What I have been doing the last few weeks
The picture that has the same number as a name is the picture that goes with that name.
Over the last few weeks I have been to
1. Nijo Castle,
2. The Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji),
3. The Imperial Palace & Park,
4. The Temple of the heavenly dragon (Tenryu-ji),
5. Iwatayama Monkey Park,
6. Silver temple (Ginkanku-ji),
7. Nanzen-ji,
8. Inari shrine,
9. Toji temple,
10. Tofuku-ji,
11. Heien jingu shrine,
12. Kawagawa shrine,
13. The Philosophers path,
14. Kurodani temple,
15. Kyoto Handicraft center,
16. the Kyoto Zoo,
17. Hamamatsu science Museum,
18. the beach,
19. Kawa river
20. Shizuoka prefectural park,
21. The Hamamatsu Kite Museum.
22. The Hamamatsu Flower park
22. The Hamamatsu Flower park
In the next few sentences I will tell you at least 1 fact about each of them.
1. Nomomura Palace has floors that sound like nightingales when someone steps on them.
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| Nijo Castle |
2. The Golden pavilion as its name suggests, is coated in pure gold leaf.
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| The Golden Pavilion, Kinkaku-ji |
3. The imperial palace park is a good place for people watching.
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| 3. Imperial Palace Park, The Imperial Palace is behind. |
4. Tenryu-Ji is a Buddhist temple.
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| 4. Tenryu-ji entrance |
5. The Monkey Park was a long climb up the hills
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| 5. Monkey Park |
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| 5. Monkey Park |
6. Ginkaku-ji is called the Silver Temple, but it isn't silver
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| 6. Ginkanku-ji- the silver temple. This cone of rocks is to reflect the moonlight. |
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| 6. a painted screen at Ginkanku-ji |
7. Nanzen-ji is really beautiful.
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| 7. Fish at Nanzen-ji |
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| 7. In the garden of Nanzen-ji |
8. The Inari Shrini has lots of torri and the go forever up the hill.
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| 8. The Fushimi-Inari Shrine |
9. Toji Temple was fun because we had a surprise because there was a festival going on.
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| 9. Toji Temple |
10 We came to Tofuku-ji at the height of the maple season. They were really beautiful.
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| 10. Tofuku-ji |
11. Heien Jingu Shrine was very brightly colored. It was right near out apartment.
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| 11. Heien jingu Shrine gardens |
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| 11. Heien jingu Shrine |
12. At the Kawagawa Shrine, we walked along the stream, and had ice cream
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| 12 Kawagama Shrine |
13. The Philosopher's path is a path along a canal.
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| 13. The Philosopher's Path |
14. Kurodani Temple was right behnd out apartment. It had lots of Buddha statues.
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| 14.Kurodani Temple |
15 At the Kyoto Handicrafts Center, I made Japanese Incense bags
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| 15. Kyoto Handicraft center |
16. We visited the Kyoto Zoo. There were baboons.
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| 16. Kyoto Zoo |
17. We went to the Hamamatsu Science Museum twice.
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| 17 The Hamamatsu Science Museum |
18. I LOVE playing in the Pacific Ocean
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| 18.The Beach |
19. The Kawa River flows right through Kyoto. There are places along the river where there are stepping stones across. None of us even got wet.
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| 19. The Kawa River |
20. The Prefectural Park had a very scary wobbly bridge, and some fun places to play.
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| 20. Shizuoka Prefectural park |
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| 20 Shizuoka Prefectural park |
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| 20. Shizuoka Prefectural park nature center |
21. There were HUGE kites at the Kite Pavilion. The the Kite Festival in may, they have Kite Battles
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| 21 The Hamamatsu Kite Pavilion |
22. The Flower Park had the most marvelous flowers.
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| 22. Hamamatsu Flower Park |
I have one more week of school here in Hamamatsu, then we will go to Tokyo for a few days on the bullet train.
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| 22. Hamamatsu Flower Park |
