Here in Japan we have just had our so-called Golden Week, which at Ritsumeikan equals 3 days without school more or less strategically chosen to be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Which means that if you want a real holiday you have to skip school on Monday or Friday.. But don't get overly excited about your suddenly big amount of freedom: The classes you've lost will be given back to you cause Ristumeikan has Saturday-classes to make up for the Golden Week.! Woho!
Well, to be honest I did not do much during the Golden Week anyway. I was planning to go studying in the library at school, but since it was closed I ended up in the basement of one of the other buildings where they rarely close before 22:00 anyway. Beside going shopping one evening that is pretty much all I did during my Golden Week. But hey, I did a lot of traveling in February/March so I'm not going to complain. Besides I'm going to Tokyo this upcoming weekend!
On Saturday I did however do a little bit of sightseeing. I even had a personal guide with me, mr. Kazu, who wanted a chance to practice his English.
After meeting him in the city centre we strolled down to the Heian Jingu shrine, which I had been to once before during the
student festival back in October (can't believe it has been over half a year..!!)
At that time it was evening though, so I didn't see much of the temple itself.
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| The gate to Heian Jingu |
The weather was perfect - It feels like a Norwegian summer here now - so it was a good day for sightseeing.
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| View from a bridge towards the mountains in the east. |
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| The Oten-mon Gate () |
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| Heian Jingu: Daigoku-den (大極殿) |
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| むすび木！ |
Beside the nice buildings Heian Jingu also has a pretty large garden. Last time I went here we never went to this part of the shrine, in fact I did not even know that there was such a big garden hidden behind the buildings.. Anyway, here are some of the pictures I took
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| A Japanese family feeding the ducks |
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| かわいい〜 |
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| Picture of Taiheikaku (泰平閣). |
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| Everything is nice and peaceful. |
About Anette
Anette came to Japan as an exchange student in 2010, met the love of her life and got stuck. From her base in Tokyo she writes about her experiences as a full-time worker in Tokyo and about her travels in Japan and abroad. She's a free-spirited adventurer who enjoys both the great outdoors and her urban lifestyle.
Eg får så lyst å reise til Japan av å se på bildene dine =)
ReplyDeleteDet høres bra ut, fint hvis jeg greier å friste deg til å komme på besøk x) hehe..
ReplyDeleteJeg har søkt på master her nede da, så det er en viss mulighet for at jeg blir her lengre enn antatt.. :p
Aha!! Så spennende! Hvilken master? Då e det kanskje håp en gang i fremtiden. Eg har for tiden absolutt ikke råd =p
ReplyDeleteJeg har søkt på et såkalt duel master program faktisk, nå er det på langt nær sikkert at jeg kommer inn da, men det er sånn at man tar 2 mastergrader på to år.
ReplyDeleteDen jeg søker på i utgangspunktet er Internasjonale Relasjoner. Nr 2 kommer litt an på om jeg kommer inn på 1stevalget eller andrevalget (eller om jeg kommer inn i det hele tatt selvfølgelig), men det er sannsynligvis i Utviklingsstudier. Hvis jeg kommer inn på dobbel-master programmet blir det først et år i Japan, og så et år i Nederland eller Spania alt ettersom..
Og hvis jeg ikke kommer inn på dobbel-masteren blir det 1 master på 2 år her i Japan:p. Men hvis jeg ikke kommer inn på noen av delene er jeg litt usikker på hva jeg skal ta meg til for å være helt ærlig. Haha..
Yen (japansk valutta) er på vei ned for øyeblikket, så om ikke annet blir det billigere å være norsk i Japan i tiden fremover;) flybilletten er jo på den andre siden litt kostbar da:-/