Showing posts with label Shrine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shrine. Show all posts

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Golden Week Day 2

You can see the pics posted during the trip here.
前の携帯の写真はここで。

The day started with me deciding I was going to walk from Asakusa to Ueno park. I looked at the map and saw that it was mostly a grid, so I picked a random street and walked in that direction.
浅草から上野公園まで歩くこと決まった。地図を見た時に浅草と上野の中に道はグリッド見たいから、矢鱈に道が選んで歩いた。

Along the way, I found this random shrine between two buildings.
途中に二つ建物の中にこの面白い神社を見た。

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This shrine was inside Ueno Park. I thought it was really pretty. Though, having just escaped the eternal winter of Hokkaido, I was bound to think anything that included sunshine and green trees was pretty.
上野公園にこの神社があった。きれいと思ったけど、北海道の冬から逃げったから、太陽があったら、緑色な木があったら、何でもきれいね。

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An outdoor, oden stand.
外のおでん店。

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The lake inside of Ueno Park. I loved how it close it was to the rest of the city.
上野公園の中の湖。市はとても近い。

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A picture of me, taken because mom is always annoyed that there are never pictures of me in my travel photos.
私はいる写真があまり撮らないけど、お母さんいつも私はいる写真見たいから、撮った。

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Korean Café was the name of this restaurant. Can you guess what kind of food they had?
韓国料理カフェ。

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First was corn tea and a mini towel to wipe your hands on.
コーン茶とタオル。

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A few shots of the cafe.
カフェの中の写真。

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Next was salad.
次はサラダ。

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They had a Korean version of MTV playing in the background.
韓国の音楽のビデオがあった。

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Bibimbap.
ビビンバ!

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It was a perfect lunch.
とても美味しかった。

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The Oden Stand again, this time with customers.
おでん店と客さん。

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So much green!
緑いっぱいあった。

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Another interesting shrine.
面白い神社。

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I wonder where this trail goes.
これはどこへ行くかと思った。

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After I left the park, I decided to explore Ueno a little bit.
公園から出てから、上野で歩いた。

This stand was selling fresh melon on sticks. Yum!
この店はメーロンがあった。おいしい!

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This guy was shouting to get customers to come into his store.
この人の仕事は大変。

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After a long day of walking around I had to decide what to eat for dinner, after even more walking I decided on this pizza shop that had calzones.
長い歩いてから、晩御飯を決める事必要だた。もう少し歩いてから、イタリアのレストランでカルシォーネを食べた。

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Golden week day 6 mobile

We rented bikes and road around Kamakura. We made another friend, Ilyass.
自転車をレンタルした。そして、もう1人新しい友達が会った。

This is the whole group at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
鶴岡八幡宮神社に全員の写真を撮った。

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Mom & Em visit Kamakura 2

On our second day in Kamakura, we rented bikes and road around Kamakura. It was one of Em’s favorite things on the whole visit.

Our first stop was Hasedera Temple, just a few blocks up from the beach.

I found this little pond interesting. It had the swastika shape, but Japan doesn't use it like the rest of the world, it’s one of the markers for temples or shrines on maps. The lake had that shape.

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You can kind-of see it’s interesting shape here.

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I’m not sure what these guys are for, but I find the lines and lines of them fascinating.

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I loved how green Kamakura was.

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Ajisai (Hydrangea)! It was one of my new words while we were in Kamakura.

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I’m not sure why the ones in Japan have this different shape, but I think it makes them more photogenic than the American ones that end up being a big ball.

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The statues at the temples and shrines have a very interesting texture after sitting out in the weather year-round.

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The view, which would have been much better if it hadn't been so cloudy.

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At this temple, we found a very cool shrine that went into the mountain. It was a tunnel shrine.

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Here it is from inside.

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After walking all around that temple, we were hungry so we went for Okonomiyaki and Yakisoba.
The fun of this type of shop is you get to make your own, right on the table.


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After lunch we found the beach and played in true Oregonian style, in the rain.

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Mom and Em needed combini pics. Mom’s got Ume (plumb) soda.

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And Em found an “American Dog.” This growing kid was so-so on
many Japanese foods, but we couldn't ever seem to feed her too much.

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After some more bike riding, we made it to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.

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Some shots of the temple as we walked up to it.

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We managed to find ourselves at the temple on Tanabata, so the trees were decorated for the holiday.

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I love all the intricate folding that goes into Origami.

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A few more shots of the area around the temple.

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This was Em’s favorite part of every temple we visited – it was hot and getting a bit wet always felt really good.

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The many faces of Em.

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But I knew if I waited long enough, I’d get that cute smile.

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The fortunes always make interesting photos.

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The streamers are hung for Tanabata.

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The area near the station had also been decorated for Tanabata.

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