JAPAN ~ Many Impressions

This was our room in the hotel, where we eat and drink, we sleep... on the tatami...Very simple and zen.

Checking some of the tea attributes...

The Fuji Yama chose to show itself one early morning...

This is Hakone-En, it is a mixture of a children's amusement park, but with a very ancient Japanese hotel a bit higher up

The park restaurant

This is the ancient hotel where we had a magnificent room with the view on the lake

And this was the room that we shared

One of the station stops, we travelled all over Japan

Lotus Flower

Again, one of the many stops, here is a shop with many lights

This is inside the top Haruko city, where the original wooden dolls are made that are sold all over the world.  It was an amazing hotel, however the Onsen was a bit too green for me, and too hot...

JAPAN ~ Narita and The Temple City

Upon arrival in Tokyo we met ... Pavel and he escorted us to the Temple in Narita, called Narita-san Shinsho-ji, a Shingon Buddhist temple...

Wikipedia says :  It is a lead temple in the Chisan branch (Chisan-ha 智山派) of New Shingon (Shingi Shingon 新義真言宗), includes a large complex of buildings and grounds, and is one of the best-known temples in the Kantō region. It is dedicated to Fudō myōō ('Unmovable Wisdom King', known as Ācala in Sanskrit), who is usually depicted holding a sword and rope and surrounded by flames. Often called a fire god, he is associated with fire rituals.



Then we walked the city...

And met these kids that were learning to talk English

Ritual cleansing at the entrance of the temple