Rock of love.
Wow, I haven’t blogged in ages. I’m so super psyched about loads of different things at the moment that I want to blog about, but I thought I’d get the last of my Japan photos out of the way.
So the last time I wrote something, me and my best bud Paul were in Osaka. Breakfast this morning was not as exciting as the sweet and sour the day before. We were pretty excited to get a Mos Burger, but the woman who served us didn’t like us very much at all. It kind of killed it a bit, and also the cola was foul.
On the way back to Tokyo we had to stop at Kyoto so thought we would check it out for the day.
Even crime is cute in Japan…
We were on a mission to find these two rocks in the hills, where you walk from one to the other with your eyes shut to find out whether your relationship is any good. I was psyched to put Kate to the test.
On the way, we found this sweet temple…
…and the largest wooden structure in the world.
Then we went on the underground to the super nowhere-outskirts of Kyoto, it was awesome.
As you can see, it was a super comfortable 29 degrees, and 95% humidity. Great weather to be going on a massive walk.
This place turned out to be a graveyard, Paul loves hanging out in these.
While we were feeling kind of awkward about whether to go in or not, this little car drove past with a tanoy thing on top, playing election spiel. A few I’d seen already had been too keen on foreigners being in Japan but it was full of middle-aged women waving and smiling at us, which was nice.
Someone had put iced green tea on one of the graves…
This was by far the hugest shrine thing we’d seen yet…
…but we’d seen millions to be fair. And we were looking for the rocks.
It was around this time that the heat, sleep deprivation and drinking pretty much all the time made me feel like I was swaying around all the time, even though I wasn’t. I remember it well.
On the way we saw this dog, who kind of looks how I felt…
This is part of some super famous garden, I totally forgot what it’s called though.
…and I don’t know where this place was either, but it looked super nice.
The trees in Kyoto were super amazing.
In the toilets on the way out, there was this helpful guide on the wall…
This guy is the worst busker I’ve ever seen…
He took ages to get to the big finish of his tricks, then screwed every one up. To be fair it was super hot.
We finally got to the ‘nice’ bit of Kyoto near the hills.
People are really short in Japan…
There were a few real-life geishas around here too…
So we ended up climbing the massive hill, and found the rocks amongst a load of good luck charm stalls and souvenir shops.
I made it with my eyes closed, but Paul did have to direct me a bit. Which means, apparently, that I need help with my relationship but it will still turn out okay. Which is good to know.
You could buy wooden things to write prayers onto, and then the next day people would read them out in a ceremony thing. Notice the cute face on the one in the middle. Classic.
The people had a lot of prayers to make, I think…
…only 500 yen ‘for passing exam nation’, bargain.
The views were seriously incredible from up here…
The last photo I took that day was this one…
…before my battery ran out.
Then we got back to Tokyo and each drank almost three litres of beer from a glass boot.
