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And things just keep on happening, here in little, old Japan. Since last update, I have been twice to Osaka, seen more of Kyoto, parts of I hadn't seen before, and bought tickets to Okinawa. The weather is gradually getting better, no more snow, temperatures around 10-14 degrees Celcius over the day. A little bitter warmer and I would be a real happy camper.
Finally.. we bought tickets to Okinawa. I have been wanting to go there for a while now and we are going in the beginning of April, for 5 nights. Will arrive back the day before the second semester starts.
I went to 2 shrines, that are close to where I live. I won't even bother setting up pictures this time, when you have seen one shrine, you've seen them all. Well, not really, but it's close to the truth. Went to see Shimogamo and then Kitanotenmangu. Old shrines, fun to see but not as much fun to share. One thing you gotta love though is how crazy the Japanese were when making up shit to decorate their shrines with. There are very elaborate statues of deformed elephants, dragons and tigers. Sometimes it seems as the 3 of them are just spliced together, it is that funky looking. The reason for why they took the liberty of making this shit up is because Japan doesn't have elephants, dragons or tigers so they have absolutely no idea of how to shape their statues. OK, no one has had dragons either, but their version just doesn't cut the Chinese one...
On the 6th of March we decided to head over to Osaka and visit an aquarium. It is called Kaiyukan and is one of the largest aquariums in the world. That was an enjoyable trip, lots of interesting fishies to see. Nice to see a whale shark. That guy had a school of fishies swimming next to it at all times, it was like his possé and he looked all hardcore.
Next to the aquarium was a ferris wheel, 112.5 meters in height. One of the largest ferris wheels in the world. Amazing how many large things these small people have.
Then again today I went to Osaka. For some reason, you can't buy sumo tickets over the internet. Sumo matches last for 15 days. After a match has started, you can't even reserve tickets through phone. Comparing Osaka and Kyoto is interesting. To make it simple, Kyoto is to Osaka what Mosfellsbær is to Reykjavík. Not much there, but it looks pretty. Anyway, we saw sumo wrestlers walking on the streets on the way to the venue. Maybe it was their lunch break or something, but they were all over the place close to the gymnasium where the tournament is held. I snatched pictures of one, you can see them in my gallery. After having bought the tickets, we walked to Osaka castle. That was one helluva long walk as we managed to walk the wrong way for quite some time... Got a little sightseeing on foot through the heart of Osaka in return. Cool place, if you are into funky urban architecture and funky culture in general. I thought it was cool at least.
So, sumo tickets have been procured for the 21st of March, in the second worst seats in the house. There is one class lower than the one we bought and guess where those seats are? Yep. Next to our seats. This is gonna be great. I'm gonna bring my binoculars.
New pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gustafh/OsakaKaiyukan6Mars
http://picasaweb.google.com/gustafh/OsakaSumoticketCastle10Mars
Finally.. we bought tickets to Okinawa. I have been wanting to go there for a while now and we are going in the beginning of April, for 5 nights. Will arrive back the day before the second semester starts.
I went to 2 shrines, that are close to where I live. I won't even bother setting up pictures this time, when you have seen one shrine, you've seen them all. Well, not really, but it's close to the truth. Went to see Shimogamo and then Kitanotenmangu. Old shrines, fun to see but not as much fun to share. One thing you gotta love though is how crazy the Japanese were when making up shit to decorate their shrines with. There are very elaborate statues of deformed elephants, dragons and tigers. Sometimes it seems as the 3 of them are just spliced together, it is that funky looking. The reason for why they took the liberty of making this shit up is because Japan doesn't have elephants, dragons or tigers so they have absolutely no idea of how to shape their statues. OK, no one has had dragons either, but their version just doesn't cut the Chinese one...
On the 6th of March we decided to head over to Osaka and visit an aquarium. It is called Kaiyukan and is one of the largest aquariums in the world. That was an enjoyable trip, lots of interesting fishies to see. Nice to see a whale shark. That guy had a school of fishies swimming next to it at all times, it was like his possé and he looked all hardcore.
Next to the aquarium was a ferris wheel, 112.5 meters in height. One of the largest ferris wheels in the world. Amazing how many large things these small people have.
Then again today I went to Osaka. For some reason, you can't buy sumo tickets over the internet. Sumo matches last for 15 days. After a match has started, you can't even reserve tickets through phone. Comparing Osaka and Kyoto is interesting. To make it simple, Kyoto is to Osaka what Mosfellsbær is to Reykjavík. Not much there, but it looks pretty. Anyway, we saw sumo wrestlers walking on the streets on the way to the venue. Maybe it was their lunch break or something, but they were all over the place close to the gymnasium where the tournament is held. I snatched pictures of one, you can see them in my gallery. After having bought the tickets, we walked to Osaka castle. That was one helluva long walk as we managed to walk the wrong way for quite some time... Got a little sightseeing on foot through the heart of Osaka in return. Cool place, if you are into funky urban architecture and funky culture in general. I thought it was cool at least.
So, sumo tickets have been procured for the 21st of March, in the second worst seats in the house. There is one class lower than the one we bought and guess where those seats are? Yep. Next to our seats. This is gonna be great. I'm gonna bring my binoculars.
New pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/gustafh/OsakaKaiyukan6Mars
http://picasaweb.google.com/gustafh/OsakaSumoticketCastle10Mars
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Strákarnir okkar eru á flugvellinum á leið til London. Vona að þið hafið það svaka gott saman og skemmtið ykkur vel. Bið að heilsa H.
Eru strákarnir heilir á húfi?
Þeir eru mættir og heilir á húfi :)
Er á leiðinni til þeirra núna (klukkan er 09:00...) og ætlum að finna okkur eitthvað að gera í dag.
Ok, takk:) hafið það gott.
Ooh, we also went to the kaiyukan, and we also saw the ferris wheel which on one side said it was one of the biggest in the world, and on the other it said that it was THE biggest one in the world! And then we also went to Osaka castle and walked the wrong way. But I still haven't bought any tickets to Okinawa. Ikitaiyo.
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