We all woke up pretty early and all 8 of us headed on our way to Kamakura, which was about an hour train ride from the hotel. As I stepped out of the train I fell instantly in love with the atmosphere, it's an older area and a stones throw from the bay. Our first stop was the famous "sitting Buddha". Seth and Matt had been here during Golden Week, but for the rest of us it was a first.
We walked around looking for some food, but everything was really expensive. So Seth suggested eating something quick at 7/11. At first, our visitors were not too keen on eating at a convenience store, but cost and quality of the food was good enough for us. We then moved on to the next set of temples and views. As we started our walk to the temple, we stopped and took some pictures in front of some plum trees and a pond.
The temple (Hasedera) was different from the rest of temples because it was on the side of a mountain overlooking the bay area. Us desert rats were awestruck with the beauty of the ocean and city view below!
FYI: This area was not affected by the tsunamis from the March 11, 2011 earthquake.
Green tea ice cream!
Yokohama was next on our agenda. It had already been a long day so we were all getting a little slow. However, we committed to powering through the exhaustion to see Yokohama port and the biggest China Town in Japan. When we got off the train we of course went strait to the pier to see the Titanic-like ships.
Girls just wanna have fun!
Check Seth out on the left! Haha.
As I looked around I began to see the unmistakable signs of the hangers (hungry + angry). So we took action and rushed to China Town. Seth committed us to a really nice looking restaurant. A really nice restaurant....too nice for our wallets! To make a long story short, we paid a lot of money for a small amount of food. The Rosses were NOT happy about this outcome. After a little bit we all shook it off and chalked it up to "all part of the adventure."
"We aren't happy, but we will fake it" pose in front of the restaraunt.
Here is one of the temples we saw after dinner. Some of us preferred Chinese temples to Japanese.
After walking around and seeing some Chinese shrines, we said goodbye to the Haines' while they finished up with Yokohama to head back to Tsukuba. We headed back to our hotel, got our second wind, and went out to the clubs in Roppongi hills.
Initially we went to a place called "Gas Panic" which was supposed to be the most famous club in Roppongi. We were not impressed so we went for a sure fire winner, Feria. If you recall, Feria was where Seth and I rang in the New Year.
Chilln' at the Feria roof top
Some Japanese that we met at the top of Feria...They told us to do three. We did not know why but just did what they told us to do!
Hanging out with the Japanese crew was actually a lot of fun! They really made the night memorable. Around 1-2am we left to get some burgers and head back to the hotel.
~Kate
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