tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41404891135154595862024-03-14T10:01:54.142-07:00Wandering WeaversThe story of our life in the U.S. NavyRnJWeaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06075151495898811256noreply@blogger.comBlogger405125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140489113515459586.post-51991197153610731482016-02-01T18:15:00.000-08:002016-02-01T18:15:28.825-08:00Kyoto -- Nijo-jo III<div style="text-align: center;">
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I love the stone lanterns!!</div>
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Up the stairs to the site of the former castle keep...</div>
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...and its views!!</div>
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Of the moat</div>
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Of the Honmaru</div>
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Exiting through another gate in the outer wall</div>
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From here, we took a bus ride and a neighborhood walk to track down a Samurai sword shop, then prepared for our last day's visit on the mainland.....</div>
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Ninomaru Palace</div>
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Originally built in 1603 by the first shogun of that period and used as his office and residence when he was visiting Kyoto.</div>
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The decor on the palace had not yet been refurbished as the gate had.</div>
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"The Ninomaru Palace is a national treasure.</div>
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Please do not run in the Palace.</div>
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No food (including chewing gums) or beverage is allowed in the Palace.</div>
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A person under influence of alcohol cannot enter the Palace.</div>
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For the purpose of wooden floor conservation, please wipe your feet and remove your socks if they are wet."</div>
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Also not allowed were photos.....</div>
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Nimomaru (secondary circle of defense) Palace consists of five buildings joined by squeaky-floored corridors. These "nightingale" floors acted as intruder alerts.</div>
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The exit of the Palace leads to the Ninomaru Garden.</div>
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Complete with a visiting crane!!</div>
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Pond with three islands</div>
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These were my favorite spots in the garden-- view of the rock plank bridges and a waterfall!!</div>
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Back through the inner wall...</div>
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...to the very-special-occasion-use-only, Honmaru (main circle of defense) Palace,...</div>
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...and the site of the original castle keep...</div>
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We couldn't resist checking off another UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto's Nijo Castle.</div>
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Entrance gate of the outer wall</div>
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The elaborately decorated Chinese-style inner Karamon Gate leading to Ninomaru Palace. </div>
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3D art decor</div>
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Gold-tone metal pieces attached to the wood rails</div>
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We were fascinated by the rooftops of the little buildings.</div>
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This one was like bundles of straw with moss growing on top.</div>
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The thin layers of wood on this one were amazing!</div>
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Fudo Hall is a small temple housing a protector of Buddhism.</div>
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Burning incense as a part of worship.</div>
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A prayer wall of sorts. Prayers are written on wooden plaques, then hung on a hook.</div>
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Before heading down the hill to the exit, I took time for an ice cream snack...</div>
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...a Strawberry Choco Chip Monaka--- YUM!!!</div>
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A few final shots...</div>
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"The Dementia Thirteen"..... yep!!</div>
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Directions of how to use a western-style toilet!</div>
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But, whichever style toilet you use,</div>
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"Please use a toilet finely."</div>
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And one more kimono pic....</div>
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Views of the pond as you follow the path around the pavilion.</div>
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To the other side of the path is the former living quarters of the head priest. We were astonished at the way they had made a bamboo platform to hold up part of that tree!</div>
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No admittance to the building requires the use of zoom to see inside.</div>
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It's hard to imagine just how much gold leaf was used to coat the top two floors of the pavilion! The third floor is evidently even gilded on the inside.</div>
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Beautiful grounds behind the pavilion</div>
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A few sites along the path as it winds on around...</div>
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a small rock waterfall (above)</div>
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crazy stairwell (below)</div>
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Some crazy tree roots</div>
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The path winds around and up to lend this lovely view!</div>
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Then into this little village, of sorts...</div>
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Kinkaku-ji</div>
