Now, I don;t know it if mentioned it, but my dad has told me many times that we were going to get lost in Japan, well... today we got lost... about four or five times. It was really sad, that and all the maps we got from the information stations around the city that spoke English had to be really out of date.

For the things that we did get to see when we weren't lost, we saw Kiyomizu Temple, a beautiful temple high in the hills surrounded by a beautiful forest. I really can't describe it you'll just have to wait and see the pictures when we get back.

Okay... it's official I have the weirdest dad in the world. The lady came up to us in the temple and asked us to take her picture. The weird part is my dad could tell were she was from, that she had just gotten out of the army and that she was well traveled. The lady, named Hen (use the "chet" sound in the back of your throat when saying the "H" in her name" was Israeli, spoke Hebrew, and had been all over the world and had spent eight months in Peru backpacking in the mountains.

Now after we parted ways with Hen, we got lost... twice, all on our way to the Golden Pavilion. We left Hen at around one or so and by the time we got to the Pavilion it was nearly four, sad ain't it?

Okay, about this Gold thing... the entire building is covered in gold and I mean all of it, even the roof of the place. I got another gift here from the priests, a little talisman for one of you, but you'll have to wait and see. ;)

Also, for those of you who don't know, part of my SN is Japanese for Fox, "Kitsune." Today I saw the shrine devoted to Inari, the fox god of Japan and the God of rice, wine, and foxes, even though my dad didn't notice it was really cool.

Even getting back to the hotel was another adventure, we got lost again.

That's it for today, tomorrow we go to Nagoya (Na-goy-a).

Cheers

Aengus no Kitsune