Woo, another cool weekend in Japan!
Saturday was a really enjoyable day - to start it off 5 of us headed an hours train journey away from kyoto to the city of Nara which is renowned for its temples and shrines. And its deers too!
The temples were beautiful (as ever) and were cloaked in lush blankets of forest and numerous water features, all sprinkled by the golen light that managed to distill its way through the thick canopy above. Ive been taking pictures and will upload them when i get back to the uk!
On saturday night we decided to grab some beers and jam at cards in the communal area. After not so long the plan evolved and we were soon on our way, in a drunken fashion, to the distant district of Gion to find some bars and such. Oh yeah, we bought some fireworks on the way too.
Anyway, once at gion, the bars seemed to lack somewhat, and instead we spotted masses of teenagers hanging out on the riverbank and pissing around with fireworks and alcohol themselves - it was the perfect unspoken invite!
We had a great time overall. My friend lost his shoe in the river, and then, in what i can only label as an act of hugely admirable stupidity (sort of), unclothed himself and swam in after it. He entered as a drunken fool, and emerged a dripping hero. haha
Didnt get back until about 5.30 am. the next morning was hell - myself and my mate were due to meet two japanese girls in the distant city of Osaka. However, he was too ill after beer and, erm, swimming, to go, so I headed out into the unknown alone..... eep!
Needless to say, I got lost at the station where we were supposed to meet. Very lost indeed ><,
once we finally met, though, it was time to visit a japanese restaurant for some okonomiyaki - sort of an omlette, only much nicer! After this we decided to visit Osaka castle, though by the time we arrived the main bit was due to close - no worries though, the courtyard and surrounding grounds were so calming that we were happy to just chill out there!
There were a bucnh of awesome bands playing live on the streetside too, really, really cool!
By this time it was getting late and my train home was due shortly, so we went to (another) restaurant, this time for some spaghetti style food, which too was excellent! The conversation and general atmosphere was great, I really enjoyed the company! But alas, the clock was ticking and I had to get home ><,
Anyway, im off to a few temples in kyoto today, was just waiting for my mate but hes here now, so bye for now :)
Saturday was a really enjoyable day - to start it off 5 of us headed an hours train journey away from kyoto to the city of Nara which is renowned for its temples and shrines. And its deers too!
The temples were beautiful (as ever) and were cloaked in lush blankets of forest and numerous water features, all sprinkled by the golen light that managed to distill its way through the thick canopy above. Ive been taking pictures and will upload them when i get back to the uk!
On saturday night we decided to grab some beers and jam at cards in the communal area. After not so long the plan evolved and we were soon on our way, in a drunken fashion, to the distant district of Gion to find some bars and such. Oh yeah, we bought some fireworks on the way too.
Anyway, once at gion, the bars seemed to lack somewhat, and instead we spotted masses of teenagers hanging out on the riverbank and pissing around with fireworks and alcohol themselves - it was the perfect unspoken invite!
We had a great time overall. My friend lost his shoe in the river, and then, in what i can only label as an act of hugely admirable stupidity (sort of), unclothed himself and swam in after it. He entered as a drunken fool, and emerged a dripping hero. haha
Didnt get back until about 5.30 am. the next morning was hell - myself and my mate were due to meet two japanese girls in the distant city of Osaka. However, he was too ill after beer and, erm, swimming, to go, so I headed out into the unknown alone..... eep!
Needless to say, I got lost at the station where we were supposed to meet. Very lost indeed ><,
once we finally met, though, it was time to visit a japanese restaurant for some okonomiyaki - sort of an omlette, only much nicer! After this we decided to visit Osaka castle, though by the time we arrived the main bit was due to close - no worries though, the courtyard and surrounding grounds were so calming that we were happy to just chill out there!
There were a bucnh of awesome bands playing live on the streetside too, really, really cool!
By this time it was getting late and my train home was due shortly, so we went to (another) restaurant, this time for some spaghetti style food, which too was excellent! The conversation and general atmosphere was great, I really enjoyed the company! But alas, the clock was ticking and I had to get home ><,
Anyway, im off to a few temples in kyoto today, was just waiting for my mate but hes here now, so bye for now :)
posted by Ben at
2:52 AM
3 Comments:
the dripping hero? sounds like a new character for the film ;)
the dripping hero vs the tanned fool
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Anonymous, at 6/06/2005 11:11 AM
ben, its Charlie here, the Chinese one.
Just wondering how much is a japanese sord cost? if you got a chance, give me a e-mail to ocaizhi@hotmail.com please.
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Anonymous, at 6/09/2005 3:25 PM
Yarr! Glad ye be avin' a good time black benneth! Bring me back a golden snitch from Takeshi's bridge ball o' doom!
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Anonymous, at 6/09/2005 7:20 PM
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