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Originally built between 1100-1300 as part of a shogun's (aristocrat) estate, following his wishes upon his death, his son converted into a Zen temple. The building has been burnt down and rebuilt a number of times through the years, the most recent in 1955.</div>
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The beautiful walkway leading to the building grounds.</div>
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The gateway in the outer wall</div>
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Spectacular craftsmanship on the woodwork of the inner gate</div>
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If my bearings are correct, this is the back of what used to be the head priest's living quarters.</div>
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Our tickets to see the Golden Pavilion!</div>
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The path first takes you to view the front of the temple from across the pond, then leads around the side and behind the temple.</div>
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A lovely view on the pond....</div>
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A few final shots along the torii path as we returned to the entrance...</div>
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The red-orange light shining on the top of the torii.</div>
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Streets in the village outside the torii park...</div>
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When walking past one of the shops, I saw these two lovely young ladies and, pointing to my camera, asked, "Daijoubu?" Requesting if it was ok to take their picture. To my surprise, the taller girl replied in near perfect English, "We're not Japanese, we're from Taiwan!" OH!! I told her I was sorry and she giggled, assuring me it was ok. We struck up a conversation about our visits. They had rented the kimonos for their visit and found it annoying and were a bit perturbed that people would stop them to take photos of and with them without asking permission. They got a kick that we were from Okinawa and appreciated my asking for a photo first, so they offered to take one together!!</div>
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So.... then I felt really bad when I realized I had already taken a shot of them without their permission!!</div>
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My glimpse of the sunset from the train platform...</div>
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I was mesmerized by these flowers along the torii path....</div>
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...and humored by this sign in the toilet!!!</div>
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Our next day's adventures: the Golden Pavilion and Nijo Castle....</div>
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Which path to take??</div>
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Senbon Torii</div>
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Thousands of toriis.....</div>
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The far end of the Senbon Toriis makes a great couple photo op!<br />
If only the guy beyond me would be satisfied with one of his almost ten shots and move along!!<br />
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We made our return trip along the opposite path and meandered the village outside the shrine before catching the train back to Kyoto Station and our hotel.</div>
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Entrance through two two-story toriis to approach Kondon Gate of Fushimi Inari-taisha.</div>
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The shrine was built to honor Inari, the Shinto god of rice.</div>
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Foxes are believed to be Inari's messengers, so there are a number of fox statues seen on the grounds and along the path. Some of the foxes have golden keys in their mouths symbolically holding the keys to the rice storage.</div>
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The entrance to the thousands of toriis path...</div>
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This UNESCO World Heritage building, officially named Kyo-o Gokokuji Temple, was built in the late 700s and stands as the tallest pagoda in Japan measuring 57 meters (187 feet)!</div>
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We had picked up some dumplings at the train station and found a great little spot to enjoy them.</div>
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Our lunch views of a student group and Kodo Hall, originally built as a lecture hall.</div>
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Kondo Hall (the main hall), next door to Kodo Hall, houses three prominent Buddhist worship statues.</div>
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We did not pay to go onto the temple grounds, but simply enjoyed the views from the surrounding park grounds.</div>
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Hondo Hall</div>
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Then, off to catch a train to one more destination for the day: Fushimi Inari-taisha's 1000 toriis...</div>
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Now for dress rehearsal</div>
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Move like a samurai...</div>
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Spin like a samurai...</div>
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A friend had a little fun with this photo--</div>
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"Rodney Weaver the Lost Samurai"...</div>
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...and apparently, Rodney thought it was hilarious!!</div>
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Sugoi! Well done!!!</div>
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This brother and sister sensei team followed the morning lesson with demonstrations of sword dance. </div>
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They are honored to be the grandchildren of the first female master samurai!!</div>
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At the hotel, Rodney found a brochure for a samurai experience, with a choice of a half-day or a full-day lesson. We both thought it sounded great for him, he called and made the reservation for a lesson the next morning. We met the sensei at the train station along with two other students, one from Poland and one from California, and took the train to the dojo. </div>
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The first lesson of the day was the history of the samurai in its birthplace, Kyoto.</div>
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Next, was to choose a samurai kimono.</div>
