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Check-J-2: Visit Hasedera

That was the last day I could still go and visit ... It's the last time: Yesterday was the last time I went to Kyoto today was the last time
- I took the train here
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your wish that I - that I was going to the mall
Snif! Yes, I am very nostalgic now. Back in Belgium, I will certainly bathe with you in Japan ... this "and" me, in Japan, short ...", even more boring than usual!

So today I was Hasedera visited a temple that had been recommended by the French lab, Jani. I was a little afraid it is a small temple base, because in my guide on the internet and I found some info and pictures (especially that this temple has a much better known namesake near Tokyo). But I really do not regret buying this temple for a last visit!

So on this post, I'll do the lazy: if you want to see pictures, go to Picasa, it takes me too long to add links and I do not want today.

So Hasedera ... Already, on arrival, I found it very nice. A small station lost, but fortunately a plan to find out the temple, phew! Except ... except that the plan is not well done, it seems it's simple but in fact not. And today I felt like the soul of an adventurer in Indiana Jones, I found myself taking a lost path, which stopped, then cross a pipeline to explore a hill. It looked like quite the temple, although I heard the chants of monks, but I was next to a cell wall and no door or path in sight to the cross. It was quite mystical, and the wall behind the prayers. ^ _ ^ Well, I calmed my soul and I'm back down explorer in search of a way more common. And I arrived at the destination. (By the way, I also met some birds' nests, I have a photo of small claimants for their food, I saw parents do return. Obviously, the Japanese love them because they leave them to their nest where they want. And, no, not nests to be eaten!).

Hasedera is a lot of walking, 399 of the temple gate to the main lodge, but has yet y'en before and after. Hasedera is a very Japanese atmosphere, no tourists, that Japanese pilgrims. Hasedera is Japanese so that nothing is said in English! Hum. Now it is big enough as a field, at least 37 buildings (but many do not visit because Hasedera is primarily a school for monks). I had the prospectus English entry, but with a map as well drawn as the train station. But it does not matter, it's more fun when you do not know!

The main attraction of the temple is a statue of Kannon Buddha, the largest wooden statue of Japan (10 m). I entered the main building to view photo, of course forbidden, then emerged on the balustrade on the mountainside to take pictures of the landscape. One thing puzzled me: on the side of the main building, there was a little door where people came in from time to time and for which he had become dislodged. I do not understand: I had seen the Buddha, there was something else see? I tried to enter a monk wanted to ask me something, he had to call another because he did not speak Japanese. I finally understand that I have to buy another ticket to get in there. Yes, but to see what? "The foot of the Buddha." Uh ... Anyway, after they décarcassés to give me the explanation, and as my curiosity was titillated, I bought an entry: 1000 yen! For that price, I was really afraid of being disappointed. Before joining the monks tried to explain how to purify myself with incense, they also passed me a cord to the wrist (a gift is included in the price, altered a sacred image of Buddha and papers in Japanese that I do not understand.)

In fact, one can enter and there is thus at the foot of the statue. One of the high priests were there to greet me, and luckily he spoke a little English better than these fellows. We have the right to touch the foot of the statue, I guess it is luck, then walk around as there are in fact paintings on the wall, representing the transformation of Kannon. The statue is really great, you feel very small in front of her, and paintings are in a good state of preservation. In fact, it's a daunting moment, being in this room alone with the monk, and at the foot of this statue. In the end, the priest me asked to tender him my hand, he took it and the other he blesses me with a sacred object. Trooooop was fine (I'm sure mom was ecstatic, she loves this stuff!), Although I'm not religious I really enjoyed this time (because a man was holding my hand ? xD). Afterwards lj'ai toured the outside, there were other paintings, superb stattues and representations of monks (I could not help but smile at the offerings: a carrot and a box of canned fish!).
I do not regret the 1000 yen, it makes me unforgettable!

After that I continued to go around the area. I bought a small bell shaped cherry blossom. I do not know why, but people tell me more hello in Japanese when I crossed, j'adoooore!

After I returned home through the mall to buy what I need before I leave. I especially need bubble wrap to protect what is fragile or broken. Upon returning to the Uni, I took pictures of rice fields. The

Picasa album:

Hasedera + rice

I apologize for the quality photos, not great. But I take the photos in a hurry, and the camera screen is too small for that I am aware of problems and I think again.

Finally, tomorrow I'm going to the bank, I also prepare my bags, say goodbye to people ... There's little chance that I post something, and then I'll be in Belgium. To recap, I still tell my vacation in April and post photos so this blog is not dead yet.

