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Wassup Hoes,


I want to post more but the days go by so quickly/slowly that I can't always find the time. So here is another big update about the sometimes dubious adventures that our merry band takes part in almost everyday. The day after of awesome fun big time adventures in Kanayama, we got into some shenanigans in another big shopping district of Nagoya, Sakae. We had wanted to do some shopping but we came a little later because we were traveling with the guys and they wanted to go to a pub, so most of the shops were just closing up as we got  there. Anna still got to go see HMV though, a really popular music and movie store in Japan. All the
 buildings looked really cool at night.

This is Nagoya TV Tower

Anna told me that this is one of the most famous things in Nagoya, Nagoya TV Tower. It looked pretty cool lit up from afar but we really didn't very close to it. There was also a big Ferris wheel attached to the side of a building that was lit up all different colors.

This was one of the streets off of the main road in Sakae, they had arches over them, although I wasn't paying attention to what they said on them. I also had my very first Japanese Starbucks experience here, it was very delicious and I was quite pleased.

Like everyother place we've been to so far in Japan, Sakae had it's share of Pachinko parlors. We tried to go in this one but you needed to get a card to play the machines instead of just putting cash directly in them and so we decided to put off pachinko for another day. It was a sad sad day in my life.

After we stopped in the pachinko parlor we continued walking around. Bre pointed out this cool looking area and we decided to go inside. Surprise! It was a really big shrine, so we wandered around it for a bit and admired it. We also found another shrine on our way back to the main downtown but it was next to a police station so we didn't want to go inside in case we weren't allowed to.



The next day was pretty much a resting day for us, we were all pretty tired and so we didn't do much aside from the fact that I wanted to go back to book-off. This time I was prepared with what I wanted from it and I knew I would leave victorious, and I did! We took the train this time, making the book-off trip significantly better for all persons involved. After leaving book-off Anna and I decided to just head up to Atsuta shrine because it's really close and it's one of the most important shrines in Japan. The object enshrined there is the sword that is part of the imperial regalia along with the mirror at Ise shrine and the jewel which is with the family. On our way there we stumbled upon other shrine, it was pretty big and we had never seen it before.

We dunno what this shrine is for but it looked as cool as the others we saw, so of course we took pictures. I really like the architecture of them.

We continued on and then we saw the opening for Atsuta shrine. This complex for the shrine is epic. Its just covered in trees and its just really cool and really pretty. This is the Torii gate at one of the entrances, it was huge. The whole place was pretty big, the mood was also set by some crows that we creeping behind us as we walked up.

This is the purification Water

After washing your hands and mouth with the purification water you can continue on to the shrine. This is the place where you walk up to pray to the kami in the shrine. The actual place that the item is enshrined is way past that building in another building. No one but the royal family and a select few priests ever get to see the actual item. It's very cool as esoteric. so we threw money into the offering thing did the typical clap and speak to the kami thing and then we were on our way.


Our Days are always filled with fun stuff and that's why we also went to the nearby gardens to look around and stuff. I was pleased that the garden had multiple ponds, and each pond had koi. The garden also had koi food for sale for 50 yen a cup. I bought four cups, I really enjoyed feeding the fish. I actually even got to pet one because they were all coming up right next to the bank in an attempt to get food. They remind me of like dogs but dogs that swim. There really isn't much else to say about the garden, so I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Today is going to be a lazy day instead of my first day of class because we have a typhoon going on! I don't have any pictures yet, but the rain was intense all yesterday and today as well. I slowly watching the soccer field behind my dorm turn into a lake. At this point in time, the rain is going almost horizantal thanks to the rain, it's all very interesting. We shall see where this leaves us.

Until next time,
~BPuddin