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Having left shoes at the door, American socks were then replaced with tabi socks and the samurais were instructed how to tie their katana (sword) belts.</div>
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(Good thing the tabis had velcro at the heel, because Rodney's size 13s barely fit!!)</div>
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A properly dressed samurai...</div>
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(Except for the rolled-up pants underneath!)</div>
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The train stations are busy!!</div>
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Kyoto Station houses 15 stories of shops, eateries and other services!!</div>
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Outside the station is a hub of buses bound for various tourist spots around the area which made transit a breeze!!</div>
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The fact our hotel was right across the street sure helped, too! Our hotel was the skinny building to the immediate left of the Kyoto Tower.</div>
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The bottom 2-3 floors of the Kyoto Tower Hotel are shopping and food!</div>
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We found an Auntie Anne's in the train station shopping!!</div>
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Hotel Hokko Club Kyoto</div>
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A budget (but clean!) no-frills hotel room...</div>
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A person has to time opening the room door and the bathroom door very carefully or someone will get bonked in the head!!</div>
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The sink shares the faucet with the shower!</div>
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It helps us conserve resources."</div>
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Slippers to use at the hotel and a pair to take with you and I was allowed to choose two free gifts, a "pure bliss of aroma" bubble bath and "Relax Pad" toe spreader.</div>
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Rodney gave the stand-up ironing board in the hallway a try.</div>
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Want to watch TV? Purchase a card from the machine and insert in this device next to the TV in your room!</div>
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The machine says Y1000 for pay TV programs. We weren't sure if that was needed to simply watch TV or for pay movies. We decided for ~$10 it wasn't really worth trying to find out, since most of them would be in Japanese anyway!<br />
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Our first Kyoto adventure: Rodney gets to be a Samurai!!</div>
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We made our way from Universal Studios to the Umeda Sky Building to visit the Floating Garden spanning the distance between the tops of two 40-story skyscrapers!<br />
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The original project was for four towers connected in mid-air.<br />
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The towers are connected via a walkway just above mid-way and by escalators from the left tower to the observation level.<br />
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Floating Garden Observatory Roof Garden</div>
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The rooftop garden</div>
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Looking down from the garden to the escalators</div>
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Night views of Osaka</div>
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The picture is blurry, but with the breeze at that height and the zoom, what can you expect?</div>
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But, the blue lights are on our hotel! The red light is Ramada Inn across the street from where Rodney took his GRE!</div>
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Inside the observation deck was a fun Halloween photo spot complete with props!</div>
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We let these ladies show us how it works and we took photos for them, and they were kind enough to return the favor!</div>
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Back at our hotel, we packed up and made ready for an hour or so long train ride to Kyoto with plans to see the Golden Pavilion, the Water Temple, and the Thousand Toriis. And with hopes to see some FALL LEAVES!!</div>
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After our happy lunch, we continued to explore San Francisco.</div>
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"Backdraft" is a fabulous demonstration of the special effects used to make the movie. Did you have any idea Ron Howard, Scott Glenn, and Kurt Russell speak Japanese??</div>
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In "Jurassic Park"</div>
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Looks like this couple had a close run-in with Jaws in Amity Village!!</div>
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even Hello Kitty and Elmo were all decked out in Halloween disguises!</div>
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One of our favorite snacks when visiting Disneyland/California Adventure was a churro, so we found it necessary to try Universal's "churrito"!</div>
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Even though the popcorn sure looked cute!</div>
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Waiting in line for our last Universal Studios experience of the day-- Shrek in 4D!</div>
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Back in City Walk, it was Bubba Gump for dinner!!</div>
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Our last day in Osaka we spent at Universal Studios!</div>
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City Walk was full of shops and restaurants like TGI Fridays and Bubba Gump!!</div>
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Being Halloween, even the trained monkey act had taken on a 'gory' feel....</div>
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Right at the entrance to the park!</div>
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The entrance plaza with "Universal Surprise Halloween" on one end and "Merry Christmas" on the other!!</div>
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Hollywood's "Space Fantasy" ride</div>
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San Francisco's "Back to the Future" ride</div>
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While visiting San Francisco, we grabbed lunch at Happiness Cafe.</div>
