April Showers Revisited

This is kind of just putting in the pictures that I didn't get to upload with the last batch, but there are a few new ones going in as well. So here they are:



This is a picture of a temple in the Nara prefecture; my host father took me to see it. It was very interesting, there was tons of information about Japanese religion and such. :3



More temple...And me.



Here you see little "wishes" that people can buy to wish good luck for themselves or family or friends. You also see my host father, sort of.



These are also little wishes that people have attached to trees.



A picture of the fountain at the temple. It was pretty, so I decided to take a picture.



And this is the entrance to the temple :D We were in the taxi, and I quickly turned around to sneak a picture of this.



This is actually a picture going uphill toward this really famous temple in Nara; I think it's called...Kiyomizu Temple?? :/ I think.



At the entrance to the temple. There were tons of foreigners there, like me, so I didn't feel quite so out of place here. :B



A picture of the walk on the way down from the temple.



Me, really high up, near the top of the temple. It's on this big mountain overlooking the major city of Nara prefecture, so it's got quite the view.



Outside the temple.



This is the Buddha shrine at the top; it was difficult to get a picture, since all this smoke was coming up from the incense and it was all hazy.



Me ringing the gong outside the shrine :3 Big tourist attraction, this.



Me, looking out over the city below.



The top of the temple with the skyline. Looks like a desktop.



Me in front of a little pond thingy. I'm giggling because my host father was saying that we should take a picture of me falling backwards into it. :D



This is me drinking green tea inside one of the many shops lining the way up to the temple. It was free though, so my host father and I stopped in to have some. :P



The way back down from the temple.



Me eating dango, which is...I guess rice flour balls covered in this honey stuff. It's SUUUUUUUPPPPERRRRRRRR sweet.



Aaaannd me outside of another temple. LOTS of sightseeing that day.

So that concludes this blog entry, the next one should be a bit more exciting, because I plan to make it mostly about people :B I'm going to take my camera to school to take pictures of my classmates and teachers, and also upload some photos of my host family. Until then, cheers!