On Wednesday, this is my detailed schedule (all times local): 5:35
: Airport bus
7:30 am: Arrival at the airport
10h15: departure
15h25: Arrival in Frankfurt (flying time: 12:10)
17:25: departure from Frankfurt
18h20: Arrival at Zaventem (flight time: 55 minutes).
In total, between 10:15 am and 6:20 p.m. finish off, I'll 15h05 to arrive in Belgium ... See you soon!

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Byodo-in and Nijo Castle

Today I started with a sequence nostalgia. Photo as a souvenir of my Uni:

Class, eh? Otherwise, here is my beloved station which makes me now to walk 30 minutes every morning:

rectangles you see along du quai indiquent là où les portes du train se trouveront et on sait donc où faire la file. J'adore !

Niveau visite, j'avais décidé de suivre les conseils de ma mère. J'ai commencé par le byodo-in. Tellement bien situé qu'il m'a fallut 5 trains à partir de ma gare pour y arriver ! Le byodo-in est très célèbre, il est notamment représenté sur les pièces de 100 yens.

Ce batiment est appelé la salle du phoenix, parce qu'il ressemblerait de face à un Phoenix déployant ses ailes, et aussi parce que deux de ces specimens sont sur le toit:

Joli, no?

Photos inside are forbidden. If you look closely at the photo below, you can see the Buddha's head in the hole in the mesh of the door

I have no photos of full face, sorry, but it was packed with tourists, so every time I bits rather than the whole building to avoid having the big group of tourists on the photo. If you vpulez full face photo, see here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Byodo-in_Uji01pbs2640.jpg

To get an idea of the Interior, here is a picture of the flyer that I bought

What I liked? Look at the wall, seen up close it looks like this:

is too too good! So actually what I really liked is the museum's Byodo-in, because there is a part of these statues and we can admire them up close. There was also a short video showing computer-generated image of what looked like the Byodo-in at the time. It was very colorful, very beautiful inside. Unfortunately almost completely disappeared with time.

At noon, I was eaten in the grounds of the Imperial Palace.

Besides, I eat really well for a few days with Joranne. She had learned to recognize the onigiri (rice balls) tuna, and then yesterday I tried it too good, so I started today. The inside is tuna with mayonnaise, and it blends really well with plain rice.

After this feast, the castle Nijo direction. Already, I was super impressed by the exterior is highly decorated:

No photos Unfortunately inside and postcards were ugly so I did not take anything. Be aware that the interior has countless rooms, all of which have painted screens. This is awesome! However, level of screen beauty, I think my favorite ones I've seen elsewhere. The castle also features a parquet-called "junk". It is specially designed to emit a noise when you walk over it to prevent an intrusion. Now, noise level, I find that the floor of my student room is higher. ^ _ ^ At the rear of the castle, there is a very nice garden style landscape

However, be aware that in all the gardens of the castle (there are several), one is obliged to follow a path indicated, all other roads are barred! I hate it! And it's very well designed: in the castle, not a single seat in the gardens 8 banks up! Not enough to rest my poor feet! Anyway, I think the castle is quite essential for Kyoto, it does not look like any other I had seen with my parents in April (Himeji and the other I do not know).

Tomorrow, unfortunately I am no longer safe enough to visit. I have to wait 11h to go to the bank with Chie to close my account, so I'm not sure I still have enough time after. To see! Anyway, I should let you post it tomorrow.

I suggest you take a look at the Picasa album, the photos are much more numerous

Byodo-in and Nijo + various

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soon end ... Malorie

Okay, I admit it is becoming difficult to want to leave!

Friday I was in Kyoto and Nara for shopping. At night I was at the restaurant with some members of the lab (not all, but the main ones, ie those with whom I spoke were there). Well, this time around, I assured my photos, then place the presentation:

- Left, Yamato Ohtani, he will me helped in the technical part of my job. He is super nice, but it has some difficulty understanding when they speak English. Still, I appreciated his constant good humor, even when I annoyed (you know me ^_^). It was also he who saved my pc when he no longer wanted Demare.

- In the center, Yoko. I met her at the beginning of my stay. Very nice, but it is very difficult to speak English, I also believe that she was disappointed not to speak.

- Right, Doi. It is with people who surrounded me when I arrived. It has mainly been the driver. Almost no English so I could never talk to.

- Left, Mr. Toda, my sponsor. Young, eh? It made me a shock when I met him. It has been 32 years. It's nice that it is not too old, because it is much more "cool". I really had a good relationship with him, he never put pressure and has always valued my work (wrongly?).

- In the middle left, uh ... I forgot her name. He does not speak English at all!

- Right center, Kisaki. A very nice, but I always feel uncomfortable in his presence. He has a stuttering problem which I never understand his English and I have to repeat. And he looks very stuck. But it was he who organized the celebration in my honor when I got there, he also agreed to be our driver. It also tries to talk to me when he sees me, so it's a person who allows me to socialize and feel accepted, and I am very grateful for his kindness.

