Temples 2

Today we went to a Shinto shrine and a zen Buddhist temple. We went through a tunnel that had 1001 statues and a tunnel made out of gates that had 10 000 gates each one donated by buisinesses for good luck. They sold lots of…

Day 27: Tour with Ohashi

“Veni, Vini, Amari” Today we explored Kyoto with an excellent guide named Ohashi from MK Taxi. Fushimi Inari Shrine We began with a visit to the Fushimi Inari Shrine where we learned about the god Inari, who is the god of rice, and general…

Day 26: Imperial Palace & Shinkansen

We got off to a late start this morning which meant that we missed breakfast and had to trudge about in the 30 degree weather looking for something to eat. In retrospect I suppose it didn’t mean we had to trudge, but trudge we…

Disney sea

today we went to Disney sea. Disney sea is just Disney land but  different rides! do you want to ride in this? ITS FUN!!!!!!!!9⃣➖6⃣=3⃣✅

Disneysea

Today, we went to Disneysea for the day. It was awesome. First, we took a taxi to Disney, and we were sure to get there early so there would be shorter lines. The first ride we went on was called Indiana Jones, and I…

Day 25: Disney Tokyo Sea

“Vacation calories don’t count.” Last night we went to a beer garden called Lion. They brought Derek a baby sized beer. He was sad. Then today we went to Disney Tokyo Sea. They have re-created several different places all within the property. It was…

Day 24: Shrines

“If you look like your passport picture, maybe you really need a trip” Did you know? You can buy a bottle of sweat in almost every vending machine in Tokyo… yum! Did you know? The 11 under the person (in the cross walk sign) does…

Hachiko

Today we went to a meiji shrine and a sensoji temple. They were very big. We went to statue of Hachiko. Hachiko was a dog who could tell what time it was. Every day he walked around the city and at the same time…

Tokyo day 2

Today we went to a few shrines and to the city. First we went to a shrine for the former emperor and empress, and then we took a subway to a statue of a dog. The dog’s story was that his owner, every day…

shrines

Today we went to two shrines. I think that shrines and temples are the same.   all of these barrels are filled with wine!!!!!! today was fun!