20 Oct 2009

Daytrip to Nara

Arrived in Nara, just about 50minutes by train from Osaka, went down to the tourist office. The woman over there spoke good english and gave me a map of Nara and circled where I should wander around the park. I started off with the "Three Storied Pagoda"



Just straight next to it, is the "Five Storied Padoga".



In the same area was a museum in a nice park setup with some deer just walking around. From there I went across the street direction "Todaji Temple". On the way over there was a park with deer, stalls and lots of schoolgroups.





I just walked around the park where some kids again asked me some questions and where they gave me a present, something they made themselves. I continued to the "Nigatsu-do Hall". From here was a great view over Nara all the way to Osaka.


From the "Nigatsu-do Hall" the path passed by a large green steep grasshill where all the schoolkids played and had lunch. I finally came at the "Kasuga Taisha Shrine" where this cute little boy was nicely dressed.

And a deer is ready to order an icecream or maybe a coffee...


In this restaurant I had a choice to sit on a carpet or an ordinary table, so being in Japan I choose to sit on the carpet, taking off my shoes and sitting not to comfortable but ah well...




They take the order and cooking the food on your own table. I had a lokal dish like scrambled eggs, veggies and some Udon noodles. Taste was great and very heavy so I couldn't eat it all.


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