Lately I've been avoiding my blog like all manners of MTV programming. For the past couple of weeks I've been very busy with work and getting ready for Katie to arrive in Japan. Also, occasionally I feel like a self-absorbed jerk for writing about my life in a blog. These factors combined have resulted in an abrupt stagnation on the blogging front. However, now that Katie is here and my ego is back to being overly inflated, I plan on trying to keep a little more up to date on the blog.
I was going to pick up where I left off and talk about the one week holiday called "Golden Week." Lucky for me though, Matt has already done a fine job of documenting our journey in his blog, Our Life in Japan. So I will kindly ask that you please visit his blog by
clicking here.
I'm not totally copping out, however. Below are some of my pictures with descriptions.
Look for new posts soon.
-Seth
I was going to pick up where I left off and talk about the one week holiday called "Golden Week." Lucky for me though, Matt has already done a fine job of documenting our journey in his blog, Our Life in Japan. So I will kindly ask that you please visit his blog by
clicking here.
I'm not totally copping out, however. Below are some of my pictures with descriptions.
Here I'm standing with my friend, Callie Parkinson, at the Great Buddha in Kamakura. She is dating one of my friends, Josh Montoya, whom I met in Las Cruces. I had seen on facebook that she would be visiting Japan, but didn't contact her about her plans during her stay. In short, the odds of us meeting up here are astronomical! Allow me to break it down:
- A 2007 UN population estimate of the Greater Tokyo Area was in the ball park of 36,000,000 people.
- Golden Week is one of the most heavily traveled holidays in Japan.
- With the easily accessible Tokyo transit system, one can travel to hundreds of tourist spots within about a 30 mile radius.
- The Great Buddha is among many must see attractions in Kamakura.
Taking all of this into account, it simply blows my mind that we saw each other. Annnnnnnd, not only did I see her and her friend once, about an hour later we saw each other again walking in the streets toward the beach....simply...crazy.
I, Seth Walker, do solemnly swear to quite being lazy and catch up on my blog.
Backside view of the Great Buddha. It's actually so large that people can walk around inside.
At some of the temples you can pay a couple ¥100 to receive a fortune. Usually its bad so you are suppose ask the gods to improve it. However, on this occasion I got the 'best fortune' at this temple in Kamakura.
It is believed that when the incense is wafted onto the heads of children, they will be smarter. I tried to get as much of that stuff in my hair as possible! (Kamakura)
Almost like a "Where's Waldo" but with idols. (Kamakura)
In Yokohama's China Town, we saw some Chinese dragon dancing. Here is a quick photo I snapped of the head of the dragon as they walked to their next performance location.
Most of these images are from only one day during Golden Week. Once again, please visit Matt's blog for a more detailed description of our week: click here.
Look for new posts soon.
-Seth
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