads to a little shrine at the top

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu 3

People tied pieces of "fortune paper" onto a stand beside the temple

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu 4

A souvenir shop selling all types of good-luck charms (charms for studies, charms for health, charms for luck, charms for wealth, charms for transport, etc)