- left, Rafael. Nothing to say. ^ _ ^ As a reminder, this one comes from Panama. It's great because we had no difficulty communicating in English. Here at the restaurant, saw the people who do not speak English, everybody spoke Japanese so luckily he was there for me the conversation from time to time.

- Left, Chie. What to say about Chie? When I see I can not help but think "I love this girl!". She is super energetic, always smiling and is always ready to help.

- In the middle, Nakamura-san. He too was part of "Home Team". It is too funny! Obviously he loves to eat, he has completed all the dishes from the table! He was kind enough to lend me his electric stove and curtains for the 4 months of my stay. It helped me a lot, I am very grateful for that, and also because it's one of those who framed me most when I arrived. By cons after I did not see during these almost four months, and he did not specifically seemed to want to communicate with me, despite his good English.

The group photo:

Pour rappel, les noms dans l'ordre de gauche à droite de haut en bas: Kisaki, Doi, Nakamura, Raphael, Yoko, Chi, Malorie ^^, Mr Toda, Yamato, ???.

Après le resto, Chie m'avait invitée chez elle avec Yoko.

(le sourire de Chie, c'est tout le temps comme ça !).
Vous remarquerez au passage que l'appart de Chie a l'air bien. Et il l'est ! En plus, même l'extérieur donne bien, c'est une facade dans le style immeuble de riches américains. She pays 50,000 yen per month, which currently amounts to 363 €! Suffice to say that I really hallucinating when she told me that. Unfortunately for her, she will move next year in Tokyo to begin work. Indeed, she had to find his job before finishing his studies and it's done. By cons, Yoko seeks always work in Tokyo as well. When I was home, I took the opportunity to open the gifts that Mr. Toda had given me. It was super generous. In addition, a man who chooses tastefully, it's rare! I let you admire:

plastics and cosmetics as well practical and super memories of Japan:

Thus a card game with the famous places of Japan and a block-shaped kimono memo:

Chie and Yoko, they, gave me a cd:

is "The Best of Jazzin ' for Ghibli. "As the title suggests, it revised versions of music from films of Studio Ghibli. Well, I like jazz versions but I'm fairly crazy for me really happy and the CD cover is beautiful, it makes a great souvenir of their units!

Chie really does not want me to return, she wanted to do many things with me before I left but his schedule is full. It would really come see me in Belgium. Snif, it breaks my heart when she says nice things like that! But hey, that's life ... Finally, to thank, and Yoko too, I bought them a small gift. I had already offered a small strap Chie GSM Nara is the only one she has religiously to his laptop!

short, sad about the move! Today, I returned to shop in Kyoto. I followed a particular route by my guide and I had already done with parents: it's really great. It is a journey through all the old parts of Kyoto, pedestrian, with lots of souvenir shops. In addition, this time, I found a part that I missed last time: Ishibei-koji, a street of hotels and restaurants in old buildings. Y'avait not a cat and more! Here is a picture, others are on Picasa:

So what I bought?

- a totoro plush keychain

- another sucker to hang with the back windshield of my car:

- a bento box : (sorry, Joranne, Lilly, I'll copy!)

- a portfolio:

Besides, do you know that we see many objects with owls in Japan? I wondered why. The réponse m'a été donnée au 100yen-shop: Hibou se dit fukuro en japonais, et c'est prononcé de la même manière que "pas de soucis" ("no trouble"). Donc évidemment les japonais pensent que les hiboux portent chance et spécialement aux étudiants qui, comme les hiboux, travaillent la nuit. ^_^ (fin de la minute intelligente)

- je suis retournée à la boutique de bijoux de Kyomizudera alors j'ai craqué sur la nouvelle collection (oui, j'ai honte...):

D'ailleurs, j'ai eu une jeune vendeuse parlant anglais qui m'a fait la causette et m'a aidé à acheter dans le magasin. ^ _ ^ Anyway, thank you Joranne for its harassment of Japanese without it I would never have discovered Loft, a store that sells everything where I found some things cheaper elsewhere Ghibli and sells beautiful bento boxes and lots of other things! The

Picasa album:

soon end ...

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but not out! Reclassification

Well, it was long! To call the result of Newell cons of the procedure worthy, it's very likely, but I have no confirmation ...

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wins!

Just a short message to say that my presentation went well on Wednesday, my teacher looks happy to me and he said he would put me beautiful results (well, should see what it means in Japanese!). It is 11:40 p.m., so I will not tell more. Tomorrow, Kyoto for shopping and Italian restaurant at night with people from the lab.

soon!