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This is New Year's with Greg! Usually, Japanese people stay in for New...
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Greg and I stayed in cuz it was cold and I made him steak and mashed potatoes...
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Of course, we can't forget the Asti Spumanti! Yay!! After we ate we watch...
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Greg and I doing our Hatsumoto (going to temple/shrine during New Year's...
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It was really beautiful at night and everyone was wearing amazing kimonos.
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This year 2007 is the year of the boar. I tried to get a picture of him, but...
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This is Asakusa (area in Tokyo). I went there to meet up with Mika for...
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The statue is supposed to be a beer cup/mug with foam at the top.
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The temple in Asakusa. It was really crowed cuz it was only a few days...
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The rows and rows of souvenir shops leading to the temple. It reminded me of...
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The temple again.
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Another building in the temple grounds.
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Another view.
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Mika sniffing the incense. Apparantly, whereever you blow the smoke to...
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Jizo!! Ok, so I'm a bit obsessed with them...
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Another Jizo!! This one is the mother one. It's used to remember dead...
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On January 19, my class went on a field trip to the Jindaiji temple,...
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Here is the path that leads up to the temple. All along it are souvenir shops...
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More souvenir shops.
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Statue outside the restaurant we ate soba at.
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The class, paying attention to the tour guide, but I obviously had no...
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Pretty fountain I found when slightly straying from the tour group (again)....
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Close-up.
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Finally inside the temple grounds.
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Everyone listening to the tour guide explain about the gate, which is...
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The huge bell the ring about 3 times a day.
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Jizo buddhist statues!!
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More Jizo!
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This is the Jizo for young children that either die in child birth, from...
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More Jizo!
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Another view of the gate.
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A phoenix carving on the temple roof.
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They use the hard berries from this tree to make Buddhist prayer beads for...
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A cool pond.
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And of course, there are huge carp!
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Another view of the pond.
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We were just in time to hear the Buddhist monk ring the bell.
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Apparantly, this is the only statue of the Kannon (Buddha of...
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The alter in the inside of the main temple building.
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It even has a taiko drum.
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Daniel, who's infamous for always sleeping through class, is actually...
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The building which houses the Shakya-nyorai, another famous Buddhist statue.
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This statue was discovered under the floor of the main temple after it burned...
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A view of another pond outside the temple grounds.
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Afterwards, Sensei (teacher) treated the whole class to soba noodles and...
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Duane is demonstrating how to eat the cold noodles. Your supposed to dip them...
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Rira, another classmate, showing off her yummy noodles.
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The rest of the class chowing down! From the near right it's...
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Addison laughing at something.
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Addison posing with an umbrella looking mad azn.
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Josh with the water wheel that's used to to make the buckwheat for...
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