Saturday, July 11, 2015

Nikko (2) 10/7/15

Final event with the class was a field trip back to where I've been before but did very different things when I was there this time round 

And it's sunny! 

First stop: Soba making 

Groups of 3, and you see the joker Asian girls gang at the back trying to photobomb. Some other group of international students joined us too. 

The process; pretty tedious...

Halfway in the making...

And here's the final result after cooking it. Oiishiiiiiii 

Tempura was super nice too. And actually, just the spring onions and wasabi was enough 

Presenting to you, the master chef gang!~ 

Then we headed back to the Toshogu shrine where Ms Blur and I decided to skip over when we were at the entrance (cos of the rain, the packed itinerary, and most importantly, the price haha!) 

First, let me introduce you to our Japanese guide who spoke fluent English. This old man here is amazing! 80 years old and climbing up and down the stairs around the shrine every single day! And the fact that he's still working says a lot as well. Take a closer look at his tag and you'll see a very young handsome man (we joked about how he went to the purikura machines to get this picture). Shared with us a lot about his family (like his 50 year old son is still I married; family's greatest concern, according to him), but all these were shared mostly accidentally when his conversation with others were transmitted through the mic. Lol. Very nice meeting him 

Main gate was under renovation in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, here's the front gate 

Found the legitimate origin of the emoji for "Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil" 

Got to know what all these things people were hanging was about 

Saw the random sleeping cat by a supposedly very skilled crafter. Small thing that attracted a large crowd

Stairs I was talking bout, and look, I snapped a nice photo for this pretty girl from the other international group. Haha. No on purpose I swear XD

And that's pretty much it, spent a short nice trip out...

Bonus photo: sunset over a river channel...

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Headed back to Tokyo then met Ms Blur for dinner and shopping! Spent almost 10000 again... Guess it's my last shopping trip~ haha