Well we are just over a week into the three month adventure and last night was probably the best night so far.
We are in Kamakura at the moment staying in our second hostel and the atmosphere is incredible. Also staying here on the first night were three other Japanese men. Iwamoto-san, Machan-san and another fellow i unfortunately didnt get the name of. Well me, hayley, the three gentleman and the hostel owner and employee all stayed up drinking into the late hours of the evening in a small Japanese bar with lots of sashimi to go with the sake. It was brilliant. Experiencing the culture like that through sheer chance was incredible. It is a night i wont soon forget. Also, if any of you try Japanese mustard in the near future, make sure you dont smear it on, I put a dab on some tuna and near blew my freakin` skull out of my body. It is strong stuff.
The morning before the drinking in Kamakura me and Hayley went to the Hasedera temple, which is the first shrine we have visited to date. It was really nice to see all the statues of the gods that are worshiped hear, and also all the beautiful scenery that comes with Kamakura. We even made a wish to one of the gods, well at least i think we did, we threw some money in a box and did a bow, i guess thats how it works, we could not read the kanji so we just copied everyone else. Probably stood out quite a bit i suppose...
Apart from the cultural bonding me and Hayley also went to the Daibutsu. An incredibly big statue of the Great Budha. It is hard to believe that it was build by hand because of its great size and detail. It truely is one of my favourite things in Japan so far. And after my poor attempt to sketch the Daibutsu we decided to head to the shopping district of Kamakura which was nice. It`s been poor weather today so our adventure has been some what affected by it.
Tomorrow however, we are cycling off to Enoshima, a beautiful island just off of Kamakura, i am excited.
The adventure continues....
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