Had a pretty good time today. I headed to the base in the morning to buy some food stuffs. Picked up a frap at starbucks and then went back to the room.
We decided to head up to Kamakura to check out some of the sites. We headed over to one train station. It only took about 15 seconds to realize that was the wrong station. So we headed over to the other train station. Bought a ticket for 210 Yen and waited for the train. Hopped on what we thought was the right train. After it stopped and everyone got off, it was apparent that it was not the right train. So we looked very confused finally someone came over and pointed to the other train at the station. We hopped on that. After 3 stations that train stopped and everyone got off of it. So we got off of the train and wandered over to the other side of the station. Finally got onto the correct train.
From there we decided to look at this giant budda in town. It was about a 25 minute walk over there. It was 200 Yen to get into the temple. Pretty big piece of metal, the thing can withstand an earthquake, pretty crazy. For 20 Yen you can walk inside of it. Pretty hot inside. If you touch the inside th metal is pretty hot.
After that we decided to check out the street vendors. About 3/4 Mile long street with a lot of vendors. We ate a braughtworst place. I can't understand very much Japanese, but it really isn't a problem. Everybody is very nice and will help as much as they can.
At the end of the street is a shinto shrine. Pretty interest at the shrine and the temple people would wash there hands and then go in. Very nice gardens and buildings. Then we decided to head back to the train station. Very nice path in the middle of the road.
Back in Yokosuka, headed to the mall to pick up some Kiwi and Plum yogurt, we need these flavors in the US. Here are some pictures.
The below videos are through Youtube.
5 comments:
Looks like you had an interesting day. Love the pictures. It's still your b-day here!!
How many engineers does it take to read the train map?
Apparently more than three. Maybe if they had four...
Happy Birthday Juano!!!
Happy belated birthday, Johnny! Sorry I missed it. We're on the Oregon coast this week for vacation. Working via dial-up from the place...I don't think computers were meant to work at dial-up speeds. My computer keeps crashing. Anyway, got some news of my own, but I'll send an email, so be watching for it.
Happy Birthday, John. I get Kurihama and Kamakura mixed up, too. Zushi is another station where you can have train issues - they only send 4 of the trains to the next station, so if everyone gets off there, follow them! I'm coming back for a short trip at the end of the month. I think my move will be in the beginning of August.
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