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Kamakura & Happy New Year
On Tuesday, December 30, I took my parents to visit Kamakura, to which I had been the month before. I didn't mind going again though. We were lucky to have very good weather, actually the weather has been just great since they got here.
When we got there we went to get a bus pass called "Kamakura Free kankyō tegata A" which costs ¥550 to ride all of the town's busses all day. That was very helpful to get around quickly. Our first destination was Daibutsu, the great Buddha.
(Oops!)
Just one bus stop to the famous nearby Hase-dera which we just peaked at from outside.
Then we rode off to the other side of town to Hōkoku-ji, famous for its bamboo forest, although it was closed for New Year's.
And then we did a quick stop at the nearby Jōmyō-ji which has a nice zen garden inside. A cat was also lounging outside the temple.
Nearby was a statue shop that had this strange take of Manneken Pis..! :)
The sun was already coming down, and our last stop was Hachiman-gū going back towards the station.
I had a quick gelato at Gelateria Il Brigante. Of course I couldn't resist but to go for my favorites, so I had chocolate and coffee just like last month! Again I was stunned at the great flavors.
Larger sizes and more photos at Flickr
Happy New Year!!! All my best wishes for 2009!!
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鎌倉いいね。
昔、オーストリアから旅行に来た若者たちを案内したんだけど、いろいろ説明するのに苦労したよ。
美味いものご馳走したりしたんだけど、口に合わない子もいたみたい。
大仏は同じく写真撮りまくってたよ。
Posted by エイジ on January 1, 2009 at 11:56
Beautiful!
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu.
Have a great year!!
N
Posted by N on January 1, 2009 at 23:17
Hey happy new year to you too, I follow your site thanks for all the J-info and this type of entries 'cause I learn a bit about japan.
See ya =D.
Posted by minkAYuko on January 2, 2009 at 09:21
エイジさん＞書き込みありがとう！！
そうだね、説明するのは難しい。でも僕はあまり詳しくないので、ほとんど説明なしで「はい、次！」だった。ハハ
N > Thanks! I hope to see you again around here this year. :)
minkAYuko > Thanks for reading! :)
Posted by Patrick on January 10, 2009 at 10:53