Kyoto Tour

Today after I got my class schedule I met up with my group and we headed off to Kyoto with some Kansai Gaidai students. It was me, Emily, Andra, John, and Jimmy, with four Japanese girls, Miko, Chiyaki, another Chiyaki, and I can't for the life of me remember the 4th girl's name. They brought us via train and bus to Kyoto and we went to the Byodoin temple, which was a Buddhist temple, BUT there was a Shinto shrine right next door we went to. We got to go in the temple, but we weren't allowed to take pictures. We also went to the temple museum, and we were also not allowed to take pictures there. However, outside we took TONS of pictures that can't be expressed in words. Just look out for them on facebook in a little while.

After the temple visit the girls took us out for Sushi for dinner. We got to experience the weirdest sushi I've ever heard of. Apparently things in the US we think would be odd make the best sushi here. For example: tuna salad sushi, corn sushi, and meatball sushi. Those were the weirder things that I've tried. Then I ate a ton of shrimp and crab sushi. Mmmm then I got a single scoop of vanilla ice cream, which is a lot more vanilla-y in Japan.

All in all a great trip to Kyoto and a very interesting introduction to the Japanese train system. It's confusing and it's making me worried about getting to school every morning. Haha oh well, I'll learn.