Japan update

[Big Red 11]

Day 2: Kyoto

Damnit, we came here in the riany season. Its raining constantly and my sneakers are soaked every day.

This city is friggin uber. Everything is tiny, but ironically enough the temples and the rail stations are MASSIVE. Take grand central station in new york and multiply each side by 4 and you get this station. MASSIVE.



This is the station, as viewed from the inside. This is only a fraction of it.

This is the view from the top of the station. Notice the five-leveled pagoda in the distance.


We first visited a small temple located on a mountainside overlooking kyoto



Closer view



This is the garden in front of the temple



Part of the garden is a sand garden. This thingy is made of sand.

A rock garden


Inside of this long temple are 1001 identical statues of the 21-armed buddha, each hand made several centuries ago. There are also 28 statues of some mythical buddhist figures.


God i love McDonalds.

Mmmm.....Japanese schoolgirls in short skirts and tight shirts.

[Mr~Pan]

Originally Posted by Big Red 11

Mmmm.....Japanese schoolgirls in short skirts and tight shirts.

Where the hell are those pictures!

[shapz]

I thought things would be cheaper there. Isnt that y things made in china are cheaper?

[zero2000]

When my dad went to japan for a business trip. He ordered room service. He got a 35 dollar hamburger. WHen all it was, was a little meatball on 2 little buns, lol.

[Mr~Pan]

Originally Posted by shapz

I thought things would be cheaper there. Isnt that y things made in china are cheaper?

1) Its why not y

2) Things that come from other countries are usually cheaper because they want people to buy their products from them and not others. Imported items are usually cheaper than american products.

[Big Red 11]

In china and hong kong socom3 would be a dollar. Here, everything is not only high-tech, but the level of service is above and beyond anything you can experience in the us. Thus, everything is more expensive.

[Marvin Wong]

WOW! NICE! I love Japan! I never thought it was so cool. Great pictures! I want more. Can't wait for osaka.

[The mOBSCENE]

That is my favorite picture. I love how calm and serene it looks. That is one thing I have always admired about Japan, they have some awesome looking buildings and scenery(sp?).

[SkandaL]

Yea, everything in all those pictures looks so espectacular (sp?). Very nice very nice. I like how everything is huge. Im liking the architechture on the station. Definately really awesome.

[Big Red 11]

A while since my last update...we've been all around kyoto.


View of part of kyoto from a surrounding hill

And now follows an amalgam of gardens, temples, shrines, and kick-*** stuff:









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We bought me a headband that reads "Kamikaze (means divine wind in japanese)" and two sweet throwing stars that i plan on sharpening and training with on a watermelon...or a human body...but probably a watermelon (hehehe)


Parking lot in front of a train station









<me from behind



Those japs really know their cars. I dont even know wtf that first one is, but it was seriously awesome. Almost every other car is a mercedes, bmw, or ferrari.





Thats all for now.