Today was our mandatory weeklong base Japanese course field trip day!
They dropped us off at a train station, and we had to plan a trip and get home all on our own! It was a fun way to explore!! We did a LOT of walking and learned a LOT about the trains.
What the train station maps look like to identify which line to get on--luckily most are in English
Required pay phone call back to base in case we ever had to use one for emergency
We stopped at a local mall and the bottom level is a nice grocery store with many departments. This was a nearly $90 fruit basket!! Fruit is expensive here.
Our train to our destination ran along the ocean!!
Visited the Great Buddha!! He is over 700 years old. Got to walk inside him too
Inside layers of the Buddha
After seeing the Buddha we stopped at a Chinese restaurant for lunch. We had no idea how formal it was. 7-course lunch that was delicious with a private room and a great view
Course 1-- pork with pumpkin appetizer and cucumbers.
Hasedera Temple
Wishing wall--for $3-$5 you buy a wood plaque and write a blessing or wish upon it and hang it on the wall
Torri gate leading to a cave where many Buddha shrines are located for candles to be burned--a portion of it was so low we had to duck and walk
What the local small train stations look like in this beach town. Crossing arms down for the train to pass
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