Wednesday May 27th, 2009

We went to Nara today, in my opinion the most beautiful place in Japan. There was the deer just wandering around the entire place. They were so tame, you could just go up to them and pet them. The deer are actually considered to be a national monument there, and killing one used to be punishable by death. At the park we went to see the biggest buddha in the world. It was absolutly breath taking. It was just so immense and just being there was myfavorite part of the trip. While we were there, there was this hole that was cut into the base of one of the support poles of the structure, which is the biggest wooden structure in the world. It is said that once you go through this hole you will come out enlightned. I fit through, but barley, the hole was incredibly tight, so much so that I think if I had a big lunch I wouldnt have been able to fit through. After that we went to Kasuga shrine. There was thousands of lanterns ligning the entire place. It was pretty cool, not my favorite place in Nara, but it was still pretty cool. After the temple we went back to Kyoto and wandered around and ended up at a restraunt there. I ordered crab rice, but they made a mistake and told me that the shark fin soup that chris ordered. It was actually delicious, afterwards we got some flasks and went to a arcade. It was fantastic. We played mario kart and guitar hero among others. It was a great night