Study Abroad Japan - 2007

All the guys.
At the Festival. It was so quiet. No one cheered, everyone just watched.
Hawks preying on our food.
Kiyomizudera.

Fountain at Kiyomizudera.
Prayer Boards.
Kiyomizudera.
Pagoda.
Buildings at Kiyomizudera.

Priest.
In Kyoto.
Building in Kyoto.
Dorm. Small, but nice.
Diamond City Mall.

Vending Machines. Vendi. Jidohanbaiki.
The Anime/Manga store. Beau in amazement at the artbook section.
Our favorite restaurant.
Karaoke.
Osaka. Shitennoji Temple.

Osaka. Shitennoji.
Osaka Temple. Shitennoji.
I call him "stubby."
Osaka Temple.
Koi Fish.

Tea Ceremony.
School Lunch. $3.00 for a ton of delicious food.
Okonomiyaki Restaurant.
Mmm...breads in Japan are sooo delicious. Oishii desu yo!
Himeji Castle.

Inside Himeji.
Ninjas doing flips in the street! Beau fighting off the Ninjas!
Buddhist Idol on the way up to Engyoji Temple.
Kid at the Engyoji Temple.
Buddha at Engyoji.

"I'm Tom Cruise!" Well that is what Beau would say. This is where they filmed The Last Samurai. Engyoji Temple at Mt. Shosha.
"Gero, Gero." Watch out for the frog.
Kinkaku-ji Temple. The Golden Pavilion "I love gold........!!!"
Hey, what's up Colonel?
Mmmm....$1.00 Sushi.

On the train.
In Namba.
At a Spencer Gift like store.
Kyoto. Fushimi Inari.
Where they filmed Memoirs of a Geisha. Many Torii gates lined the trail.

Fushimi Inari.
Nara. Todai-Ji Temple.
Huge statue guardian in Todai-ji Temple.
Lantern at the traditional house.
Traditional Japanese house.

Posing with the crew from DGS (Delicious Graphic Store).
Sad that the buddies are not there. Starbucks was there to comfort us. It is so much better in Japan.
Lawson's! Just like 7.11 but in Japan.
Inside the Hiroshima Prince Hotel where we stayed. I swear it was a wedding hotel.
Floating Torii gate at Miyajima Island.

Miyajima pagoda.
Our Hotel. The Hiroshima Prince Hotel.
At night across the bay.
Hiroshima Dome. A-Bomb Dome. It was a sad day to be somewhere where so many people died in a second. To be right were the bomb detonated. It was an eerie feeling.
Peace park in Hiroshima.

Virginia and Yuuko.
Beau, Virginia, Kenta, Ryu, Chiaki, Taka, Me.
Hanging out by Kenta's awesome ride. The Indiana Jones Mobile.
Last night there. Everybody was getting crazy. "It's sexy time." Watch out for Ryu!
At the airport.

STUDY ABROAD TRIP - JAPAN - 2007
What a life changing trip. I made a ton of new friends and experiences a lot in Japan. We went a lot of places, ate a lot of food, and had a lot of fun. Kenta was so nice to drive us around town. We sung "Domo Arigatou Mr. Roboto" at Karaoke. Beau and Virginia became my best buds and I will never forget our adventures there. The students of the International Buddhist University(IBU) showed us around. On our trip we visited Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Himeji, Namba, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and more. This was my first plane trip anywhere. The flight was long, but it was worth it. It was sad having to come back. It was so clean there and the people were so nice. You come back to America and realize that America is dirty and people are rude. I just wanted to go back to Japan. (This is the short version, if you would like a detailed version of the trip I can email you. Also, this is only a few pictures from the thousands that I took.)