My first day on my trip to Japan, i skipped it (because) it was not really important. I spent my night on a plane where tried to sleep well... (but didn't?)
Arriving at the Kansai airport outside of the city, Osaka, we headed to Nara. Nara is known as an ancient city in Japan & was the capital of Japan from 710-784 AD. This (incredible? impressive? by gone?) city holds eight temples, shires and ruins, specifically Todai-ji (which is the temple where we going to), Saidai-ji, Kofuku-ji, Kasuga shrine, Gango-ji, Toshodai-ji and the heijo palace.
We lunched (or ate lunch) in Nara from a set menu. Looking at it, it was very pretty ...but, actually i didn't like it as much (as the pictures) because (the food/ it) tasted so plain. Overall, it was a good and healthy menu for us.
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| my lunch set menu, sooo pretty |
After we had lunch, we were off to Todaiji Temple which was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1998. Tadaiji Temple is not only the worlds largest wooden building, as well as wooden temple, in the world. This fact is quite impressive but also equally as momentous, under it's roof, it also houses Japan's, and the world's largest bronze statue of Buddha. It is listed as as part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara". Being one of the most famous Japanese Temples, it also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism.
According to our local guide, there is a unique belief that circulates in the temple. Largest Buddha statue placed in the middle of the nostrils have the same size in diameter with a hole in one of the pillars of the temple struts. I wonder, if once we pass through the hole (???of course, that the pillars of the nostrils is not the Buddha???: P) we will be blessed creatures? When I found a hole in a pile, I found that I could not make it through the hole. Its size is very small, perhaps only a few children can skip through it and they would have to be anorexic. hahahaha Just kidding! If you don't believe what I saw about the hole, please check it for yourself...
People who queing to pass through that hole are KIDS!!! Some adults we see in this picture are parents or grandparents.
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| if someone can pass through, then they will be blessed |
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| The deer and the master |
After the Temple, we were on our way to Shinbaishi shopping mall in Osaka, passing by the famous Osaka Castle. I hoped we would stop, but due to time limits, we could only view it from a distance.
Arriving at the Shinbaishi shopping center in Osaka, (it was overwhelming?) we found this place full of branded goods. There are also stalls selling various kinds of cake and tea. I wanted to try it, but I was discouraged because we were to have dinner soon.
I did not find anything to purchase here except for some unique rose flavored candy which was in rose wrappers.
Following Shinbaishi, we went to our hotel in Hikone. We stayed at the Tokyu royal Nagayama hotel. in that hotel, there is an Onsen. It was a hot water bath which differentiated between men and women. Baths here are intended to eliminate fatigue and weakness which can accumulate. Usually after a soak in the Onsen, the body is refreshed. However, I do not like the rules that should be without a single stitch (of clothing) when bathing. My intentions to try the Onsen bath were good but the results were my nerves of being in the buff, kept me from relaxing enough to receive optimal benefits. ;0)
Setelah makan malam, kami pun beristirahat. Sebagian peserta lainnya mencoba onsen, dan menurut kabar yang saya dengar keesokan harinya mereka mengatakan bahwa berendam di onsen sangatlah enak dan seru... tak perlu malu dan risih karena orang Jepang tak akan memerhatikan satu sama lain saat berada dalam onsen.
OYASUMINASAI Zzzzzz
p.s : thx to my wonderful friend Jessica who helped me to fix my grammar ;)
Arriving at the Shinbaishi shopping center in Osaka, (it was overwhelming?) we found this place full of branded goods. There are also stalls selling various kinds of cake and tea. I wanted to try it, but I was discouraged because we were to have dinner soon.
I did not find anything to purchase here except for some unique rose flavored candy which was in rose wrappers.
Following Shinbaishi, we went to our hotel in Hikone. We stayed at the Tokyu royal Nagayama hotel. in that hotel, there is an Onsen. It was a hot water bath which differentiated between men and women. Baths here are intended to eliminate fatigue and weakness which can accumulate. Usually after a soak in the Onsen, the body is refreshed. However, I do not like the rules that should be without a single stitch (of clothing) when bathing. My intentions to try the Onsen bath were good but the results were my nerves of being in the buff, kept me from relaxing enough to receive optimal benefits. ;0)
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| Our dinner |
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| me and few tourist wearing yukata :) |
OYASUMINASAI Zzzzzz
p.s : thx to my wonderful friend Jessica who helped me to fix my grammar ;)
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