Speaking of which, I've finally settled into our apartment. It's a fully-furnished spacious 61 square meter flat with its own shower, toilet, and laundry facilities. To say that we lucked out among our Coop Japan peers is an understatement as most other interns around Japan get UNfurnished DORM ROOMS that are smaller than each bedroom in our apartment (there are 3), and a shared community bath. Within a 3 minute walk is a newly-opened mall
Last weekend my roommate, fellow interns and I hit up Osaka and Nara. I'm running short on time so I'll sum it up below:
-Den Den Town, OSAKA: Highlights include a 5-level hobbyist store (model cars, trains, etc), and a 5-level video game & anime/manga store. In general, most stores offer goods at a discounted price than anywhere else, though Den Den Town as a whole is not as cheap as everybody claims it is. As a matter of fact, it's probably worth mentioning that there is this one store at the south end that sells goods at an INFLATED price than the rest of the market. Something about a Y4000 (~$40CAD) 256MB SD memory card just doesn't sound right..
...yeah no kidding.
-四天王寺 (Shitennoji) temple, OSAKA: The oldest officially administered temple in Japan, although the temple buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries. Not all buildings are tourist attractions.. we wandered into an actual prayer temple and promptly received the boot before unknowingly committing any acts of blasphemy.
-東大寺 (Todaiji) temple, NARA: The largest wood building in the world houses the (supposedly) 2nd largest Buddha in the world (the 1st largest being on Lantau Island, Hong Kong).
-奈良公園 (Nara Park) and 興福寺 (Kofukuji) temple, NARA: This scenic park is the perfect location to just relax and unwind from Japanese work culture. Deer biscuits magically make you exceedingly popular.. with the local wildlife. Though they quickly lose their patience and ass-bite/headbutt you for food.
-WJ
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omg. that was the SAME deer who bit MY a&&...
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