A Day of Freedom
I know that all of us rejoiced when we heard that school was canceled today. I know that most of us (After the intial scream of joy) went straight back to bed. I actually got on my bike and became a tourist in my hometown. I took my camera and biked around to many tourist areas and took some extremely touristy shots (I feel ashamed). Although I hate being thought of as a gaijin tourist in my hometown, I bit the bullet and managed to snap a few good shots.
I first headed towards Tetsugaku no Michi, or Philosophers Walk, by crossing the Kamo river.
The Kamo river runs through Kyoto and it's pretty famous for hosting a lot of Kyoto gaijin BBQ gatherings
I rode along the little canal of Philosophers Walk when I came upon this path that lead to this little shrine.
The sign read, Nezumi (Mouse) Shrine, so I rode up a little hill and took a peak.
I recently found out that only Shinto Shrines have "Purifying" water, Buddhist Temples do not (This is my favorite photo)
The Nezumi of the Mouse Shrine
A Fox
After exiting the shrine I rode along aimlessly and found myself at Nanzenji.
Nanzenji is a famous Zen Temple at the foot of the eastern mountains of Kyoto
(Another one of my favorites)
It was then I realized I was close to the location of the school I used to go to so I headed in that direction...
...it was depressing to find the building had been torn down and replaced with houses...
Then I headed to Shijo, the downtown area of Kyoto and stopped off to have my second breakfast at McDonald's (It was 10:00am at this point)
Greasy, fatty, crappy, I know, but it still tastes good
As started heading to my next undecided destination, I passed by my favorite store in Kyoto...
Just can't live without my Dope Wear...
I started to head home when I decided I would pop by the school I used to go to (Not the torn down building). I spent some time in the office talking to the few people I knew there, teachers, and office staff, and then I sat in for one of the middle school classes. I was actually in a school building when I didn't have to be...(AH!)
That was how I spent my day of freedom, courtesy of Natalie's Typhoon dance. I realized that there are a lot more hours in a day than I thought. After I had finished all of that, I was home at 11am. Maybe I need to start getting up earlier...nah...
I first headed towards Tetsugaku no Michi, or Philosophers Walk, by crossing the Kamo river.
The Kamo river runs through Kyoto and it's pretty famous for hosting a lot of Kyoto gaijin BBQ gatherings
I rode along the little canal of Philosophers Walk when I came upon this path that lead to this little shrine.
The sign read, Nezumi (Mouse) Shrine, so I rode up a little hill and took a peak.
I recently found out that only Shinto Shrines have "Purifying" water, Buddhist Temples do not (This is my favorite photo)
The Nezumi of the Mouse Shrine
A Fox
After exiting the shrine I rode along aimlessly and found myself at Nanzenji.
Nanzenji is a famous Zen Temple at the foot of the eastern mountains of Kyoto
(Another one of my favorites)
It was then I realized I was close to the location of the school I used to go to so I headed in that direction...
...it was depressing to find the building had been torn down and replaced with houses...
Then I headed to Shijo, the downtown area of Kyoto and stopped off to have my second breakfast at McDonald's (It was 10:00am at this point)
Greasy, fatty, crappy, I know, but it still tastes good
As started heading to my next undecided destination, I passed by my favorite store in Kyoto...
Just can't live without my Dope Wear...
I started to head home when I decided I would pop by the school I used to go to (Not the torn down building). I spent some time in the office talking to the few people I knew there, teachers, and office staff, and then I sat in for one of the middle school classes. I was actually in a school building when I didn't have to be...(AH!)
That was how I spent my day of freedom, courtesy of Natalie's Typhoon dance. I realized that there are a lot more hours in a day than I thought. After I had finished all of that, I was home at 11am. Maybe I need to start getting up earlier...nah...
4:37 PMdang am I the only idiot who didn't answer the phone and went to school?! hahaha I crack myself up. Anyway. It's cool that you got a head start on your day and didn't go back to bed; I actually did the same thing...sorta. After I came to school and found out that NO ONE was there, I decided to bike around the island for a while (b/c the island is so culturally enlightening). I even had the same exact breakfast as you...yeah mcdonald's is crap in it's worst form, but hey...sometimes you gotta indulge u know? The pictures are really nice :D
-tiki
5:49 PM
OO! MECHA PICTURES ARU!
kyoto tte iinaaaaaa kouyuu, midori toka atte.
island nanka, HAHAHA, some of the trees are dying cuz of the salt coming from the sea (cuz of the typhoon).
uchi, kyoto ittakoto arunoni, kamo river ittakotonai....
(....sad...)
the temples and shrines are NIIIICE, i love photographs with japanese tastes. nihonjin de yokatta....
iineee, visiting ur old school. i want to, but my preschool's replaced by this japanese high school (ToT)
A! i havnt eaten mcdonalds since the last day of last school year!
...chotto fishburger tabetainaa....
so many things happening at once (earthquakes, typhoons, tsunami, volcanic erruption). but the typhoon...OH I LOVE IT. it moved one of my tests to next week (TAKE THAT BIO!).yea, thers a lot to do in one day. i just realized (- -;)
but the thing is, i chotto dake wanted to go to school today... tea ceremony and other, um, business.
- tomato
5:53 PM
NAGA! Thanks to both of you!
Tiki, that musta really sucked, getting to school and no one being there. hahah.
Tomato volcanic explosion? hahah yea, I actually was read to go to school today to. Ah well, I still had a pretty nice day.
9:13 PM
wow your photos are awesome! being a dedicated LP member, i feel the need to ask you to please submit those two awesome photos (your two favorites). they really are good! those are some parts of kyoto that i haven't been to before. i think i'll go visit all of them before i leave for college (wooooaa....). and yes, i know my tyhpoon dance was wonderful. everyone owes their thanks to ryan and me dancing and chanting very loudly in the computer room last night, hahahahahha! maa, nice photos. bye bye!
7:35 PM
Wow... wat a cool dayoff you had!
Since you wake up so early every day, I just assumed that you're gonna sleep the whole day... honmani.
Maa kankei naikedo I'm dying too see you drunk again...hehe.
--tackman
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