We spent the day going to Karakuma which is an hour south of Tokyo I think, by the sea. There we saw the big Buddha statue and walked and walked and walked! My feet are kind of sore...
And, believe it or not, I still havent bought anything apart from food and drinks. Nothing, zero, nada! I am sure mum and dad and my brother will be very impressed with that!
It is a bit weird writing in English, as if I am writing for a whole new audience that doesn't know me and I have to kind of introduce myself again.
Anyway, here are some photos of today's outing. I have also found a pattern of a scarf, or shawl if you like, that I am gonna knit from the alpaca yarn that I bought somewhere in the vicinity of Stansbury on York Peninsula when we went there with Stephens parents before we left Australia. A bit sad maybe that I look for knitting patterns while on holiday in Japan but I just happened to check in on one of the blogs I follow, in swedish I'm afrain and mainly about knitting, and there it was and I knew straight away that this is the one for my alpaca yarn!
Anyway again, here are the photos =)
The beach in Kamakura, a bit smoggy and not at all as nice as it could have been.
The sky was full of these birds, hawks as you can see on the next picture...
BEWARE OF HAWKS! We actually saw some of them swop down for food or whatever it was, not sure if the people nearby tried to feed them or not but it looked a bit scary.
The big Buddha, Daibutsu, a nice little walk from the train station in Kamakura. Full of (annoying, screaming, running around, little japanese) school kids and other tourists (like the group of scary German "Women on wheels" bikers who didnt look very much like women at all). The Buddha was built in 1252 to 1262 which is kind of impressive.
Continuing the nice little walk up and down and climbing over tree roots, plenty of exercise for us both and I thought it would never end =)
The view from on top of the hill over the beach we were walking along earlier in the day! It was quite a little hike we did.
A hidden away cemetery at the end of the hike which we didn't expect to see, a nice little surprise, very beautiful spot and peace and quiet. I almost felt like an intruder. The Japanese are very spiritual with shrines and temples everywhere.
Stephen with a well deserved beer with lunch after the long walk, I was trying to be japanese and had buckwheat tea to drink, mmmm... not, it tasted like it was good for me :/ I had a sip of Stepens beer and it was soooo nice! Apart from the beer drinking we have been very healthy eaters here, not counting the McDonalds brekkie. Or the potato chips. Or the donut with the Starbucks coffee. By the way there is a bloody Starbucks in every corner of every street here, incredible! But you don't see anyone with take away coffee apart from us. Maybe because there are no bins anywhere to throw away the bloody cup so you have to carry it around for ages. And no litter either which is interesting since there are no bins... And people dont talk in their mobile phones on the subway, there is a little lady in the speakers asking people not to because it is annoying for the people around. Today we saw a lady talking on her phone on the train and she was whispering and covering up her mouth not to annoy the people around her. Strange. But still they all sit with their mobiles and play with them, read the news or chat or play games or something. Pretty much all mobiles are the big flip style ones with lots of little charms hanging and dangling.
Thats all for todays update, ended up being a big one, now it is time for bed!
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