Soooo yeah for the long weekend we (Nell, Paula and I) decided to go to Osaka, Himeji, Kobe, and Nara. In that order yeah. We had last Thurs, Fri, and this Mon off so we had plenty of time! And it was really fun! Osaka is the 2nd biggest city in Japan, so some aspects are a little like Tokyo, but it also is way more west so it has a Kansai (that's the area) feel to it. And apprantly their accent and way of speaking is different but luckily they didn't use that with us!
So our first two days, we stayed in Osaka and hung out. The first day was mostly temples, Osaka castle, and historical stuff, to the bay for sunset, then for the night time we went to the awesome Dotonbori area which is very...flashy. But super fun! We ate dinner there and looked around a lot. The second day we went to the North part of Osaka and saw the giant building called the Osaka Sky Tower. We went up to the top floor and it was cool! We also went to a mall with a ferris wheel in it. Oh we rode a ferris wheel the night before:) So yeah we also went to Dotonbori again and Shinsaibashi as well. We got the famous Okonomiyaki. They even had a cheese one so I could eat it too! Here are my Osaka pictures --> CLICK <-- Our third day was Himeji and Kobe. In Himeji there is basically the castle and that's the best part so that's all we really saw. It is said to be the most beautiful castles in Japan. It is also one of the oldest. (I think). So we toured around there and had lunch in Himeji, then headed to Kobe on the train. We started in the Europe town of Kobe first which is really cool because it was started by the European settlers in Japan. They have a house for every European country! Anyway, after they we went to the Port of Kobe which has an amusement park/boarwalk type place where we hung out and took pictures, then stayed for nightfall and saw the beautiful lights around the port. For dinner we went to Chinatown which is also really cool. Since Nell is Chinese she told us the good stuff to get. haha. And the food was really cheap there! Kobe is definitely an international city. We took the train back to Osaka for the night, then traveled to Nara for our last day. Nara is famous for being one of the old capitals and it has an amazing park which has lots of deer wandering around and beatiful temples. Apparently back when Nara was the capital of Japan, they saw deer as sacred creatures so they were not hurt and I guess that is still the tradition today. So in the park there are deer everywhere! It was really cool! Ok so here are the Himeji/Kobe/Nara pictures! >>CLICK<<
Ok and as for the election, we were watching CNN in the office at school! It was really fun!! And we were so excited!!! GO OBAMA! So happy:) There were a whole bunch of Americans in the office and we were all cheering for Obama haha.
Ooh also this weekend we are going on our last IES field trip! And it is to Kyoto! It will be super exciting! We get to meet some geishas-in-training haha. Ok it just started raining outside and I have a kanji test tomorrow. Unrelated but whatever. CYAA
PS: I found out yesterday that there is a city in Japan called Obama! hahahaa
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