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We both chose the shrimp tempura with curry sauce. Notice how the rice is packed in the shape of a heart??</div>
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We even enjoyed a show!!</div>
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It WAS a happy place!!</div>
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Had it been a year later, we could have experienced the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!!!</div>
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In the same shopping center as Don's Shop, we found Osaka's version of okonomiyaki!</div>
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"NOMI*YAKI DINNING"</div>
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We admired the use of the metal serving spatulas in the decor above the grill!</div>
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First up-- a pile of cooked yakisoba noodles on the grill,</div>
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followed by a pile of 'mix' of cabbage, green onion, seasonings, and a very thin batter.</div>
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Once the noodles are heated up, they are placed atop the mix, and then crowned with bacon...</div>
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...and fish flakes.</div>
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When browned on the bottom, they are flipped.</div>
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An egg is cracked on the grill to fry and the stack of noodles and mix are then placed on the fried egg,</div>
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And finally served to us on our table grill!!</div>
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On our arrival evening, we found and settled into our hotel, then explored the neighborhood to find some dinner.</div>
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We found a shopping center (just down from that crazy intersection) and explored our options, deciding to give shabu-shabu a try at "Don Shop".</div>
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Thankfully, most places along the beaten path include an English menu. This one included directions for how to eat shabu-shabu!</div>
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After choosing our meat plate choices, this was the spread.</div>
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The first step is to add 1-2 pieces of veggies/meat to the boiling water in the copper pot. Don't add too much because you basically eat as you cook.</div>
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Season the dipping sauce to taste with green onion and minced garlic, then dip, eat, enjoy!</div>
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Seating in this establishment sits right around the kitchen!</div>
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While waiting for a bite to cook, I snapped a few pictures. Those three were buzzing like bees so quickly, most of the pictures contained only blurs!! I snapped at the right moment that the two guys were at least standing still even though they were still busy working. Straight back: he's slicing more meat. Right: he's busy scrubbing copper pots!!</div>
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The boiling of the meats and veggies creates a broth to which the waitress adds udon noodles and seaweed. It had a decent flavor, but I really don't care for the thick udon noodles. I really prefer skinny ramen noodles!</div>
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A cute little scoop of ice cream.</div>
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We had done our research, so after visiting the castle the next day, we found our way to Hard Rock Osaka!!</div>
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Rodney's 'Black and Blues' burger and my steak nachos made for an excellent end of the day!!</div>
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Next up: Osaka Okonomiyaki!</div>
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Along our way out and about, we learned that if you daydream about beer you'll fall in front of a train....</div>
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We also passed this quaint little temple.</div>
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Using a Japanese ATM would be quite tricky if it weren't for the 'English' option!</div>
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A ferris wheel in the mall!!</div>
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A whale in the mall, too!!</div>
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...with it's baby!!</div>
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Some fun sock labels--</div>
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Colorful socks dress up your foot."</div>
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"We create 'a little happiness' of yours!"</div>
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I had to take a picture of Rodney after this love-to-fly and sky-diving guy who does NOT like heights crossed (very quickly!) the glass catwalk!!</div>
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Looking down to the very large train yard and</div>
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McDonald's delivers!!!</div>
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Speaking of Osaka food....<br />
Next up: Osaka eats!!</div>
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The night sights and lights of the Shin Sai Bashi Shopping Center...</div>
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KitKat Store!!</div>
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"Thinking of you</div>
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Heart warming gift For someone you care"</div>
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Looks like I have my very own karaoke bar!!!</div>
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OH, how I would have enjoyed exploring this HUGE TWO-story Y100 store, but it had been a reeeaaaaalllly long day and we were both done...</div>
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Neon, neon everywhere!</div>
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(Kind of like hush puppies with bits of octopus inside.)</div>
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Or even better yet fugu (aka puffer fish)!!!!!</div>
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Rodney was opting for the gyoza!</div>
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It would have been nice to have had the time to take a river ride....</div>
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After Rodney played samurai, we ventured on through the castle museum to the observation level</div>
