Wednesday, February 23, 2005

**my JapAn tRiP PArT 2**

^^dAY 2 iN JaPaN^^
the next day,we woke up early at ard 6 to prepare for the tour of Tokyo..took our breakfast in the hotel n boy,it was delicious!!haha mayb its becuz they serve western style breakfast n thus make me eats more..hmm i didnt try out e japanese style breakfast but i did try out their salmon fish..yummy,yummy...after which,we loaded our lugaages into our bus again as we will be stayin in a different hotel tonite..in my trip,i get to stay in different hotels every day at different cities..1st place to visit to kick off my trip is e beri beri famous---Asakusa Kannon Temple.Its aso known as Guan Yin temple or e Goddess of Mercy temple..which ever its known to u.well i didnt noe tt e japanese aso believe in e same goddess as us chinese..well,makes me feel warm hearted..hahah becuz i aso pray to the goddess of mercy de la..hehe

Entrance of Asakusa Kannon Temple

B4 we went into the temple,there's a little washin foundation in front of the temple which we were required to wash our hands n rinse our mouth b4 we can enter the temple n pray.We aso saw some japanese sch gals at e temple n yup,as u guess they were wearin the ever famous short skirt uniform as seen in comics hehe..its a waste tt i didnt take photos of them ar..but come to think of it it will make me look like a pevert rite?heheh hmm i'm nt goin to say wat i wish for in e temple cuz i scare it will nt come true..hahah but i did "donate"into the wishin well..heheh below r sm photos tt we took in the temple...


Inside the temple


Me & Yun outside the temple after praying..sunny day huh?

After praying in the temple,we went on to shop at Nakamise.Its a long stretch of shops that leads from the outer gate of the temple(Kaminarimon)to the main gate of the temple(Hozomon).We've onli got ard half ah hr to look ard as the next attraction of the day is Disneyland!!Frankly speakin,half an hr to shop ard,take photos n admire is scenery is simply too little..But being women,hehe we r gd at makin do wif the little time we haf..Yun n me manage to buy a key chain of the temple n took some photos..i tink we've onli cover half the street b4 we realise time's up..n we sprint all the way bak to the side gate where the bus is waitin to bring us to Disney....

The 200m long Nakamise wif a long stretch of shops

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