Tuesday 7/25/06 Well it was an eventful weekend, as always, but I didn’t take a lot of pics this time, mainly because my subjects were rather camera shy :P Saturday morning Ko-san showed me a shrine near her house which I hadn’t seen before, but which was quite beautiful. The shrine was divided into 2 parts—one on top of a large hill and one at the base. The one at the top actually used to be a palace I believe, and was over 1000 years old. It had this amazing fishpond with tons of beautiful, multi-colored carp swimming in it. These fish were so big you could reach down and grab them! So, for the first time in my life, I pet fish. Yes, that’s right, they’re so tame and used to being fed and adored
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