Saturday, September 20, 2008
Uploading Pictures the Great Mystery?
Oh! How I would like to show you the pictures of the shire I went too, but I am retarded and for now will just have to write about it. So I woke up around 10 AM and straightened up my room. It is messy especially since I have refused to unpack. I look at if I stay or if I go I don't live here so why unpack. Anyway I proceeded to get ready for my first adventure outside of Yokosuka. My coworker and I had planned to meet at noon to go to an island. As I was waiting for her, someone had been hit on bicycle and I got to the Japanese EMTs at work which they all wear masks. Apparently, the Japanese are extremely afraid of germs or anything dirty. My coworker showed up and we walked to the train station where she showed me how to buy a train pass and we attempted to navigate the train system. This meant we asked random Japanese people and acted out or pointed where we wanted to go. Great success, we made to Enoshima and it was the first time it really felt like I was in Japan. We got off the train walked down and up narrow streets selling random shit and of course Hello Kitty gear crossed a bridge and headed up the street to the Yasaka Shrine. It was beautiful you climb a thousand steps to get to the top where I followed others and put money into this box and took a piece of paper out it. After you get the paper you open it up and there is a little budda which I put in my wallet and tied the rest of the paper around the post. Of course I had no idea what it was all about, but I decided it was some kind of wish for good luck. We proceeded up the steps and washed our hands in this place like they did in America's Next Top Model. It was amazing and a great workout. After the shrine, we went to restaurant and pointed what we wanted to eat. I had soba noddles with egg shrimp and crab. It was yum, but difficult because of my beginner chop stick skill. After that we went to a local aquarium and the beach where the Japanese love to surf and I put my feet in the water. The last thing I did for the day was eat dinner on base at the Chili's you know I just needed something American. Tomorrow I am going to try to go to Tokyo wish me luck I will need it.
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3 comments:
sounds like you are doing alot of cool stuff. wish i was there we would be tearing japan up!
ya heard!!!! I am so jealous:) I am with jess, I would totally be tearing Japan up! Sounds like you are doing it for us! Miss you. Glad you are getting some awesome experiences!
Glad to hear you are having a good time. Or at least is sounds like fun.
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