Tag Archives: Kyoto
Endless Pizza, Flooded Kimonos and Women Dressed as Men: My Weekend
((Phew…still so busy!!!!! I have to prepare for a presentation on Japanese media tomorrow in class, so I’ll work on these later.))
Spring Break
March 13th was the last day of school before going onto spring break. I finished classes around 1:00 with ceramics, and not having much else to do, I rode my bicycle back to the seminar house and fixed some ramen noodles for lunch. I was nervous and extremely excited, because on Saturday I would be […]
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Spring Break: Day 4
Our last day exploring Kyoto, we decided we would visit the Imperial Palace. It was within walking distance of our hotel, so we again set out by subway–bound for what we hoped to be landscape just as beautiful as the Heian Shrine’s gardens. [singlepic=414,320,240,,left]We arrived on the Imperial Grounds after rounding a wall of shrubs […]
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Day 3 Monday my parents again woke up very early. I woke up around 7:00 around the time my parents were calling my grandparents and my youngest brother via Skype. Justin, my youngest brother, is adorable. While my parents told him about the food and how they didn’t like it much, Justin was the one […]
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