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Beautiful park and grounds (~264 acres) nestled right inside the big city!</div>
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Building originally commenced in the late 1500s then opened as a park in the early 1930s.</div>
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It is obviously still a popular place!</div>
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Approaching the sweet end of a great day!</div>
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Mesmerizing glassy surface of the moat!!</div>
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As we approached the castle park, I witnessed another instance proving Rodney is huge in Japan!! </div>
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(I'm not sure some of those little sweethearts would even reach his arm pits!!)</div>
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Our first glimpse of the castle over one of the inner walls!</div>
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I found this worship wash basin quite peaceful.</div>
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Approaching the heart of the grounds!</div>
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A couple of food vendors</div>
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Rodney purchasing our castle entrance tickets</div>
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The inside was a museum of the time period and royal family housed there. We couldn't pass up the opportunity for $3 to "Try on of the helmet and surcort"!</div>
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Even though it says "one trial per person," they weren't busy and he allowed Rodney a second trial on our way back through the castle after visiting the observation level. Either that or he just didn't remember that tall guy in the red hoodie!!</div>
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October 27, 2013<br />
Rodney figured one option for post-active duty was to use his G.I. Bill and go back to school. But, he also knew he'd need to take the GRE in order to enter graduate school (again). He did some research and learned he could take the pencil/paper test on-island, but results would take 2-3 months (which we really didn't have) or he could go to a testing center in Osaka to take the test online and receive the results in a matter of days. We opted for that route.</div>
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That would also allow us to make another trip to the mainland and mark off a couple more items on our bucket list!! So, we made our reservations on Peach Air and off we went!!</div>
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Water at the wingtips is how you depart Okinawa!</div>
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This Southwest Air Lines was definitely not the Southwest Air Lines we knew!</div>
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The Osaka airport made for some interesting sites....</div>
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it was the week of Halloween, after all!</div>
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Yep, a large Japanese pilgrim!!</div>
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We had done our research and knew there was a gem hiding in the HUGE underground shopping center that connects the airport with the trains and we found it!! There were two lines entering the store-- the one on the right was drinks only, the left was for donuts.</div>
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Rodney figured one of these would be good brain food before his test!</div>
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Our hotel was the tall building with the white writing at the top. The building in the foreground was a Catholic church with a nice little book and gift shop. We found a sweet little Japanese nativity there!</div>
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Our quaint little hotel room and view</div>
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The next morning, while Rodney was up on some high floor above this 7-11, I explored the neighborhood.</div>
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This crazy intersection was just a couple of blocks down. Trains above, cars below with 4-6 roads intersecting. And shopping and food trailers along the way!</div>
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When Rodney's test was (successfully!) completed, we ventured out to find the Osaka Castle, but first we needed to grab some lunch. So, we stopped at this walk-up McDonald's. The stairs to Rodney's left lead up to the seating area which is actually above the next shop! There's another food place above McD's.</div>
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When I stepped out to take the picture, I noticed a girl waiting to order step out, too. She nonchalantly threw up a peace sign for my picture! When I looked at the camera and realized what she'd done, I laughed and said, "Sugoi!!" (cool!) She grinned great big and giggled as she told her friend what she had done!</div>
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As typical with Rodney, life imitates art!!</div>
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We had been gifted a few gift certificates for this Oki HotSpot and decided it was time to have an evening out and enjoy them!!</div>
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Rodney signed us in on the guest book.</div>
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Cheese sticks with Hawaiian sauce</div>
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I had the red snapper alongside crab and lobster topped pasta</div>
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Look at that thing!!</div>
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If you count stop-offs at the SanFran airport, I've been to five of these destinations!!</div>
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Rodney's also been to Honolulu, but neither of us have been to Guam.</div>
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A fun, tasty evening we were able to repeat before our departure!</div>
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When we got home, it was time to pack up Truman for his little vacation with some friends, as we prepared to make our way to Osaka and Kyoto for the week!!</div>
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We discovered this little temple tucked in along the path.</div>
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Looks like even a dog can have some fun at the fair!</div>
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Our train back to the car at the airport.</div>
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Another fun adventure in the books!!</div>
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